The radical young architect behind the V&A’s new museum in east London on how he’s redefining his home city

Is Belgium paving the way for more international action over Gaza? Have the Lionesses paved the way for a permanent change in English football culture? What’s going on at Unite?

Life goes on amid the crisis in Cuba – a country of such beauty it should be one of the most blessed places on earth

Why did Bradley Wiggins seek advice from disgraced former cyclist Lance Armstrong to help him recover from cocaine addiction?What does the indictment of a US judge tell us about President Trump’s plans to take on the judiciary? How is a law from the 1800s being used to criminalise women who have abortions in 2025? Jess Winch is joined by Marie Le Conte, Rowan Moore and Andrew Butler, as they battle to pitch the top story of the day.

The rundown Victorian gem has been saved and turned into a centre of community

Three decades since the start of a regeneration, many residents of London’s Aylesbury estate still feel like ‘forgotten people’

Niall McLaughlin, the poetic and down-to-earth architect, is a worthy winner of the Royal Gold Medal

Artists and architects deliver tranquil spaces as part of London’s supersewer project

Designs for a 21-storey office block looming over the Barbican have provoked fury – and raise questions about the future of London

An extraordinary Suffolk home that is not your average ‘house in the country’ house

The government has promised 1.5m new homes but housebuilders have no incentive to make them desirable. We should expect more

Rowan Moore on the great losses and best new buildings of 2025

Caochan na Creige is a place of peace and warmth on a Hebridean inlet

The creator of gravity-defying building profiles leaves behind a shimmering legacy, from Bilbao to Los Angeles

The Catford House, a 300-year-old farmhouse and later a south-east London boozer, has been lovingly transformed into an unofficial village hall

The shortlist of architects bidding to enhance the UK’s leading art venue lacks courage and imagination. It’s a project crying out for younger blood

God is in the detail of David Kohn’s artful, quirky and level-headed reimagining of Hasselt Beguinage

The film-maker has built a world of whimsy through props, costumes, puppets and puzzled nerds – the pieces of which are now on show at the Design Museum

Dan Cruickshank’s infectious passion for heritage lights up this social history of housing from 1712 to 1926

The ever-curious Dutch artist, winner of this year’s Soane medal, on capturing the New York skyline and her cabinet of curiosities

An ambitious new hairdressers’ fuses mirrors, metal and a high-end audio experience in a former Victorian storehouse

The bank’s New York HQ builds on a long history of benevolent tycoons providing their employees everything they need to stay put