The Bethnal Green museum reopens on Saturday after a £13 million redevelopment by De Matos Ryan with displays by AOC. Rob Wilson finds a joyous if slightly jarring cacophony
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Moxon completes timber footbridge in southern Germany
Moxon Architects has completed a timber pedestrian and cycle bridge over a river in the town of Balingen in Baden-Würtemberg intended as an exemplar of sustainable infrastructure
WGP Architects’s completed south London care home emphasises social interaction
Camberwell Lodge near Burgess Park challenges the typical care-home model with a focus on interconnected interior layouts and social spaces
Perkins&Will completes its own HQ in Holborn
150 Holborn is designed around a full-height atrium intended to emphasise cohabitation and social connectivity
Peter Barber’s Royal Academy architecture room is the liveliest for years
This year’s Summer Exhibition presents an enjoyably eclectic mix of exhibits, from precise models to protean artworks, says Rob Wilson
Sheppard Robson completes retrofit of 1960s Manchester music venue
The Grade II-listed New Century Hall, which has lain mostly vacant for years, has been upgraded and updated as part of Manchester’s NOMA development
Interior reflections: Alexander Pope’s Grotto restored by Donald Insall Associates
The second in our interiors series looks at the restoration of a highly decorated grotto, built by 18th-century poet Alexander Pope underneath his Thamesside villa
Medical Architecture completes Dorset facility for the treatment of eating disorders
The £8 million inpatient unit at St Ann’s Hospital in Poole provides specialist accommodation and a therapeutic environment
Venice Architecture Biennale overview: light touch, heavy hitting
The Lesley Lokko-curated Laboratory of the Future is light on built work but a convincing reset of the architectural conversation, says Rob Wilson
Gilbert & George Centre: a shrine to themselves
SIRS Architects has converted a former brewery off London’s Brick Lane into a three-gallery centre dedicated to the work of the distinctive East End-based artists