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Visitors to London's Marble Arch will soon be able to see the area from a whole new perspective thanks to an unusual project by MVRDV. The firm plans to install a hollow hill-like structure in the UK capital in the coming months.

New York City's High Line elevated park has been such a success that the basic idea has been copied worldwide. A slice of the Big Apple is now coming to the Big Smoke with a new raised park for London that will include housing, retail, and offices.

Denizen Works recently completed an unorthodox but very well executed floating church in London, England. The project brings to mind an old pop-top VW bus and is defined by a novel roof that can be lowered or raised depending on requirements.

Rising to a sharp gleaming point in the City of London, the aptly-named Scalpel is another high-profile skyscraper by Kohn Pedersen Fox. The office building is a striking addition to the capital's skyline and rises to a height of 190 m (623 ft).

Two eye-catching skyscrapers that are envisioned for London have been granted planning permission, though the project has reportedly proven controversial with some locals. ZHA's Vauxhall Cross Island will include office, hotel, and residential space.

A remarkable new greenery-covered project has been submitted for planning permission in the City of London. Assuming it gets the thumbs-up, the Citicape House mixed-use hotel will integrate some 400,000 plants into its facade.

Shipping containers continue to spark the imaginations of architects and the latest example of this comes from UK design studio Doone Silver Kerr, which used recycled shipping containers to create a new hotel in central London.

​​London may soon become host to a swimming facility that is as weather-defying as it is death-defying, with plans underway to build the world’s first 360-degree infinity pool high up in the frosty English capital.

After being commissioned to create an extension for a Victorian-era terrace in London, MATA Architects conceived a neat method of providing fine control over the amount of light inside and the privacy available. The firm installed a prefabricated shutter system that's controlled by hand crank.

New York City's High Line elevated park proved such a good idea that it's since been replicated around the world, including Seoul's Seouullo and Sydney's Goods Line. Londoners will soon be able to enjoy something similar too, courtesy of Diller Scofidio + Renfro and Neiheiser Argyros​.

Heatherwick Studio blended old and new with impressive results for London's Coal Drops Yard and is set to do the same again with Olympia London. The £1 billion (roughly US$1.3 billion) development will update the 132 year old Olympia exhibition center with new hotels, retail and restaurant space.

Archaeologists excavating an abandoned burial ground under Euston Station in London have uncovered the remains of the Royal Navy explorer Captain Matthew Flinders, who led the first expedition to circumnavigate Australia in 1802 and gave the country its name.