Debuting this summer, Herzog & de Meuron’s asymmetrical pyramid-like extension of the Tate Modern sits atop The Tanks, the world’s only permanent space for performing arts within a public gallery. Read more.
This is the year that the Design Museum finally relocates to its glittering new home, the former Commonwealth Institute in Holland Park. Read more.
Housed in a neoclassical building between The Shard and River Thames, Somerset House continues to put on lofty shows. Read more.
It’s no secret that the evening openings at Hauser & Wirth are magnets for famous faces. Princess Eugenie recently left New York’s online auction house Paddle8 to become the new associate director. Read more.
Damien Hirst’s first artistic venue, Newport Street Gallery, features a shop that stocks housewares and jewelry from up-and-coming artists such as Rachel Howard. Read more.
For the city’s third satellite of Gagosian Gallery, this one in Mayfair, designer Caruso St. John fitted the airy rooms with custom lighting and European oak flooring. Read more.
The first London outpost of the Florentine Tornabuoni Art, led by the founder’s daughter Ursula Casamonti, is an ode to 1950s and ’60s Italian masters. Read more.
Sure, chintzy décor touches, antique furniture, and white-glove service still attract visitors looking for classic British eccentricity. (The best in category is Rosewood London). Read more.
On the Thames’ South Bank, designer Tom Dixon’s Design Research Studio is behind the 315-room Mondrian London at Sea Containers, formerly a shipping company headquarters. Read more.
Shoreditch House kicked off a wave of development in the now-booming neighborhood when it opened in 2007. (The 26 rooms, situated in a refurbished pub, were added in 2010). Read more.
The 258 cork-ceilinged abodes by Universal Design Studio come outfitted with magnetic shelving by T Nevill & Co., Martin guitars, and daybeds sleeved in reverse-denim upholstery. Read more.
Comprising a row of stucco Victorian townhouses in West London, The Laslett Notting Hill tapped architect Tom Bartlett of Waldo Works to refresh the interiors while maintaining a residential feel. Read more.
Ian Schrager’s London Edition in Fitzrovia is still the gold standard of hotel style. Yabu Pushelberg preserved landmark stained-glass windows and put Salvador Dalí-inspired lamps in the lobby. Read more.
Try the appointment-only Lounge Bohemia, a well-hidden basement bar with midcentury Czech furniture and a “no ties” dress code to scare off the bankers. Read more.
For the unadulterated experience head to 69 Colebrooke Row in Islington; the 1950s film noir vibe conceived by Allies Design is punctuated with an onsite pianist. Read more.
Giles Reid's simple izakaya-style interior—candy-pastel ceramics, sycamore wood, stools by designer Hallgeir Homstvedt—lets chef Brett Redman’s yakitori dishes shine at Dalston’s just opened Jidori. Read more.
Interior design firm Conran + Partners interwove original touches such as climbing hooks and cast steel columns with contemporary elements like orb-shaped lighting fixtures and Daphne Lounge Chairs. Read more.
The Ivy Kensington Brasserie's swarming pewter-top bar calls to mind the 1990s heyday of its sister restaurant that was often called Kate Moss’s second living room. Read more.
The décor is as outlandish as the name, from Frank Gehry’s glossy 13-foot crocodile and Fish Lamps to the rarefied art collection, including a ceiling mural by Michael Roberts. Read more.
Montrealborn fashion designer Erdem Moralioglu’s brick-and-mortar debut has the feel of sophisticated flat thanks to architect Philip Joseph. Read more.
The 35,000-squarefoot building, built in 1911 by the architect Walter Cave, has an impressive roster of tenants including the French cosmetic brand Buly. Read more.
In Dalston, the multifaceted LN-CC recently received a facelift from designer Gary Card. Expect a futuristic monochrome layout with the ambient glow of LED lights. Read more.
