Five things to do this month: London’s best design and property events in September

The London Homebuilding & Renovating Show
September 22-24, ExCeL, Royal Victoria Dock, E16. Free tickets worth £36 for the first 500 readers.

Self-building a home is a growing trend and at ExCeL you’ll find invaluable practical help and a guide to resources, with 360 specialist exhibitors, 750 advice sessions and 45 seminars/masterclasses. Meet property celebrities, including Charlie Luxton, pictured, and Julia Kendall on the Saturday.

Sculpt at Kew
September 18-October 15, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (entry with Kew Gardens ticket).

The world-famous gardens provide a fitting backdrop for Handmade in Britain’s striking exhibition of more than 70 pieces in ceramic, bronze, glass, stone and wood by 30 renowned artists. Buy one for your own garden — pictured, Anne Curry’s Physalis seed pod.

The Woman’s Hour Craft Prize
Until 5 February 2018, Sackler Centre, V&A Museum, South Kensington SW7. Admission free.

Shattering craft stereotypes are the 12 finalists, selected from 1,500 entries, for the inaugural £10,000 Woman’s Hour Craft Prize, launched a year ago to mark 70 years of the BBC radio show and celebrating the UK’s most innovative and exciting makers.

Here, craftspeople are using their hands to tell stories, raise issues and make political points. Find huge handwoven willow structures by Laura Ellen Bacon, pictured, plus bespoke bicycles, futuristic glass figures and jewellery made with 18th-century relics found in the mud of the River Thames. The makers are holding workshops throughout the show.

LAPADA Art & Antiques Fair
Friday until September 20, Berkeley Square, W1. Tickets £20.

In its ninth year, enjoy a rich spread of fine art, furniture, jewellery and the decorative arts, both antique and contemporary.

We like these rare Marcello Fantoni vases and lamp bases, pictured, from £900.

The Roman Singularity
September 16-December 9, Sir John Soane Museum, 13 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, WC2. Admission free (020 7405 2107).

Find a stunning blend of art, architecture, fantasy and ceramics, with animations, drawings, a film and a special commission on the side.

Young Londoner Adam Nathaniel Furman, a winner of the Rome Prize for Architecture, tells his stories of the Italian capital’s historic buildings, influences and souvenirs through colourful 3D-printed and handcrafted models including Pasteeshio, pictured.