Architecture
Final approval for Mount Pleasant scheme
One of the most controversial projects in the capital - the proposed transformation of a massive Royal Mail site in Clerkenwell - has bagged final approval.
Audley Cue: Mayfair car park poised for super-prime transformation
New plans have been submitted to turn a grotty Mayfair car park into a 200,000 square foot neo-classical scheme. It's already being tipped to become "London's most exclusive address".
Period Passivhaus: Grosvenor retrofits create London’s greenest period rental properties
Following up on its BREEAM Outstanding-rated retrofit in Belgravia, Grosvenor is bringing home even more from the sustainability front, retrofitting three rental properties in Mayfair and Belgravia…
Luxury developer buys former Unite offices for £25m
The former offices of the trade union Unite in West London are to be turned into luxury flats.
Design For Life: London School of Architecture opens
After years of planning, the London School of Architecture has opened for applications.
Planning nod for St James on Albert Embankment
Developer St James has bagged the green light to redevelop a significant site directly opposite Tate Britain.
Revival of the Fittest: Plans go in for Cadogan Square mega-mansion
Plans have gone in to reconnect a Grade II* listed stonker on Cadogan Square with a house on Clabon Mews, potentially creating a mansion packing nearly 18,000 square feet of space in one of PCL's top…
Capco gets the go-ahead for West Brompton Village
A key section of Capital & Counties' Earls Court masterplan has been given the official thumbs up by RBKC's planners.
The West Brompton Village application involves a new public square of 0.
By Georgian: Developer to restore ‘finest eighteenth century street in the Midlands’
A developer has embarked on a project to restore an entire Grade II/II* listed Georgian street in the centre of Warwick.
Tall Storeys: Big spike in London high-rise construction
New stats have shown there are currently 263 buildings over 20 storeys either proposed, approved or under construction within Greater London, up from 236 at the same point last year.
Last of the iceberg houses? Westminster approves billionaire Bertarelli’s Belgravia mega-basement
Kirsty Bertarelli - Britain's richest woman, a songwriter and a former Miss UK - has won planning permission to dig out a two-storey basement underneath her Belgravia mews house "to make it more conducive…
Green House: Belgravia refurb becomes first listed building to hit BREEAM Outstanding
A Grade II listed home on Ebury Street, Belgravia, has won BRE's BREEAM Residential Award after becoming the first listed building in the UK to achieve the highest possible "Outstanding" rating for its…