Architecture
Centre Point Venture: Construction works begin on London landmark
The shovels were out today as Almacantar started work proper on its grand design for Centre Point in the middle of London.
Civvy Streets: Green light for £1.5bn St John’s Wood Barracks resi development
A Malaysian billionaire’s controversial proposals to develop St John’s Wood Barracks in NW London have bagged a thumbs-up from Westminster planners.
Unlawful renovations land Hampstead homeowner with massive fine
The owner of a £4m house in Hampstead Garden Suburb has been hit with one of the biggest fines ever handed out for unlawful renovations to a listed building.
Attack the Block: Planners turn off Kensington Odeon scheme
There's been a big twist in the ongoing plot to redevelop Kensington High Street's Odeon cinema.
RBKC Basement Ban claims ‘key’ scalp in Holland Park
CPC Group's proposed 24 unit scheme on Holland Park has been turned down by the Royal Borough's planners on architectural grounds due, in part at least, to the council's mega-basement ban policy.
Make appoints first female board member
Make, the architecture practice behind projects including St James's Market and Rathbone Square, has appointed its first female board member.
Foster + Partners’ Shoreditch skyscraper gets off to a flyer
Units at Principal Tower, London's first resi tower to be designed inside and out by Foster + Partners, have been selling like locally-sourced artisan hotcakes.
‘Red Baron’ swoops in to rescue Apethorpe Hall
A 48-bedroom Jacobean mansion, described by Simon Thurley as "by far the most important country house to have been threatened with major loss through decay since the 1950s", has been bought by a French…
UK developer strikes £300m deal to build English mansions in the Middle East
A British housebuilder has been signed up to deliver £300m worth of luxury resi across the Middle East, including a take on Kensington's super-prime Phillimores development.
Rippon sketches out ‘palatial and stately’ intent for Hyde Park Barracks
Developer Bruce Rippon and QFT Architects have outlined some ground-breakingly old school ideas for one of prime central London's most exciting residential development prospects.
Exhibition: The architect and the client in days of yore
A new exhibition, Building a Dialogue: The Architect and the Client, at the Sir John Soane’s Museum will explore the "delicate, complex and sometimes difficult" relationship between clients and architects,…
Ridgeford puts in plans to ‘repair a hole’ in Marylebone
Ridgeford Properties has handed in its planning application to create an entire new block on the Moxon Street car park site behind Marylebone High Street.