Architecture
Georgian Group Awards 2014: The Winners
Joint Winner - Restoration of a Georgian Country House: St Giles, Dorset
Two historic estates have shared the big prize at the twelfth Georgian Group Architectural Awards.
Old War Office-to-Resi: Hinduja Group lands 57 Whitehall
The race to buy one of the most iconic buildings in central London is over.
Don’t Move, Improve: London’s best new home extensions
The best new residential extensions and improvements are being celebrated by New London Architecture at an exhibition and awards thing at The Building Centre in WC1.
Fashion Royalty: Former home & salon of Simone Mirman asks £14.5m
The former salon, workshop and home of Royal Milliner Simone Mirman has just come up for sale, sporting a £14.5m price tag.
Few addresses in London can claim finer fashion creds.
RIBA offers ‘friend’ membership to non-architects
Run out of last-minute present ideas? The RIBA's just launched a new "supporter scheme", allowing non-professional architecture/design types to get involved with the the Institute for the first time.
Plans go in for 33,000 square foot Regent’s Park mega-mansion
Plans have been submitted to Westminster Council for the conversion of three properties on Cornwall Terrace into one 33,000 square foot uber-pile.
Wishing Wellness: The rise of the ensuite luxury spa
The design bar is being raised in private spas and "wellness areas" says Lawson Robb's Alix Lawson, as plunge pools and steam rooms are lifted out of the basement and into the light.
Derwent London to turn Mayfair HQ into prime resi
Derwent London has been given the green light to turn its own HQ on Savile Row into super-prime apartments.
25 Savile Row (proposed)
Another Westminster planning nod for Alchemi
Developer Alchemi Group has been given the green light to transform another prominent site in Westminster, just a month after bagging consent for a major scheme on Leinster Square.
First Look: Battersea Power Station’s ‘Malaysia Square’
The first images of Malaysia Square - the public space that'll form the heart of the redeveloped Battersea Power Station - have been released.
Former Foster + Partners chief reveals next move
One of the biggest names in architecture, former Foster + Partners Chief Exec Mouzhan Majidi, has announced his next move after a 'shock' departure from the practice back in February.
Green light for controversial school-to-resi scheme in Bath
One of Bath's most fiercely-debated new schemes was reportedly given the go-ahead by planners yesterday.
The project will use traditional Bath stone in a bid to blend in with neighbouring Lansdown Crescent