Architecture
Architects: optimistic
Private housing is the principle driver of optimism about future workloads amongst architects, according to the latest member survey by the RIBA
Home win for Abramovich on Cheyne Walk
The Royal Borough has approved Roman Abramovich's £10m plans to renovate his £100m 17th century Chelsea home.
New London Awards 2013 open for entries
The New London Awards, billed as recognising the very best in architecture, planning and development in the capital, are now open for entries with the coveted Residential category sponsored by M3 Consulting
Native Land submits plans for a new Mayfair heart of art
Native Land has submitted a planning application for its site at 29-30 Old Burlington Street and 22-27 Cork Street in the midst of Mayfair's art-land
Right to Light: Industry Reaction
This week's proposals to overhaul historic right to light laws - cases can be traced back to 1611 - have set architects, developers and lawyers against property advisors and conservationists
High life: Skyroom to become residential
David Kohn’s Skyroom, the events venue built in 2010 on top of the Architecture Foundation’s offices on Tooley Street, is set to become a residential apartment.
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Right to light shake-up
The Law Commission has announced a major new consultation to tackle the "unique" and "pronounced" issues affecting rights to light, which are having "a disproportionately negative impact upon the potential fo…
Londonewcastle gets nod for Hurlingham riverside scheme
Although a certain Malaysian-owned power station stole most of the headlines last month, attention has been shifting a little further upstream of late - into Fulham to be precise - where developer-of-the-moment…
The Destruction of Arcadia: Heritage under siege
As English Heritage prepares to celebrate the birth of heritage tourism with the 1913 Ancient Monuments Act, Britain's great estates are under siege from growth and progress, says William Cash from Upton…
Crown Estate wins luxury resi approval in St James’s
Westminster planners have approved an application by The Crown Estate to redevelop a large site between St James's Street, which runs from Piccadilly to Pall Mall, and Bury Street in the heart of St St …
Resi plans for BBC Television Centre revealed
Stanhope and the BBC have released their plans for the 14-acre BBC Television Centre site in White City, London
America’s most expensive home: $135m
America's most expensive home is not in New York or LA. It's in Dallas, Texas