Classical architects tap into growing Chinese markets
‘There is a real opportunity to service those most distinguished Chinese and Asian high-net-worth-individuals, investors and developers’, says Adam Architecture’s Robbie Kerr
Sandy Mitchell: How to beat the competition & hire the dream project team
“It is a crazy sellers’ market for architects, designers and the like,” writes Redbook founder Sandy Mitchell. Here the former Country Life Editor shares words of wisdom for keeping building projects on track despite the competition.
In Pictures: William Pereira ‘masterpiece’ in LA seeks $21.5m
Byrdview is one of only four homes designed by the renowned architect, and was once owned by Frank Sinatra.
The Times: New planning rules to extend upwards have started a top floor war
Melissa York writes for The Times on the downsides of upward extensions
Surrey planners approve a new ‘Para 80’ country house clause project
Manser Medal-winning architecture practice Eldridge has secured approval for a contemporary country mansion in the Surrey Hills, under the newly-updated Paragraph 80 of the NPPF (formerly Para 79).
Architects invited to ‘shape future of profession’
The government has launched a “wholesale review” of the architecture profession, and is looking for opinions from the built environment industry on how things can and should be improved.
In Pictures: Ten highlights from the 2021 Open House Festival
London’s Open House Festival showcases some of the capital’s most fascinating buildings, landscapes, infrastructure, and community projects, with many opening up to the public for the first time since the start of the pandemic.
Slow planning process causes long project delays for architects
Around a third of architecture practices have seen projects delayed by six months or more as a result of slow planning processes. 7% have seen some projects abandoned altogether.
Mega Digs: Exploring London’s elite ‘basement belt’
London has seen “a normalisation of single-storey basements as the 21st-century version of the loft conversion,” says Professor Burrows in a new study of the capital’s “luxified troglodytism”.
Supply Pain: Who is responsible for delays on luxury resi projects?
With many super-prime schemes being thrown into chaos by supply chain problems, construction lawyer Alexander Jullienne looks at where the responsibility for delay rests, and what contractors charged with sourcing bespoke materials should be factoring into their agreements…