In Pictures: On-site at the restoration of one of London’s great private houses
Aerial shots show how the derelict Athlone House in Highgate is being returned to its former glory via an epic programme of works, involving a lot of scaffolding…
Commission suggests a ‘beauty first’ approach to planning & property development
Planners should ‘say no to ugliness’, says the interim report from the Building Better, Building Beautiful Commission, and retail parks and supermarkets should be given mixed-use makeovers
Architectural Digest: Inside the £32 million restoration of London’s Templeton House, Winston Churchill’s former mansion
Jeanette Settembre reports for the US design bible on ‘one of the UK’s most painstaking projects in recent history’
Work begins on Europe’s tallest resi tower
Moscow’s 405-metre ‘One Tower’ is due for completion in 2024
Redevelopment of grand Piccadilly block approved
AHMM-designed reworking of Nuffield House and Pegasus House will deliver a handful of resi apartments, along with office, retail and restaurant space
In Pictures: Hidden Scandi-style mews houses with ‘invisible kerb appeal’
Developer City & Docklands has delivered a pair of low-profile high-spec contemporary mews houses on Abbey Road, which are ‘naturally unseen’ by passers-by
Houses of the Year 2019: RIBA’s pick of Britain’s 20 best-designed new homes
In Pictures: The country’s 20 best new-build houses, as selected by the Royal Institute of British Architects
RIBA formally declares a climate change emergency
The Royal Institute of British Architects is drawing up a five-year action plan to help tackle climate change from a built environment perspective
Inside one of the biggest country house instructions of 2019
Take a tour of the stately Sydenhurst in Surrey, which measures over 26,000 square feet, comes with 30 acres of grounds, and has just hit the open market at OIEO £30m…
Green light for ‘elaborate & expressive’ new country house in Kent
Two-faced property designed by Hawkes Architecture has been granted planning approval under the Para 79 Country House Clause
In Pictures: Google owner reveals ground-breaking Toronto waterfront masterplan
Alphabet-owned Sidewalk Labs has developed a smart city regeneration plan for 12 acres of Toronto’s industrial waterfront, calling it ‘the most innovative district in the entire world’