Architecture
Grosvenor launches £90m programme to retrofit & future-proof historic London estate
The Duke of Westminster’s property company has pledged to become net zero carbon by 2030.
Government names joint winners of ‘Home of 2030’ competition
RIBA-run competition set out to find 'the low-carbon, age-friendly homes of the future'.
London architects report spike in country house commissions
Urbanist Architecture has seen a 65% jump in demand for rural home designs, including a marked increase in Para 79 "Country House Clause" commissions.
Foster + Partners employs robot dog to monitor Battersea Power Station construction
An experimental robot has been roaming around the building site at Battersea Roof Gardens, checking up on construction progress for architects Foster + Partners.
The Times: Skyscrapers in London – do we want to reach for the stars?
Written by Jonathan Morrison, this fascinating special report for the Times charts the changing of the capital’s skyline from 1964 - when the 191m Post Office Tower became the first of London’s skyscrapers…
Behind the Schemes: Touring a super-prime design & build project in Belgravia
London-based studio Oliver Burns talks us through the complex refurbishment of a grand Georgian mansion on behalf of an international client...
Architects report a ‘slow but steady’ recovery
Architects' workloads have recovered to stand 10% below where they were last year, with private housing continuing to lead growth.
RIBA & The Modern House team up for architecture lecture series
New series of weekly talks will explore "how domestic architectural plans give form to hidden economic, gender, class and cultural power relations."
Planners green-light restoration of Modernist masterpiece in Highgate
SHH wins permission to restore and upgrade one of London’s most architecturally significant Modernist homes, Winter House.
Online architect scales up with new 3D mapping service
Arkiplan claims to gather everything required for a planning application or building regs approval in under an hour.
Telegraph: How the super rich are converting churches into astonishing multi-million-pound homes
"Scattered across London are churches that have been converted into spectacular homes," writes Zoe Dare Hall for The Telegraph.
Hawkes celebrates a brace of Country House Clause approvals
Specialist architecture practice secures its 20th and 21st Para 79 wins.