Architecture
6% of architects don’t think their practice will survive the next 12 months
Architects' workloads are a third lower than at this time last year, reports the RIBA, and most practices expect their workloads to decline further in the coming months.
Watch: Mandarin Oriental Mayfair construction time-lapse
See months of graft condensed into ninety seconds with this time-lapse of Clivedale's forthcoming Mandarin Oriental-branded scheme on Hanover Square.
Remote Control: Sandy Mitchell on launching design & build projects in the new era
As lockdown begins to ease and the property market re-opens so that buyers can finally move house, Sandy Mitchell of Redbook shares some discoveries made while running the consultancy business and advising…
Ferris Bueller-inspired Cornish Grand Design offered for £2.5m
Kevin McCloud called this new-build country house "a stinking success". The owners are now looking for a new project.
Recognition at last for Chermayeff’s revered Bentley Wood
Described as 'a regular Rolls-Royce of a house' when it was built in 1938, Serge Chermayeff's newly-listed Modernist gem is considered one of the most important buildings from Britain's inter-war period…
Native Land picks four big-name architects for Bankside Yards
PLP, Make, Allies and Morrison, and Stiff + Trevillion have been appointed to design new buildings on the South bank of the River Thames.
Google owner ditches plans for pioneering ‘smart city’
Sidewalk Labs has abandoned its grand plan to create a 12-acre "smart city" on Toronto's waterfront.
Housebuilder unveils ‘Foundation 200’ modular home prototype; plans to donate 200 to homeless people
Hill Group has showcased its prototype "Foundation 200" house, 200 of which will be built and donated to homeless people over the next five years.
MSMR reimagines rundown villa in Bayswater
Prominent Italianate affair just north of Westbourne Grove has seen better days
Pioneering off-grid project in Devon nears completion
The Autarkic House near Exeter will be Europe’s first fully off-grid solar-hydrogen home, and the world’s first certified hydrogen fuel cell Passivhaus.
In Pictures: Grosvenor finalises Cundy Street plan
Grosvenor Britain & Ireland has finalised its plan for the controversial redevelopment of the Cundy Street Quarter in Belgravia, sharing a revamped proposal after 12 months of banter with locals and three…
Former RIBA president’s practice sued over swimming pool design
Jane Duncan Architects is reported to have admitted that it "fell below the standard of a reasonably competent architect" on a private residential project in Hertfordshire, but is contesting the extent…