Architecture
Eric Parry picked to design British Ambassador’s residence in Beijing
Practice sees off stiff competition to scoop 'once in a generation opportunity to design the showcase for the UK in one of the world’s most important capitals'
Mall Change: New lease of life for St James’s super-mansions
A blockbuster £95m sale near Buckingham Palace lit up the resi world in early 2019, but an even larger mansion next-door is also due to emerge as a single dwelling as ultra-prime conversions continue…
‘Transformer’ rooms & robo-furniture are set to remake our homes – and lives – before our eyes
As the global urban population continues to soar, the increasing need to use space more efficiently means adaptive and responsive domestic micro-environments will replace the old concept of static rooms…
Architects predict a surge in workloads
Business confidence spiked in November, reports the RIBA
AR Design wins planning for a striking contemporary country house in Hampshire
In Pictures: The Well House near Winchester is a one-off eco-home with a bold design that blends into the local landscape.
International demand for British architecture expertise soars
UK architects' combined revenue increased by 13% in 2019 - with the value of international work escalating by 22%
Frankfurt’s new Eden Tower is creating a 2,000 square metre vertical garden, using 185,000 plants
More than a fifth of the 98-metre residential tower's facade will be a "vertical vegetal ecosystem", requiring no special attention from residents.
Inland appoints Adam Architecture as it looks to ‘step up the calibre & prestige of its developments’
Housebuilder names architect for its flagship project, Wilton Park in Beaconsfield - which is set to deliver 350 new homes on a former MoD site.
Green light for new row of contemporary Knightsbridge townhouses
tp bennett and Highpoint Estates have won planning approval to build five new-build houses on Lancelot Place, replacing a previous permission for five smaller dwellings
Zaha Hadid brought in to refurb Southbank Tower lobby
In Pictures: ZHA’s first refurbishment of an apartment building interior
Top architecture practice predicts five interior design trends for 2020
Make Architects expects these concepts to have a heavy influence on schemes in the year ahead
FT: Architectural salvage – antidote to the age of bling
Helen Barrett meets the husband and wife team behind behind cult salvage and interiors company Retrouvius in this piece for the Financial Times