Architecture
How Norman Shaw’s Albert Hall Mansions helped open the door to apartment living in London
Paul Latham explains how the great Scottish architect brought ‘the Parisian mode of life’ to an aspiring middle class in Victorian London, by combining picturesque romance with orderliness...
Leonardo da Vinci designed an ideal city that was centuries ahead of its time
500 years after his death, Leonardo's ideas are not simply valid – they actually suggest a way forward for urban planning, writes Alessandro Melis
Housing Minister calls in ZHA’s Vauxhall Cross towers
Vauxhall Cross Island was approved by Lambeth Council last year
The Deep End: Avoiding headaches in basement building
Two very different mega-basement projects in Surrey and Knightsbridge demonstrate how these types of schemes come with their own unique set of factors, write Emma Shipp & Deborah Sharples...
Native Land reveals new mixed-use plans for South Kensington Tube station site
Designs by Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners for TfL and development partner Native Land include 40 new homes on Pelham Street and replacement apartments behind a retained facade on Thurloe Street
Farrell’s Drum House snares a buyer
'Modernist classic' in Richmond hit the market at £7.5m late last year
Coastal communities may have to move, warns Environment Agency in stark flood risk assessment
'In some cases, the scale of flooding or coastal change may be so significant [that it] may mean potentially moving communities out of harm’s way in the longer term'
In Pictures: Monaco’s REDD designs ‘magnificent’ Mayfair pied-à-terre
Ultra-prime developer/designer revamps the grand former home of the art critic John Ruskin and his wife Effie on Charles Street; opulent rental proposition is the first in a number of high-end schemes …
Almacantar launches 54 super-prime apartments overlooking Hyde Park
In Pictures: Sales have officially launched at The Bryanston in Almacantar's Marble Arch Place; the 18-storey tower is architect Rafael Viñoly's first direct foray into London residential property
‘Pioneering’ cast aluminium tower completes in St John’s Wood
Regal London delivers ambitious 49-unit project near Lord's Cricket Ground, with a façade created from 1,800 recycled cast aluminium panels
Green light for F1 supremo’s supercar garage in Surrey
Foster + Partners designs spectacular subterranean addition to ex-McLaren team boss' £30m mansion on the Wentworth Estate
The houses that architects build for themselves
The FT's architecture critic Edwin Heathcote takes a look at some of the remarkable buildings designed by the world's top architects as their own 'calling card homes'