Architecture
Experts call for ban on glass skyscrapers to save energy in climate crisis
Leading architects and engineers are calling for all-glass skyscrapers to be banned, reports James Tapper in The Observer, because they are too difficult and expensive to cool
Brokenshire roundhouses the ‘Chiswick Curve’
Housing Secretary rejects 327-unit project in west London, citing concerns over impact on Kew Gardens and other heritage sites
Government to end ‘poor doors’ & playground segregation with ‘toughened up’ planning rules
James Brokenshire announces a package of measures designed to 'tackle stigma and help end the segregation of social housing residents in mixed-tenure developments'
Hedgehog Highways & Bird Bricks: Government orders housebuilders to protect more wildlife
MHCLG publishes new guidance for property developers, with instructions on how 'to do more to protect Britain’s cherished wildlife'
Somerset barn conversion pushes agricultural-to-resi Permitted Development Right
Class Q prior approval has been given to allow a modern barn to be turned into a five-bed home
The Tailored Home: Exploring the lavish world of design duo Collett Zarzycki
Anthony Collett and Andrzej Zarzycki have created exceptional luxury living spaces in some of the world's most desirable enclaves over the last 30 years, from African safari lodges and Tuscan farmhouses…
Podcast: Almacantar’s Kathrin Hersel in conversation with Mishcon’s Susan Freeman
In the latest instalment of the PropertyShe Podcast, Almacantar's Property Director discusses her career journey from East Berlin to masterminding some of London’s most high-profile schemes...
PDP recruits interior design chief from Universal Design Studio
Hannah Carter Owers has joined architecture practice PDP London, as it ramps up its interior design division
‘Ingenious’ cork house shortlisted for the 2019 Stirling Prize
MPH Architects' Cork House in Berkshire is going head-to-head with one of the UK's busiest railway stations and a whiskey distillery in search of architecture's biggest prize
From Social Fitness to HCL: Four key trends in super-prime renovation
Having worked on over 300 of the UK's finest residences, from mansions in Mayfair to sprawling Surrey seats, London Projects co-founders Nick Stuttard and Steve Howat tend to see which trends and features…
Bauhaus Influence Runs Deep in Modern Luxury Home Design, 100 Years Later
Mareesa Nicosia explores the 'pervasive' legacy of the German design movement - founded by architect Walter Gropius in 1919 - in an extended feature for WSJ's Mansion Global
On the Science of Place: Ten steps for successful placemaking (and why St James’s Square is officially London’s most beautiful address)
'Groundbreaking' study by Cadogan & Create Streets looks into what really makes a place tick, providing ten key steps for developers, architects, planning authorities and landowners to follow, and explaining…