Landscaping
‘London’s front door’: Oxford Circus to be transformed into two pedestrian piazzas
Oxford Circus is to be reinvented as a pair of "pedestrian-friendly piazzas" by the end of this year, according to new plans by Westminster City Council and The Crown Estate.
In Pictures: Google & RIBA create a new digital architecture resource
The Royal Institute of British Architects has partnered with Google's Arts & Culture platform to create 15 specially-curated online "stories", showcasing the best of the RIBA archive.
In Pictures: Savills-sponsored elephants parade through Central London
Savills is helping to secure planning permission for an environmental art exhibition, which involves 100 life-size elephant sculptures taking up residence in Central London.
Surrey named Britain’s leafiest location
Surrey has a higher percentage of tree coverage than any other part of the country, according to some surprising new analysis.
Design team picked for Camden Highline park project
A team led by New York Highline designers James Corner Field Operations has won a competition to turn a stretch of disused railway viaduct in Camden into a new public park.
In Pictures: UK-based designers complete luxury Moscow mansion scheme
International developer PSN Group brought in architectural firm John McAslan and Partners, interior designers O&A London and landscape specialists Gillespies to realise its flagship project, Polyanka/44,…
Government’s new national design code & Office for Place aim to ‘bring back beauty’
The Government has published a new set of national design standards for property developments, formally introducing the word "beauty" into planning rules for the first time.
Chelsea Flower Show to take place in September
RHS to hold flagship gardening event in the autumn for the first time.
In Pictures: ‘Transformative’ designs for Grosvenor Square create ‘a global blueprint for shared urban spaces’
Designs by Tonkin Liu promise a comprehensive revamp of London's second-largest garden square, enlarging the Mayfair garden by some 3,000 square metres and creating a template for urban landscaping projects…
What does the future of the prime residence look like? Exploring the impact of Covid-19 on luxury property development
Knight Frank has looked into how Covid-19 is accelerating design trends and impacting housing delivery, suggesting some key evolutions for the future of the global prime residence.
Newt-counting planning tweak adds up in Essex
A shift from site-by-site to district-level building licenses has proved a boon for great crested newts, as property developers facilitate the creation of more pond habitats.