Design
Architects stay positive as resi forecasts continue to lead the market
The RIBA's Future Trends Workload Index nudged up only very slightly last month, moving from +36 in April to +37 in May.
Galliard launches £550m Gatsby-inspired ‘vertical village’ in London’s Docklands
Galliard Homes will pull back the curtains on an ambitious new Rolfe Judd-designed project today, billed as a "Manhattan-style vertical village".
‘Best House in the World’ accolade for Spink’s country home
Super-prime property developer Mike Spink's home, Fayland House in Buckinghamshire, has been named "House of the Year" by a panel of judges from the Architectural Review.
Case Study: Maximising a modern mews house
Mossop Street-based Wilben Developments has just smashed the price record on Eagle Place (you know, behind the Ferrari showroom on the Old Brompton Road) with the sale of this little beauty for £3.9m.
British buyer snaps up £32m du Maurier mansion in Hampstead
One of the capital's finest period properties has sold for something approaching £28m.
How to tackle London’s housing shortage? Ideas wanted…
The Mayor of London and New London Architecture are asking around for ideas on how to tackle the ongoing demands of London's housing shortage.
Fenton Whelan hires top interior designer as Creative Director
Georgina Wood will be in charge of coming up with "opulent" and "timeless" interiors across the firm's £500m portfolio of PCL projects
Green light for TfL’s Grade I HQ-to-resi scheme
Transport for London has been given the go-ahead by Westminster's planners to convert 55 Broadway, its Grade I-listed Charles Holden-designed Art Deco HQ in St James's, into 89 residential units.
Don’t Miss: LFA Open Studios – MSMR Architects
Our pick of the many highlights of this year's London Festival of Architecture has to be a look behind the scenes of one of the capital's top architecture practices.
INTERVIEW: David Linley on Battersea, Claridge’s and taking British style to Moscow
Leader of the eponymous LINLEY empire and Chairman of top auction house Christie's
Prime Property of the Week: The Westminster Revival
Mulberry House, Smith Square
£25m
Plans go in for Belgrave Square mega-mansion
London could be about to get a new superhome in the shape of a Grade I listed behemoth on ultra-exclusive Belgrave Square.