Design
Prime Property of the Week: Stately Progress
Hawkstone Hall, Shropshire
£4.25m
Planners OK landmark ultra-prime development next to Buckingham Palace
Westminster City Council has given approval - subject to a S106 agreement - to Northacre's plans for the development of No.1 Palace Street, next to Buckingham Palace.
Suite of big deals and launches for Mount Anvil
It's been a helluva few weeks for City-based developer Mount Anvil.
According to reports, the firm has - together with A2Dominion - just finalised the £92.
Seal of approval for Weston’s stately Jacobean scheme
Weston Homes has scored listed building approval for its "most ambitious scheme" yet: turning a quite magnificent Jacobean mansion in Kent into 36 apartments.
Domvs London announces joint venture and US expansion
Luxury developer teams up with New York-based investment boutique Junius Real Estate Partners
Interior Blog Awards: Winners
The Rosewood Hotel was stocked with interior design mavens last night for the inaugural Interior Design Blog Awards.
CALA and City & Country team up to develop ‘one of the most important buildings in Scotland’
One of Edinburgh's most awesome heritage development sites, the William Henry Playfair-designed Donaldson's College, is to be turned into high-spec apartments in a joint venture by CALA Evans Restoration…
Pipe Dreams: Keeping the habit with private smoking rooms
Smokers are a dying breed, but there’s still a rather valuable 0.1% of HNW homebuyers who want somewhere a bit special to puff away in.
Historic Shelley’s Folly comes up for sale
One of the most important houses in the South East - the Grade I-listed Shelley's Folly - has hit the market, sporting a price tag just shy of £3m.
Banda buys up Richmond Brewery site
Developer and search agency Banda has snapped up a prominent former bottling factory in south west London, with designs on a top-end mixed-use scheme.
Inside David Collins’ Kensington home: Designer’s estate goes to auction
Some very pretty things are coming up for auction on 4th November, as Christie's sells off 192 lots from the Kensington home of the late design impresario David Collins.
Thackeray ‘brings Belgravia to Waterloo’
Thackeray Estates says its has brought "Belgravia-quality homes to Waterloo" with its Dover House project by pulling out all the stops with suppliers, including calling in luxury resi's international…