Design
Top Marques: On the value of branding in residential property development
In the world of luxury property, says Joe Burns, a brand needs to resonate with its high net worth audience and answer the question, 'why would I want to live here rather than somewhere else?
Prime Property of the Week: Stately Progress
Hawkstone Hall, Shropshire
£4.25m
Symposium and exhibition to mark 50th anniversary of the London College of Furniture
The renowned seat of furniture making in the UK - The London College of Furniture - was established fifty years ago this year, so its modern-day successor - The Cass at London Metropolitan University…
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.
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.
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…
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.
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.