Design
Don’t Move, Improve: London’s best new home extensions
The best new residential extensions and improvements are being celebrated by New London Architecture at an exhibition and awards thing at The Building Centre in WC1.
Fashion Royalty: Former home & salon of Simone Mirman asks £14.5m
The former salon, workshop and home of Royal Milliner Simone Mirman has just come up for sale, sporting a £14.5m price tag.
Few addresses in London can claim finer fashion creds.
RIBA offers ‘friend’ membership to non-architects
Run out of last-minute present ideas? The RIBA's just launched a new "supporter scheme", allowing non-professional architecture/design types to get involved with the the Institute for the first time.
Plans go in for 33,000 square foot Regent’s Park mega-mansion
Plans have been submitted to Westminster Council for the conversion of three properties on Cornwall Terrace into one 33,000 square foot uber-pile.
Wishing Wellness: The rise of the ensuite luxury spa
The design bar is being raised in private spas and "wellness areas" says Lawson Robb's Alix Lawson, as plunge pools and steam rooms are lifted out of the basement and into the light.
Derwent London to turn Mayfair HQ into prime resi
Derwent London has been given the green light to turn its own HQ on Savile Row into super-prime apartments.
25 Savile Row (proposed)
Another Westminster planning nod for Alchemi
Developer Alchemi Group has been given the green light to transform another prominent site in Westminster, just a month after bagging consent for a major scheme on Leinster Square.
First Look: Battersea Power Station’s ‘Malaysia Square’
The first images of Malaysia Square - the public space that'll form the heart of the redeveloped Battersea Power Station - have been released.
Morpheus recruits Linley’s Creative Director as Head of Design
Belgravia-based developer-slash-design-house Morpheus has hired one of Linley's chief minds to run its interiors and design output.
Inside JLL’s new 1000-person HQ
JLL has gone to town with its new flagship Warwick Street base.
Interior designer sued for £20k over ‘lifeless’ curtains
One of Scotland's richest men has reportedly launched a £20k civil action over his new curtains, brilliantly claiming that they 'fell short' of the standards promised by his interior designer firm.
BIID moves East
The British Institute of Interior Design (BIID) has moved its main office from the Design Centre, Chelsea Harbour to Bonhill Street, between Clerkenwell and Shoreditch.
The new address is: