Design
Three of the Best: Single-Unit Development Opportunities
It's been a bumper week for those looking for big-budget single-unit development projects in and around the capital, with a slew of super-prime parcels of land and trophy houses of tomorrow hitting the…
RBKC gets tough on Holland Park property that’s ‘bringing down the rest of the neighbourhood’
The owner of a house in Holland Park is facing the full weight of RBKC's planning enforcement team after carrying out unauthorised works on a "work of art".
Lodha calls in Kelly Hoppen to style Mumbai tower
Indian super-developer Lodha, which recently announced plans for a $5bn move on London's residential market, has called on the celebrity prowess of interior designer/BBC Dragon Kelly Hoppen MBE via celebrity…
Intellectual Property & Development: On architectural drawings and copyright law
The course of property development never did run smooth, but the oft-overlooked issue of copyright in relation to architectural design can be a particularly thorny one.
Architects stay bullish despite drop in private housing confidence
Architects are, on the whole, pretty happy about the market, with the RIBA's Future Trends Workload Index standing at a "very positive" +28 for the second month in a row.
Greenland brews up heritage scheme in Wandsworth
Greenland Group has released some details and images for its Ram Quarter scheme in Wandsworth, which will see the old Young's brewery site transformed into 661 resi units and 9,500 sq m of retail and…
Computer game screen grab or designs by the ‘world’s most renowned’ architects?
A developer in Dubai has apparently admitted that it used screen grabs from computer game SimCity to illustrate its pitch for a 20 million square foot "futuristic urban hub".
In Pictures: The world’s tallest vertical garden
A new 46-storey "sustainable high-rise" development in Sri Lanka is aiming to become the tallest vertical garden in the world.
British Land smashes Mayfair price records with Clarges pre-launch
British Land is clearly having no trouble shifting units at its new super-prime development in Mayfair.
Beyond Commercial Value: Understanding the real importance of great design
Whilst increasing end sales value is always the aim, many HNWIs are not necessarily thinking about exactly how much their newly designed house is going to be worth in years to come.
Football Pad: The room of two halves
We've seen houses with spacecraft instead of attics, waterslides instead of stairs and cocktail bars instead of kitchens, but this has to be the first indoor football pitch.
CIT boosts South Bank Tower’s cultural creds with McCurry exhibition
South Bank Tower (formerly King's Reach Tower) developer CIT has taken the cultural provenance of the Southbank and run with it, commissioning uber-photographer Steve McCurry - he of Afghan Girl fame…