Design
Interior Monologue: Perfect Pitch
Alec Watt on priceless pianos, the beauty of Britart and some tennis-based tomfoolery..
Centre Point given the go-ahead
**UPDATE: Camden Council have given the new designs the go ahead. The £350m plans were approved at yesterday's (4th July) planning meeting.
Riverlight leads the “dramatic transformation” of Nine Elms
The first new development to regenerate the much vaunted Nine Elms area around Battersea Power Station - St James's 802-unit Riverlight scheme - was topped out this morning by none other than Boris Johnson
Ground Designs: Notes on successful subterranean development
Willy Wonka once said of his eponymous Chocolate Factory; “Down here, underneath the ground, I’ve got all the space I want. There’s no limit – so long as I hollow it out.”
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Fair Trade: Record attendance at Masterpiece
Masterpiece London's preview day ended with reports of strong sales and many happy dealers
New Centre Point resi plans given the nod
Almacantar and Frogmore's new-look big plans to turn Richard Seifert's Centre Point into resi have been recommended for approval by planners ahead of next week's Camden council committee meeting
Care to Share: Sustainable building Lessons platform goes live
A three-year project to create an online knowledge sharing platform for designers and builders of sustainable buildings has just been completed
Notting Hill gut job causes “irreversible damage” to listed building
An architect and building contractor have pleaded guilty at Westminster Magistrates' Court to causing irreversible damage to a Grade II listed townhouse in the heart of Notting Hill
Power Tower: Newfangled pylon design tested
The National Grid has erected a rather chic (relatively speaking) prototype of the next generation of electricity pylon, designed by Danish architecture firm Bystrup
Trooping the Watercolour: The Mall to host first Antiques & Fine Art Fair
Pomp and circumstance are never in short supply on The Mall, and this summer will be no different, as fans of fine art and antiques get ready to march along the famous thoroughfare in search of a deal…
BIID Conference 2013: Preview
The British Institute of Interior Design (BIID) is putting the finishing touches to its annual conference, rather grandly entitled “Design Invention: Art and Science Collide”, which will be taking pla…
Gherkin is “future St Paul’s”; should be protected – Make
Uber architect Ken Shuttleworth of Make wants views of the Gherkin to be as protected as those of St Paul's Cathedral, with a listed status and viewing corridors put in place to prevent new high-rises…