FT: Covid offers opportunity to reshape cities, says architect Foster
Legendary British architect envisages the ‘obsolete’ office building becoming the ‘residential tower of the future’.
Ghelamco gears up to launch debut UK scheme
Inspired by the architecture of 1930s New York, mixed-use AHMM-designed project The Arc is due to deliver 100 new homes on City Road.
Tall tower problems: ‘Leaks, creaks & breaks’ reported at super-prime New York high-rise
Media reports tell of friction at one of New York’s highest-profile luxury high-rise developments, with warnings that other super-tall towers could have similar problems.
Octagon bolsters interior design team
The luxury house-builder is ramping up its in-house interior design team.
Top design studio launches country projects division
London-centric interior design studio Rigby & Rigby has launched a new division, dedicated to the construction and delivery of super-prime country homes.
Government’s new national design code & Office for Place aim to ‘bring back beauty’
The Government has published a new set of national design standards for property developments, formally introducing the word “beauty” into planning rules for the first time.
9 Trends: Key resi development themes for the year ahead
The Knight Frank team shares its take on the big themes in residential property development in London for the year ahead, from the rise of homeworking and wellbeing to retail conversions and mixed-use evolutions.
Chelsea Flower Show to take place in September
RHS to hold flagship gardening event in the autumn for the first time.
A hole of your own: The lowdown on building basements in the post-iceberg age
Figures out earlier this month suggest the days of the mega-basement are behind us in Prime Central London, but what should those still intent on attempting a subterranean project know? The Property Vision team runs us through both the potential upsides and pitfalls of going underground…
The Modern House founders target ‘marvellous historic homes’ with new estate agency, Inigo
Matt Gibberd and Albert Hill unveil new venture named after the 17th-century architect who sparked a revolution in British building design.
In Pictures: Touring Richstone’s latest super-prime project by Richmond Park
The top-end developer has created Langdale House as ‘the perfect balance of city/country living’, and is laying on a year’s worth of complimentary after sales care.
Inside No.1 Palace Street: Northacre reveals two show apartments opposite Buckingham Palace
In Pictures: PrimeResi takes a tour of the two contrasting marketing units at one of London’s most-anticipated luxury developments.