Design
Scaling Up: How to turn staircases into selling features
Following step changes in design, technology and fire safety, the simple staircase can now be elevated into something surprising, inspired and beautiful, says Sheila McCusker...
Ten up for London Festival of Architecture
The London Festival of Architecture (LFA) reaches the grand old age of ten this year, and it's shaping up to be a fine vintage.
Grade I National Trust mansion up for rent in Shropshire
One of the most important houses in Shropshire - the Grade I-listed, National Trust-owned Morville Hall - has come up for rent at just £2,000 a week.
Rare batch of new-build homes launched in Marylebone
The first new-build houses to be built as a group in Marylebone for over thirty years have just been released, with prices starting at over £4m apiece.
£10m Victorian period piece comes to the market in Kensington
One of the last vestiges of high Victoriana in Kensington has just hit the market for a cool £10m.
INTERVIEW: City & Country’s Helen Moore on respectful heritage development
Fresh from overseeing the ambitious conversion of Bentley Priory in North London, Helen Moore, MD of developer City & Country, on respecting heritage, spotting opportunities and creating value...
Grandest Designs: The build-your-own stately homes
The English countryside could be about to see two new mansions "of national importance" arise from its green folds, so long as someone finds the time and money to actually build them.
Windlesham House
London’s skyline ‘trashed’ by wave of resi towers – Rees
The London skyline is being "trashed" by the wave of residential towers currently shooting up in between Vauxhall and Whitechapel, according to former City planning chief Peter Rees (the chap who incidentally…
Prime Property of the Week: X-Factory
Clarendon Cross, London
£12m
Nestled in an achingly fashionable pocket of Notting Hill, this former Brick Works has been reimagined and transformed into one seriously funky family home.
First Impressionists: The value of art in property
Anyone who has the money can buy a plane, car or beautifully crafted clothes. Art is individual, says Joe Burns, and it plays a key role in selling today's prime and super-prime properties...
Snaps Up: Berkeley goes arty with capital photography expo
Berkeley Homes is harnessing the power of art to add to the appeal of its Roman House development in the City of London, hosting a private view of photographer Niki Gorick's London-centric works in one…
Electric Boulevard: Plans for Battersea’s new high street revealed
Designs for the next phase of the transformation of Battersea Power Station have been unveiled.