Design
£768m Victoria Circle construction to start next month
It's been a big morning for Land Securities, announcing a 3.4% rise in pre-tax profits to £533m and the official start to its mammoth £768m Victoria Circle project.
73% of property buyers experience an online “Imagination Gap”
Floorplanner, the online 3D planning platform, has announced the purchase of online furniture curator MyDeco, bringing its total number of users to a pretty significant seven million worldwide
Planning nod for black-fronted house on Park Place
SHH to convert 1960s office block in St James's into a striking single residence, inspired by 10 Downing Street
Shell Centre plans shaping up
It's looking good for Canary Wharf and Qatari Diar on the Southbank, as their 2
Boles has grand designs on more self-building
The Planning Minister has challenged local councils to step-up to help boost housebuilding by finding land for local self-builders to build their "Grand Design
Alchemi wins approval for SW1 resi conversion
Alchemi's plans to convert 55 Victoria Street from offices into 54 apartments (with a bit of retail on the ground floor) have been approved by Westminster Council, despite the designs being recommended…
£18m Soane & Lutyens masterpiece graces the market
Arguably Britain's most beautiful country house, the Grade I listed Tyringham Hall, is being offered for sale through Savills Country Department with an £18 million guide price.
Interior Trends 2013: How to use colour
If you were at this month's Salone del Mobile in Milan, you'll know it was all about colour. It can do wonderful things
New plans for Clarges Estate scheme; resi element boosted to nearly 50%
British Land has upped the resi component of its Mayfair masterplan from 63,000 sq ft to a whopping 94,000 sq ft - making up nearly half of the entire scheme
Lambart & Browne penthouse launches at Verge Mayfair
There were top-notch canapes aplenty at the Harrods Estates-hosted soiree last night to debut the new Lambart & Browne penthouse at Verge Mayfair.
Lambart & Browne-designed Verge penthouse (Guide £4.5m).
Pevsner goes digital
Yale University Press has launched Pevsner's Architectural Glossary, an iPhone and iPad app version of the classic Pevsner Glossary of Architectural Terms hardback tome
Stanhope’s BBC Television Centre plans revealed
Stanhope has unveiled more details about its mixed-use plans for the 14-acre BBC Television Centre site in White City, which it acquired last Summer