Design
Candy goes underground at Gordon House
Christian Candy is planning to create one of the biggest resi basement complexes in London under his new family pad, Gordon House in the grounds of the Royal Hospital Chelsea.
House Tales: Holdenby House, Northamptonshire
Whatever became of this extraordinary palace, once hailed as the country's largest private house? The National Archives' Nicholas Kingsley investigates...
Art Attack: Amazon launches fine art market
Online retail behemoth Amazon is getting classy, launching a fine art division with works ranging from a $44 cat portrait up to a $4.85m Norman Rockwell oil on canvas and a Monet for $1.45m.
Making the Grade: How to stay on the right side of heritage property laws
Legal eagle Nicky Richmond runs us through some of the big questions to ask before getting all romantic...
TfL invites tenders for resi scheme at iconic Art Deco HQ
London Underground's Grade I listed HQ at 55 Broadway, above St James's Park tube station, is to be converted into prime residential units, with TfL now on the hunt for an architect to take on the scheme.
Casa Forma debuts property development arm
Super-prime design firm Casa Forma has launched a property development division, the nattily-named CF London.
Car Trouble: How London’s parking shortage is driving developers up the walls
As a single parking space hits the market with a record £300k price tag and a new report reveals how councils are raking in vast profits from parking fines, Sheila McCusker explains how developers are…
Intarya bags design projects worth £1.5m
It's been a big week for Northacre's interior design firm, Intarya, winning over £1.5m-worth of work in the shape of two trophy projects in Bayswater and a palace in the Middle East.
Frown Planning: What does the “P” in planning really stand for?
What does the "P" in planning really stand for? Petty, Potty and Pointless, says our resident Doer Upper Alan Page...
I'm all for Planning, but not necessarily for planning.
Fair Trade: Behind the scenes at Masterpiece London 2013
It's hard to believe that Masterpiece London is only four years old, such is the fair's presence in the social calendar.
£3m Trelissick contents sale doubles estimates
Everything went at Trelissick House in Cornwall this week, as Bonhams' epic contents sale made £3m on a £1.5m estimate.
Dublin Up: Irish property market in recovery?
After five years of relentless decline, with house prices falling by over 50% in some areas, it looks like Ireland's property market might be pulling itself together.