Design
Garden Rooms: How to extend a property the easy way
Can you really link an interior and an exterior space? You can if you're landscaping guru Barry Burrows...
Battersea Power Station UK sales start today
SP Setia's development of Battersea Power Station just got real
Battersea Power Station penthouses “to start from £6m”
The eyes of the property world were firmly on Battersea this morning, as details of the long-awaited first batch of resi units at BPS were revealed at an on-site press conference
Can you dig it? RBKC’s basement review goes deeper
The Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea is taking a long hard look at its approach to basement conversions, with a consultation on a draft policy for applications due to end on 31st January and a public…
HOME: Show Preview 2013
The trade-only design frenzy that is HOME is just around the corner, and it's not one to miss if you are in the interiors game
Penrose calls on English Heritage to protect our views
John Penrose, the former architecture minister, has called for Britain's best views to be listed by English Heritage in the same way as historic buildings to avoid "casual destruction"
Vauxhall Towers win planning approval
A year after submitting detailed proposals, CLS Holdings has got the go-ahead to begin construction of two 50-storey mixed-use towers in Vauxhall, between Vauxhall's transport "hub" and Ballymore's new…
BoJo calls up Sir Terry Farrell for new Design Advisory Group
A star chamber of big league design experts including Sir Terry Farrell has been called up to advise Boris Johnson on major development schemes in the capital, with the aim of "promoting the highest quality…
Battersea Power Station Phase One: Approved
**UPDATE** Wandsworth Council has given full approval to the Battersea Project Land Company's Phase One plans, meaning that all is on-track for sales of the first 800 resi units to kick-off at 10am on…
Required Reading: Controlling costs on listed building projects
The government’s decision to scrap the VAT exemption on alterations to listed properties has made building works even more expensive.
Shoreditch is over, says LSE prof’
David Cameron's approval of a "Creative City" around Old Street and Shoreditch is a death knell for the area, according to one of LSE's leading sociologist, Professor Richard Sennett
London under threat from high-rise developments
Ed Vaisey, the architecture and heritage minister, is "very worried" about the impact that high-rise developments on the South Bank will have on London's historic landscape and buildings, including the…