Developers & architects to battle it out at Dragons Den-style pitch event
Built environment pros will have just three minutes to impress a panel of judges and an audience of ‘potential partners’
FT: Why luxury brands want to sell you a home
Judith Evans explores the burgeoning international trend for branded luxury homes, for the Financial Times.
Colefax hit by high-end housing slump
Profits sink by a fifth at luxury interiors group amid ‘difficult trading conditions’
Beautiful homes & tree-lined streets should be ‘the norm not the exception’
Roger Scruton and Nicolas Boys Smith’s final report for the Building Better Building Beautiful Commission has been published, offering a series of policy proposals and practical recommendations to make Britain’s built environment more pleasant – including planning reforms, a kitemark for design-led developers, and a massive tree planting drive.
New pictures show ‘bold new vision’ for Victoria
‘Ambitious’ new public realm and placemaking proposals are aimed at improving the area for residents and visitors
No Pain No Gain? On biodiversity and the luxury residential sector
New biodiversity net gain laws have the potential to add significant additional costs to the development of schemes in the UK’s rural and costal locations, writes Nicholas Burt…
Historic England dredges up £9m to save ‘the finest view in England’
Enough silt to fill Wembley Stadium is to be removed from the Capability Brown-designed lakes at Blenheim Palace.
Jenrick: ‘We’ll make it easier to build beautiful homes, to end the myth that quality is the enemy of supply’
Writing in The Sunday Telegraph, Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick trails the publication of the late Roger Scruton’s Building Better, Building Beautiful report. He suggests a “fast-track for beauty” in the planning system, and pledges to “re-green” cities with an urban tree-planting drive.
Green light for new Turnham Green apartment block
Keith Williams Architects has designed a new six-storey building in Chiswick, delivering 34 apartments and some retail space overlooking Turnham Green
What makes a great build-to-rent home? These are the facilities that tenants really value
New-build reviews platform HomeViews has taken a deep-dive into the burgeoning build-to-rent sector, revealing what tenants really value – and what causes most irritation. From concierges and 24-hour gyms to pet-friendly spaces and decent ventilation, we look at the residents’ facilities that really matter.
In Pictures: Landscape design guru showcases his most dramatic transformations
Randle Siddeley documents challenging projects from Holland Park to Hong Kong for new career retrospective The Garden: Before & After