Design
Architects square up to developers over unpaid fees
Architects are increasingly taking legal action over work completed on stalled projects, as the impacts of the pandemic filter through the supply chain.
Check out the view from Battersea Power Station’s new ‘Chimney Lift’
CGI bubble image released to show visitors what they can expect from ‘one of the most unique viewing platforms in London’ when it opens at the £9b scheme next year.
RIBA consults on mandatory competency tests
Members will need to prove their professional competence every five years, according to the proposals.
In Pictures: London’s best new home extensions
This year's Don't Move, Improve! shortlist celebrates how home-owners are creating flexible spaces for living, working and playing.
UK firm designs luxury Caribbean villas made from lava
Saunders has designed its new ‘sustainable’ scheme on the island of Grenadabin using locally-sourced lava rock.
Retrofitting historic homes ‘could save up to 84% in carbon emissions’
New research demonstrates the massive difference retrofitting measures can make to older homes, which make up 20% of the UK's total housing stock.
Watch: Mayfair scheme unveils ‘best-in-class automated parking system’
Lodha UK has just revealed details of what it's calling "The Vault" in Mayfair - a high-spec automated parking system for its 44-unit super-prime 1 Grosvenor Square development.
In Pictures: Portia Fox-designed sub-penthouse at Southbank Place launched at £7.75m
Ex-Candy & Candy designers set out to ‘reflect the soul of the area’ with the interior scheme for this 27th floor show unit at Thirty Casson Square.
French duo Lacaton & Vassal win the 2021 Pritzker Prize
Paris-based social housing specialists scoop architecture's highest honour.
CallisonRTKL recruits KPF’s Firminger to lead London resi & mixed-use projects
Lydia Firminger has joined architecture and design firm CallisonRTKL, to focus on mixed-use and residential development projects in London.
Historic Interest: Listed home sales hit record high
2020 was the first time more than 8,000 listed homes changed hands in England and Wales, reports Hamptons.