Design
‘There are glimmers of growing confidence’ in the architecture profession – RIBA
Architects got a bit more pessimistic about future workloads in December, but the Royal Institute of British Architects has spotted signs of improvement after an extended period of volatility...
In Pictures: Waldo Works completes £7.6m penthouse at Television Centre
Tom Bartlett's studio takes a 'playful' approach to designing one of the marquee units at Stanhope's reinvention of BBC Television Centre in west London
In Pictures: London’s best-designed new home extensions
25 projects have been shortlisted for this year's Don't Move, Improve! award.
What London’s Iconic Home Design Says About the City’s Evolution
From grand residences on Carlton House Terrace to working class terraces in Greenwich, most houses in London adhere to the basic "two up, two down" interior template, says CityLab journalist Feargus O'Sullivan…
Government housing design tsar Scruton dies
Sir Roger Scruton, co-Chairman of the Building Better, Building Beautiful commission, has died at the age of 75.
2020 Vision: Luxury property trend predictions for the year ahead
Prime resi insiders weigh-in on the big property market, design and lifestyle trends for the next 12 months
In Pictures: Lodha unveils themed apartments at Lincoln Square
Luxury developer rethinks the traditional marketing suite to give a 'true representation of a resident’s experience'
Eric Parry picked to design British Ambassador’s residence in Beijing
Practice sees off stiff competition to scoop 'once in a generation opportunity to design the showcase for the UK in one of the world’s most important capitals'
Thousands of ‘gung-ho’ homeowners forging ahead without planning permission
Nearly 40,000 retrospective planning applications were filed across the UK in the last three years alone, according to new research, with single-storey extensions the most common source...
Mall Change: New lease of life for St James’s super-mansions
A blockbuster £95m sale near Buckingham Palace lit up the resi world in early 2019, but an even larger mansion next-door is also due to emerge as a single dwelling as ultra-prime conversions continue …
‘Transformer’ rooms & robo-furniture are set to remake our homes – and lives – before our eyes
As the global urban population continues to soar, the increasing need to use space more efficiently means adaptive and responsive domestic micro-environments will replace the old concept of static rooms…
Architects predict a surge in workloads
Business confidence spiked in November, reports the RIBA