Design
Google owner ditches plans for pioneering ‘smart city’
Sidewalk Labs has abandoned its grand plan to create a 12-acre "smart city" on Toronto's waterfront.
Housebuilder unveils ‘Foundation 200’ modular home prototype; plans to donate 200 to homeless people
Hill Group has showcased its prototype "Foundation 200" house, 200 of which will be built and donated to homeless people over the next five years.
MSMR reimagines rundown villa in Bayswater
Prominent Italianate affair just north of Westbourne Grove has seen better days
Top interior designer launches new charity; calls for partners to help create ‘rest nests’ for NHS nurses
Karen Howes, founder of Knightsbridge-based interiors design house Taylor Howes, is launching a new charitable initiative and is looking for partners in the interiors and property space to help do more…
In Pictures: Capability Brown’s Hampton Court mansion offered for sale or rent
The storied Prestbury House near Hampton Court is being marketed as "an outstanding lockdown pad", for sale at £6.5m or to rent at £4,500 per week.
Pioneering off-grid project in Devon nears completion
The Autarkic House near Exeter will be Europe’s first fully off-grid solar-hydrogen home, and the world’s first certified hydrogen fuel cell Passivhaus.
In Pictures: Grosvenor finalises Cundy Street plan
Grosvenor Britain & Ireland has finalised its plan for the controversial redevelopment of the Cundy Street Quarter in Belgravia, sharing a revamped proposal after 12 months of banter with locals and three…
In Pictures: Forthcoming Mandarin Oriental branded residences around the world
Touring fourteen of the luxury hotel group's eye-popping branded resi projects, from Bali to Tel Aviv...
Former RIBA president’s practice sued over swimming pool design
Jane Duncan Architects is reported to have admitted that it "fell below the standard of a reasonably competent architect" on a private residential project in Hertfordshire, but is contesting the extent…
Top interior designer’s lavish bedroom giveaway raises thousands for NHS Charities Together
Laura Hammett is giving away a high-spec bespoke bedroom worth £35,000 to raise funds for NHS staff, volunteers and patients impacted by the COVID-19 crisis.
A short history of tall buildings: The making of the modern skyscraper
As we heard this week, a record number of skyscrapers completed in London last year, and we're about to see the completion of the world's tallest building - the kilometre-high Kingdom Tower in Jeddah;
Smallbone owner Lux Group snaps up another top-end London furniture firm
New York super-prime property developer Gary Barnett's Lux Group Holdings has picked up another luxury furniture brand in the UK, acquiring Christopher Peacock (London) Ltd.