Design
Derwent completes net zero carbon Charlotte Street scheme; offers free flats to NHS staff
80 Charlotte Street in Fitzrovia is Derwent's biggest ever mixed-use development, and marks a big step towards the firm's ambition to achieve a fully net zero carbon portfolio.
6% of architects don’t think their practice will survive the next 12 months
Architects' workloads are a third lower than at this time last year, reports the RIBA, and most practices expect their workloads to decline further in the coming months.
Watch: Mandarin Oriental Mayfair construction time-lapse
See months of graft condensed into ninety seconds with this time-lapse of Clivedale's forthcoming Mandarin Oriental-branded scheme on Hanover Square.
Grosvenor submits Cundy Street Quarter plans
Grosvenor has submitted its planning application for the Cundy Street Quarter regeneration in Belgravia, after more than a year of often torrid public engagement.
REDD & Formation secure planning for ‘Covid-compliant’ Mayfair scheme
The transformation of a grand 1890s block on the corner of Balfour Place & Mount Street will deliver a set of luxury apartments, a new boutique and some offices - all fully kitted out for the post-pandemic…
Remote Control: Sandy Mitchell on launching design & build projects in the new era
As lockdown begins to ease and the property market re-opens so that buyers can finally move house, Sandy Mitchell of Redbook shares some discoveries made while running the consultancy business and advising…
Ferris Bueller-inspired Cornish Grand Design offered for £2.5m
Kevin McCloud called this new-build country house "a stinking success". The owners are now looking for a new project.
Recognition at last for Chermayeff’s revered Bentley Wood
Described as 'a regular Rolls-Royce of a house' when it was built in 1938, Serge Chermayeff's newly-listed Modernist gem is considered one of the most important buildings from Britain's inter-war period…
Delivering in a crisis: On managing risk in the global design supply chain
Katie Glaister & Henry Miller-Robinson explain how they are dealing with the challenges facing interior designers, craftspeople, artisans and other small businesses as they attempt to complete projects…
Historic urn ruling questions whether artefacts are part of listed buildings
A Supreme Court decision on the sale of a pair of historic C18th urns could have important consequences for listed property owners.
Why resi developers should be studying workplace design
Covid-19 has accelerated the existing trend towards more agile working, says Grant Lipton, and developers should follow suit...
Outside the Box: What will the property sector’s ‘new normal’ look like?
Disruption on the scale of the Coronavirus crisis is sure to alter long-term behaviours in the property sector, writes Olivia Holt, but it will take time for some changes to unfold...