Design
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
Super-prime designer predicts four key trends for 2020
Top themes for luxury interiors in the year ahead, as forecast by Elicyon's Charu Gandhi...
AR Design wins planning for a striking contemporary country house in Hampshire
In Pictures: The Well House near Winchester is a one-off eco-home with a bold design that blends into the local landscape.
Artsy: Inside the Art Collection at the British Prime Minister’s Residence
How much leeway do prime ministers have to impose their own aesthetic tastes on the world's most famous townhouse?
Interior designers urged to ‘kick out the kick-backs’
BIID launches new anti-bribery campaign to stamp out 'unethical practices' in the industry
International demand for British architecture expertise soars
UK architects' combined revenue increased by 13% in 2019 - with the value of international work escalating by 22%
Frankfurt’s new Eden Tower is creating a 2,000 square metre vertical garden, using 185,000 plants
More than a fifth of the 98-metre residential tower's facade will be a "vertical vegetal ecosystem", requiring no special attention from residents.