Design
New knotweed tracking tool helps flag local infestations
A new interactive Heatmap tracks sighting of Japanese Knotweed across the UK.
Don’t forget the fundamentals: Ten tips for delivering a successful prime resi development
Seasoned PCL property pro Alan Waxman, who has delivered more than 50 schemes in the capital over the last two decades, offers up ten pointers to help developers maximise their chances of sales success…
Dubai design studio launches in London
Jonathan Ashmore's Anarchitect sets up a UK base
Scruton names his ‘Building Beautiful’ design tsars
Gail Mayhew, Mary Parsons, Nicholas Boys Smith & Kim Wilkie join Sir Roger Scruton's 'Building Better, Building Beautiful' Commission.
Couture Shift: Understanding the key trends shaping global interior design
The deepening relationship between fashion and interiors, the rise of the 'caring' consumer, and haute craftsmanship will be among the themes influencing the finest schemes of 2019, predicts design house…
In Pictures: Britain’s most sustainable new resi developments
Eight residential schemes in the UK have been shortlisted for this year's BREEAM Awards, which take place in London in March to kick-off Futurebuild week.
Georgian Group Awards: Call for entries
Heritage champion restarts awards programme after hiatus
Behind the Schemes: The grand revival of an historic Bloomsbury townhouse
How Quinn Architects returned a Grade II* listed building to its original grandeur after two centuries of alteration and poor repairs...
Japanese Knotweed ‘will be brought under control by 2040’
Lending and conveyancing restrictions mean that property sellers can't ignore knotweed, says a specialist firm;
In Pictures: Pedestrian-first plans to reinvent Aldwych & the Strand
Westminster wants to turn the West End's hectic gyratory into 'a world-class cultural and learning quarter'.
Super-tall, super-skinny, super-expensive: The ‘pencil towers’ of New York’s super-rich
The Guardian's architecture critic Oliver Wainwright rails against esoteric planning rules that have allowed 'a new breed of needle-like tower' to punch through the New York skyline.
In Pictures: Transforming seven ‘ad hoc’ Fitzrovia buildings into a high-spec boutique development
A look inside Great Portland Estates's 'Portland & Riding' scheme in Fitzrovia, designed by Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands.