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Cadogan making headway in sustainability drive
Great estate’s ‘Chelsea 2030’ stewardship strategy has reduced emissions and increased urban greening
When the levee breaks: Sir James Bevan on climate change & the limits of flood protection
A speech by Sir James Bevan, Chief Executive of the Environment Agency, in June 2022.
In Pictures: Designer doghouses snapped up at Goodwoof Barkitecture auction
Kennels created by 16 top architects and designers were auctioned for charity at Goodwood's inaugural Goodwoof event.
The Tree of Trees and Superbloom: the celebration of monarchy & the natural environment
Edward Lee of Savills Heritage & Townscape team explores the enduring relationship between the Crown and the nation's green spaces.
In Pictures: Fenton Whelan’s Spring party at Kensington Palace
Over 300 guests attended James Van den Heule and Sanjay Sharma's Spring Party, celebrating the topping out of the luxury property developers' Park Modern scheme overlooking Hyde Park.
Ch4 doubles down on ‘Britain’s Most Expensive Houses’, starring Sotheby’s Realty
Channel 4 has commissioned another series of its glossy fly-on-the-wall TV show following UK Sotheby's International Realty, doubling its order from four to eight episodes.
In Pictures: New visualisations of Queensway’s £3bn transformation
Five property developers are working together to overhaul Queensway in Bayswater, promising "a blueprint for the future of London’s high streets", book-ended by super-prime residential schemes.
In Pictures: This is the ideal luxury home, according to research
Luxury Portfolio International has brought some research to life, mocking up a fantasy home that showcases prime property buyers' seven key demands.
The Economist: Londongrad is falling down
A long-read feature in The Economist delves into the networks and key players in Londongrad's fallen economy, profiling some familiar faces along the way.
Ranked: Britain’s best places to live in 2022
Prime property buying agency Garrington has rated and ranked nearly 1,400 towns, cities and villages across the UK - measuring a dozen criteria ranging from green credentials and architectural beauty to…
Ranked: The best places to live for globetrotting ‘executive nomads’
“The modern executive nomad – a distant cousin of the freelance creative working from a cafe in Bali or Costa Rica – owns a villa in the Algarve or a condo in Miami, attends Zoom calls from an airy…
Buyers paying ‘significantly more’ for homes with low-carbon tech, says Savills, as energy prices rise
59% of home-buyers are willing to pay extra for a home that primarily uses renewable energy, according to a new survey, while a third of buyers think EPC ratings are more important now than they were a…