Case Studies
Deconstructed: The Garden House, Hampstead
Squeezing a brand new detached house into the grounds of a Hampstead mansion block might seem unlikely, but Hamilton Court Developments and Claridge Architects have managed something quite special, creating a…
High Voltage: How a Clerkenwell substation became a Modernist marvel
A new practice established by the former MD of Conran & Partners and a Director at Foster + Partners has come up with something rather extraordinary on London's Compton Street.
Deconstructed: Cool comfort in Fulham
Developer Vitruvius & Company went to town on a six-bed semi between Parsons Green and Bishops Park, creating one of Fulham's most highly-specced homes which launched to the market last month (January …
Deconstructed: A super-prime family home in Hampstead
Regal Homes' take on the Hampstead family home - a £16m eight bedroom affair - checks an awful lot of boxes.
CASE STUDY: Going super-high spec in Knightsbridge
How do you go about designing the ultimate specification for a landmark super-prime scheme opposite Harrods? What kind of bells and whistles do UHNWIs expect to see in a £12.5
CASE STUDY: From degenerate pub to Chelsea des res
Gary Linton has managed to turn a grotty drinking establishment on the Fulham Road into a boutique apartment scheme that's selling like proverbial hotcakes.
Video: The rise of Monaco’s Tour Odeon
Sales at Monaco's Tour Odeon, home of the world's most expensive penthouse, have "gone from strength to strength," says the developer Groupe Marzocco, with prices breaching €75,000 per square metre (approx.
Thackeray ‘brings Belgravia to Waterloo’
Thackeray Estates says its has brought "Belgravia-quality homes to Waterloo" with its Dover House project by pulling out all the stops with suppliers, including calling in luxury resi's international ma…
Inside the world’s most expensive penthouse
The world's most expensive penthouse - £240m - has been unveiled in Monaco. It has a waterslide to link the dancefloor to the pool.
Taking over the top five storeys of the Tour Odeon tower on Av.
Development Case Study: The Westminster office-to-resi scheme
Change of use may be all the rage in London, but how do you actually go about creating desirable, profitable units from an unloved office building? Here's how one firm transformed a Grade II* Georgian gem o…
The first new-build on Kensington Palace Gardens for over a century
Here's what the new kid on Britain's most exclusive block - Kensington Palace Gardens - is going to look like.
Case Study: Using video to market a trophy instruction
Can a set of snaps and some pithy paragraphs ever really do justice to a super-prime scheme? The developer of these two record-breaking penthouses in St John's Wood certainly didn't think so, and commissioned …