To sell luxury, should it still be called luxury?
While the luxury sector is experiencing unprecedented worldwide success, it is also facing an existential crisis, as Professors Jean-Noël Kapferer and Anne Michaut explain…
New UCL project aims to profile every building in London
“Colouring London” is a new citizen science platform that collects, collates, visualises and allows people to download statistical data about every building in London
The Lady launches training school for household staff
Venerable women’s glossy diversifies into training and recruitment at ‘Norfolk’s answer to Downton Abbey’
These are London’s most influential property people in 2019
The Evening Standard’s annual rundown of the capital’s influencers includes 17 property power players
Global UHNW wealth falls for the first time in three years
There’s been “muted” growth in the number of Ultra-High Net Worth Individuals over the last year, reports Wealth-X – but London has seen a bigger rise than any other top ten UHNW city
Superblocks: Barcelona’s car-free zones could extend lives and boost mental health
An urban planning idea from Catalonia is reclaiming city streets from cars, and delivering considerable long-term benefits for residents and visitors alike. Anupam Nanda explains how…
‘A completely new way of working’: JLL unveils ‘blueprint’ design for national office network
The global agency is looking to overhaul the way its employees work and engage with one another, which means fewer desks, a focus on health & wellbeing, and much more foliage…
UK’s largest cities see ‘widespread exodus’ as affordability hits home
12 of the UK’s 15 largest cities saw a net outflow of residents last year, according to data sourced from the ONS, as residents up sticks in favour of market towns and ‘affluent amenity-rich communities’
Dubai royal’s gothic mansion is one of the UK’s ‘most endangered’ buildings
The ‘exemplary’ Shadwell Court in Norfolk has been neglected for far too long, according to the Victorian Society, releasing its annual rundown of architectural treasures under threat…
‘These houses cost an arm, leg & lung’: Air pollution tool encourages London house-hunters to cut property prices
Londoners are being urged to use air pollution data to drive down house prices and rents; “this is going to be industry standard”, says the NAEA’s chief
Property market stalls on Friday 13th as homebuyers get the heebie jeebies
Completions typically tank by 40% whenever the dreaded date comes round, according to new analysis of Land Registry data
In Pictures: Property developer hosts major Dali art exhibition at London office
Sobha Realty has assembled a multi-million pound collection of works by Salvador Dali to exhibit at its Park Lane office