Miscellanea
Bird’s-eye view unearths data on ‘hundreds of millions’ of homes around the world
US aerial imagery giant Vexcel has announced plans to roll out its ‘building attribute’ information in over 25 countries, including the UK.
Buyer picks up ‘one of the last trophy mansions in Knightsbridge’
£35mn ‘collector’s item’ on Cadogan Square was one of the standout instructions of last year.
The Times: Inside the world’s skinniest skyscraper
Will Pavia test-drives Manhattan’s Steinway Tower for The Times, and surveys the recent crop of ‘superskinnies’ changing the city’s famous skyline.
FT: End of the affair – London’s super-prime market breaks up with Russian money
“The agents have finally learned you can’t just do deals with anybody”.
Watch: Fire-gutted stately home to be reinvented as ‘an x-ray of a great house’
A fire-ravaged historic mansion in Surrey is to be reinvented as an ambitious "x-ray" of a Georgian stately home by the National Trust.
Star footballer launches charity pop-up at Knightsbridge agency
Mason Mount took over Knight Frank’s branch on Sloane Avenue for his new initiative in aid of children’s charity Together for Short Lives.
In Pictures: New apartments launched at Chelsea Barracks
Over £100mn-worth of townhouses and apartments have been sold at Chelsea Barracks so far this year, following £200mn-worth of sales in 2021.
Salboy launches sales at debut prime London scheme as developer eyes expansion in the capital
Manchester-based developer has launched sales at its Earls Court scheme and confirmed the acquisition of a second boutique resi site London, in Camden.
£55mn price tag for former Gucci HQ in Mayfair, now a 14,000 sq ft ‘private palace’
Grade I Grafton Street mansion is the finest option available in Mayfair right now, say agents
In Pictures: The 29 best-designed buildings of the year
RIBA's National Award Winners represent the UK’s best new buildings and provide an insight into the UK’s latest design and economic trends.
In Pictures: Inside a Strom-designed contemporary mansion in Hertfordshire
8,000 sq ft modernist creation sprawls across just two floors and ‘blurs the boundary’ between indoors and out.
60 new buildings added to heritage watchlist
Save Britain’s Heritage’s online register aims to find new life for the country’s ‘historic treasures’