Miscellanea
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
‘Land & property are under-taxed’: Influential think tank calls for ‘fundamental’ economic reforms
"Fundamental reform has happened twice before in the last century following periods of crisis," says the IPPR in a major new report "– with the Attlee government’s Keynesian reforms in the 1940s and the…
RIBA launches weekly ‘live magazine’ at 66 Portland Place
Held at the Institute's iconic Art Deco HQ each Wednesday evening, The Architects Underground is aimed at 'everyone who has a love of, an interest in or an opinion on architecture and design'
Spectator competition winners: If Shakespeare had been an estate agent
How would The Bard have sold a house? Would Hemingway, Thoreau or Pinter have been able to stir up interest with syntax alone? Spectator readers rise to the challenge of reimagining sales particulars in…
HS2 has spent more than £1.25bn buying London properties
The North-South high-speed rail project has spent "at least" £1,256,089,849 on London property acquisitions, according to a freedom of information request
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