Miscellanea
Listen: Clever thinking on smart home technology
Experts from the worlds of prime property development and home automation share their insights in this special episode of The Integrated Home podcast, produced in association with PrimeResi
In Pictures: Big-name artists rework Centre Point letters for charity
Artworks by contemporary artists including Gavin Turk, Conrad Shawcross, the Verhoeven twins, Laure Prouvost, Nancy Fouts and more will be auctioned off to help tackle homelessness
Investors back ‘game-changing’ AI platform for property developers, designers & planners
Norwegian start-up Spacemaker raises $25m in Series A funding from Round Hill Ventures, Atomico, Northzone & Nordic developers NREP and OBOS
Ranked: The world’s ten ‘most educated’ cities
Nearly 60% of Londoners hold at least a Bachelors degree
Britain’s luxury sector surges in value to £48bn, driven by cars
Walpole suggests that the luxury industry contributed 2.4% of the UK's total GDP in 2017
Chestertons makes the switch to electric
33-branch firm becomes the first major player to replace its entire fleet with zero-emission vehicles, while shifting all of its offices over to a renewable energy supplier
Mount Anvil unveils new public artworks in Islington, Hammersmith & Canary Wharf
Futurecity delivers commissioning programme across the developer's portfolio of London schemes, resulting in striking installations by Studio Swine, Jo Hayes Ward & James Hopkins
Luxury New York developers are betting on over-the-top indoor swimming pools as a deal closer
Ellen Paris reports on how the city's top developers are using luxury pools to attract HNW buyers in this deep-dive for Forbes Magazine
New Waterloo station entrance opens at Southbank Place
Qatari Diar & Canary Wharf Group project becomes one of the only schemes in the capital with direct access to a London Underground station
Super-prime design firm Studio Indigo sails off with top superyacht award
36m Dutch-built vessel styled by Mike Fisher's design studio wins a top gong at the World Superyacht Awards
Here’s how long it really takes to buy a home
Matterport survey puts the average end-to-end timeframe at six months and 24 days
Leonardo da Vinci designed an ideal city that was centuries ahead of its time
500 years after his death, Leonardo's ideas are not simply valid – they actually suggest a way forward for urban planning, writes Alessandro Melis