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The shortlist for the English Heritage Angel Awards has just been released, doffing a baggy cap to the year's most heroic acts of architectural rescue.

There's been no change in the number of new house building starts over the last quarter, although the number's up by nearly a fifth year-on-year, according to the latest Government stats.

It's all kicking off in NW London. The tally of estate agencies in leafy West Hampstead could be about to top thirty, and other high street businesses in the area are not happy. At all.

"Architects could be at the heart of designing a new, better Scotland after a Yes vote," declared the Architects for Yes campaign at its launch yesterday.

Images of what HS2 works in Camden could look like have upset the residents of Primrose Hill.

"The price exuberance seen in some corners of the market is easing," says Knight Frank's Gráinne Gilmore, as the agency's monthly House Price Sentiment Index shows another drop.

Uber-developers Godfrey Bradman and Sir Stuart Lipton are reportedly back in business and making a significant play on the UK's private rented sector.

It sounds like things are heating up in the battle for the £600m contract to redevelop the main Battersea Power Station building.

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.

Residential projects are still leading the construction industry's growth, with 37% of all contracts awarded in July going to housebuilding.

Luxury residential developer Amazon Property has bought a 20,500 sq ft office block in the middle of Soho. Swan House, 52 Poland Street is currently home to seven floors of offices with Yo!

The interior design world is packing for Paris, as the MAISON&OBJET trade exhibition looms large.