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Hadid awarded RIBA’s Royal Gold Medal
Superstar architect Dame Zaha Hadid has added yet another trinket to her bulging trophy cabinet, winning this year's Royal Gold Medal for architecture.
EC Harris brand goes in Arcadis consolidation
Dutch-based built asset design/consultancy mammoth Arcadis has pulled its entire group under one umbrella identity, ditching the EC Harris and Hyder Consulting brands in the UK.
CLA cancels ‘financially unsustainable’ Game Fair
Rural folks' favourite palooza the CLA Game Fair - held at Blenheim Palace in 2014 and due to be held at Ragley Hall next year - has been cancelled for the foreseeable.
Rate of house price growth to slow next year – Hamptons International
Average house prices across England & Wales are expected to carry on growing over the next two years, but at a "subdued" pace, according to one of the UK's biggest estate agencies.
Sky Pool Scramble: Ballymore banking on another sellout at Embassy Gardens
Plans have been unveiled for the next release of apartments at Embassy Gardens (now better known as "that one with the Sky Pool"), three years after the first phase of the flagship Nine Elms scheme…
Mapped: The major buyer ‘flows’ shaping international prime resi markets
"Globally mobile" individuals pretty much shape prime city and retreat resi markets around the world, says Savills, by snapping up additional homes for business or leisure.
Digs Spenders: London’s £600m foreign student lettings market now a ‘key driver’
The 107,000 international students currently studying in London contribute a whopping £600m in rental income to the capital's lettings market, with some spending up to £1,500 a week on swanky digs…
USA is the world’s ‘clear number one’ for residential investability – Savills
"Investors in international residential real estate should combine an understanding of macro metrics and an appreciation of local, shorter term drivers of house prices when making buying decisions," says Savills as…
Hong Kong trumps London & New York as world’s highest value resi location
Hong Kong has held onto its crown as the world’s highest value residential location, recording an average price per square foot way above that of London or New York.
SBID International Design Excellence Awards 2015: Big ticket finalists
The finalists of this year's SBID International Design Awards have been announced, with public voting now open to source a winner in time for a presentation ceremony at The Dorchester on 27th November.
Parkside premium soars as wealthy buyers prioritise London’s green spaces
New research has shown how properties on the fringes of London's Royal Parks have outperformed the rest of PCL by quite the margin in recent years.
Rowsley’s first Euro play backs Neville and Giggs’ ‘new Mayfair of Manchester’
Peter Lim, the Singapore-based billionaire part-owner of Salford City FC, has agreed to back football stars Gary Neville and Ryan Giggs' plans to develop a former police station in central Manchester into…