Edwin Lutyens’ Midland Bank building in the City of London has been renovated by Soho House & Co and the Sydell Group to accommodate a lavish hotel, club, multiple dining venues and a bar in the former vault. The Ned is the latest project by Soho House & Co, which also transformed a derelict farm in
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A sunken bed and folding ping-pong table feature in this studio converted from a derelict garden shed for a pair of artists in west London. London-based studio Silver & Co renovated and refurbished the garden shed for a sculptor, a painter and their child, creating a self-contained studio that can also be used as a gallery or a guest bedroom. Most of the
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White ribbed panelling provides a neutral backdrop for smoked-oak furnishings and marble bathrooms in this former west London office, which McLaren Excell has converted into a family home. London-based McLaren Excell completely overhauled the two-storey Rylett Crescent building in London’s Shepherds Bush, which was originally an industrial laundry facility before it was converted into offices. The architects
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White ribbed panelling provides a neutral backdrop for smoked-oak furnishings and marble bathrooms in this former west London office, which McLaren Excell has converted into a family home. London-based McLaren Excell completely overhauled the two-storey Rylett Crescent building in London’s Shepherds Bush, which was originally an industrial laundry facility before it was converted into offices. The architects
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London mayor Sadiq Khan has withdrawn support for the Thomas Heatherwick-designed Garden Bridge by refusing to sign the vital financial guarantees that would allow building to go ahead. In a letter addressed to the Garden Bridge Trust chair Mervyn Davies today, Khan said he would not guarantee funds for the bridge’s operation and maintenance. He cited the potential for spiralling construction costs
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Foreign investors are using illicit wealth to buy up property in luxury developments across London, out-pricing locals, according to a new anti-corruption report. The UK anti-corruption organisation Transparency International (TI-UK) investigated the sale of 2,066 properties across 14 new developments in the capital to calculate the number of overseas buyers and the effect on the capital’s housing crisis. The
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British studio OMMX has teamed up with house-builder Naked House to develop an affordable housing model for London, offering homes stripped back to just their bare necessities. Designed to appeal to first-time buyers priced out of the capital’s traditional housing market, the properties will be sold for between £150,000 to £350,000 – a fraction of the £580,000 average house price
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Giles Pike Architects has extended this house in Putney, southwest London, using glass walls to flood the new basement living areas with natural light. Local studio Giles Pike Architects designed the stepped extension for a Victorian semi-detached house to create an open-plan living, kitchen and dining room. The architects excavated ground at the back of the Felsham Road property to extend
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Giles Pike Architects has extended this house in Putney, southwest London, using glass walls to flood the new basement living areas with natural light. Local studio Giles Pike Architects designed the stepped extension for a Victorian semi-detached house to create an open-plan living, kitchen and dining room. The architects excavated ground at the back of the Felsham Road property to extend
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Timber portals frame windows and skylights in this garden-facing extension, which Nimtim Architects has added to a terraced house in Peckham, southeast London. The London-based practice designed the extension and renovation to an “unremarkable” infill house built between brickwork residences during the 1950s. The client, a young professional, wanted the extension to serve as an open-plan kitchen and dining
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