Hopes that a rescue of Battersea Power Station may finally become a reality receive a huge boost after Wandsworth council gives the go-ahead to a £5.5 billion scheme... more
During the recession, construction of London's most grandiose building schemes ground to a halt. Now architects are dusting off their old plans and our skyline is once again being transformed. But is this era of austerity really the time for extravagant towers, asks Kieran Long... more
ITV chairman Archie Norman says his new chief exec Adam Crozier (who has no broadcast experience) was a far better appointment than "some hot shot" fromm BBC or Channel 4... more
In a bid to be more urban lifestyle destination and less gambling mecca, Las Vegas has opened a glittering new complex of shops and hotels. Kate Simon is the first British journalist to review the project... more
Hooray for Boris. Make the Mayor of London Prime Minister, no, King. For our hero seems to have faced down penny-pinching housebuilders to insist no more rabbit-hutch homes be built for sale in London
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New designs for Battersea Power Station have been unveiled after a plan for a 250-metre "eco-chimney" was scrapped in the face of hostility from local residents and Boris Johnson... more
As a 250-metre glass tower becomes the latest failed proposal for the iconic power station, its developer needs to forget the hare-brained schemes and get on with regenerating the area.... more
Two Irish entrepreneurs have devised a £4.5 billion scheme for Battersea Power Station and the Nine Elms corridor. Here they outline their vision but to realise it the Mayor may have to break the rules... more
They were conceived in the boom times, but some of the ambitious developments set to breathe new life into the capital face huge challenges as recession bites ... more
The super-rich still love London, keeping prices at the top end high. Across the city there remains a shortage of homes but building is slowing in the crunch.
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The latest developers paid £400 million for Battersea Power Station. Now Rob Tincknell takes up the challenge of breathing life into the decaying giant
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Suddenly everything has changed. Two months ago, prospective developers were being told to make every proposal bigger and higher. London seemed on its way to becoming a city of towers, a Thames-side Dubai or Shanghai... more
The sense of space strikes you first, sheer generous expanses undulating over different levels, like a rectangular version of the English countryside. ... more
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