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43-storey tower will rise on the South Bank

17.09.09
43-storey tower proposed for the South Bank that was condemned as 'an act of architectural vandalism' has been approved by a High Court judge... more

Prince Charles told firm to axe architect chosen for St Paul's project

17.08.09
Prince of Wales secretly lobbied for a leading modernist architect to be dropped from a development next to St Paul's Cathedral... more

Firms have six weeks to draw up Barracks plan

13.08.09
The 10 architecture firms shortlisted to design the Chelsea Barracks redevelopment have six weeks to submit proposals for the £3billion scheme... more

Chelsea Barracks architects linked to Prince Charles

12.08.09
Five firms of architects with links to Prince of Wales have been asked to draw up new plans for one of London's most prominent sites... more

£200 billion of gloom- but it looks good for the vultures

24.07.09
Paul Idzik, the chief executive of DTZ, said this week that searching for green shoots was "like looking for Elvis". The former chief operating officer of Barclays who joined the struggling property agent last November is understandably gloomy... more

Fund turns Charles into a Prince of woes

26.06.09
Prince Charles may have succeeded in killing off plans by the Qataris to build 539 modern flats at Chelsea Barracks. But HRH has just had a property scheme of his own destroyed by the recession... more

Diamond idea points way to an Olympic celebration

01.05.09
Could a 250-foot square-sided tube with pointy ends suspended vertically 40 feet above the ground become the icon for the Olympics and the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee? Yes, if plans to recreate the Skylon centrepiece of the 1951 Festival of Britain are adopted by the Mayor of London and are given the nod by the Royal Household ... more

Can we be made to love the Thames Gateway?

09.12.08
Sir Terry Farrell, Boris Johnson’s new adviser on developing the 50‑mile stretch along the river, outlines his radical plans to bring out the area’s hidden natural beauty... more

Thames national park to be Dickensian idyll

27.11.08
Plans for a Thames Estuary national park returning 50 miles of Kent and Essex wetlands to the state of wilderness immortalised by Charles Dickens were unveiled today.... more

It's time for some blue sky thinking, Boris

28.10.08
The Johnson regime has made a solid start with its building strategy. Now the Mayor can seize the opportunity to make a better, more beautiful London... more

Three ways to bring a new dawn to Oxford St

17.10.08
On Saturday, 6 December this year the annual ritual of transforming Oxford Street into a pedestrian precinct is due to be repeated. Why not experiment further?... more

Property

08.10.08
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. ... more

First look inside Terry Farrell's refurbished Royal Institution

05.09.08
The Royal Institution of Great Britain, home to the science establishment for more than 200 years, reopens this weekend after a £22 million revamp... more

Lost rivers of London to resurface in Boris plan

16.06.08
Rivers lost decades ago under tonnes of concrete could be brought back to the surface as part of a plan to revitalise London... more

Camden Lock was just perfect - so rebuild it

15.02.08
Just rebuild it. Don't argue. Don't fantasise about some new-age Camden Lock to replace the one that went up in flames last weekend. Don't imagine architects can change their spots and design an urban stage as compelling as the Victorians did. They can't, any more than Britart can produce another Constable... more

Who Can Solve London's Housing Crisis?

10.10.07
The Evening Standard is running a series of London Influentials Debates. The first will try to find a solution for the housing crisis.... more

Docklands to be surfers' paradise

17.09.07
Forget Newquay, dudes! The surf will soon be up - in London's Docklands.... more

It's a winner: the reborn festival hall

29.05.07
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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