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Revealed: bust-up with Boris made Lord Rogers quit

20.11.09
Extraordinary row between Boris Johnson and one of the world's leading architects led to resignation over controversial Chelsea Barracks redevelopment... more

The right choices for a humbled EU

20.11.09
As with so many decisions in a body composed of 25 member states, the choice of Herman van Rompuy as EU President and Catherine Ashton as EU foreign minister is a messy and inoffensive compromise... more

Qataris are billed £100m for Candys

18.11.09
The already high stakes in the battle between the former partners in the £3 billion redevelopment of the Chelsea Barracks site are set to get even higher ... more

Chelsea barracks developers win race to buy US Embassy

03.11.09
American Embassy building is to be sold to the foreign developers responsible for the Chelsea Barracks scheme... more

Lord Rogers - the star architect who failed to charm Chelsea

20.10.09
It's been another mixed week for Lord Rogers. His practice has won the Stirling Prize for the Maggie's cancer care centre in Hammersmith. At the same time his lawyers are chasing £2 million of fees they say he is still owed by developers Qatari Diar following the abandonment of the Rogers-designed redevelopment of Chelsea Barracks.... more

Designs on Chelsea Barracks shortlist are kept under wraps

25.09.09
Developers of the Chelsea Barracks site accused of keeping local people in the dark after it emerged that designs are to be kept secret... more

Prince Charles is speaking for Londoners on design

19.08.09
The tendency nowadays is for architects to treat the site as a heroic composition, or as a single massive building... more

Qataris select architects for Chelsea Barracks 'longlist'

27.07.09
The developers of the £3billion Chelsea Barracks scheme are set to announce a "longlist" of up to 15 architectural firms in the running to design plans for the site.... more

Prince's charity to have say on Chelsea Barracks redesign

26.06.09
Prince Charles's architecture charity will play a key role in redesigning the plans for the Chelsea Barracks site... more

The major players in the bitter battle of Chelsea barracks

12.06.09
The major players in the bitter battle of Chelsea barracks... more

Charles lands blow against towers of steel and glass

12.06.09
Prince Charles has fought a 25-year battle against modern architecture - ever since branding a plan for an extension on the National Gallery as a "monstrous carbuncle on the face of a much-loved and elegant friend"... more

Blow for Prince Charles as planners back Chelsea Barracks design

11.06.09
Prince Charles's attempts to derail the £1billion redevelopment of Chelsea Barracks have suffered a setback... more

Prince Charles's lecture urges architects to respect the past

12.05.09
Prince Charles will risk the further wrath of modern architects tonight when he urges them to look to the past when designing buildings in the future... more

Public inquiry call for Barracks plan

14.04.09
The multi-billion pound Chelsea Barracks scheme should be decided by a public inquiry, one of London's most senior politicians said... more

Objectors reach truce over £1bn Chelsea Barracks plan

24.02.09
Final plans for the £1billion Chelsea Barracks scheme are to be submitted this week after developers reached a compromise with campaigners... more

Barracks chapel stands in way of Chelsea sports centre plan

15.01.09
Proposals for a sports centre on the site of the former Chelsea Barracks could be scaled down if a Victorian chapel on the land is given listed status... more

Qataris give Shard the kiss of life

16.12.08
Property: Qatari investors behind the redevelopment of the Chelsea Barracks have given the planned Shard of Glass skyscraper on the south side of London Bridge the kiss of life... more

Residents complain about new Chelsea Barracks proposal

19.11.08
Residents are still unhappy with the £3billion Chelsea Barracks scheme despite major alterations to the original plans... more

Candys sell share in barracks to the Qataris

10.11.08
The Candy brothers have agreed to sell their stake in the £3 billion Chelsea Barracks scheme and the neighbouring Grosvenor Waterside development to their Qatari partners... more

Chelsea Barracks plans get greener and leaner

07.11.08
These are the first images of the new plans for Britain's most expensive housing development... more

Campaign is on to quell barracks-plan rebellion

07.11.08
It is nice to see the Qataris wish to be good neighbours with the residents of Chelsea and Belgravia. A very English representative of the oil-state's development arm, Qatari Diar, took morning tea last Friday with members of the Belgravia Residents Association... more

Candy brothers in talks to sell Chelsea Barracks stake

23.10.08
Property tycoons Nick and Christian Candy have been in negotiations over the sale of their stake in the £1billion Chelsea Barracks, the Evening Standard can reveal... more

What downturn? We only deal with the über-rich

12.09.08
While London’s property market stalls, the Candy brothers are forging ahead with jaw-dropping projects that include £100m apartments. Here, they answer the critics who have attacked their plans for Chelsea Barracks and Knightsbridge... more

'Amber light' given to Candys' barracks flats

05.09.08
A £1 billion scheme to redevelop Chelsea Barracks has been given the "amber light" by council planners... more

Chelsea Barracks scheme to have public sports complex

04.09.08
This is the multi-million-pound community sports centre which will form a major part of the Candy brothers' plan for Chelsea Barracks... more

The $300 billion Arabs are coming

29.05.08
The soaring price of oil is bad news for credit crunch London - but it means a boom time for the Middle East producers who are embarking on a massive property spending spree ... more

Revealed: £1bn design for Chelsea Barracks

08.04.08
Billionaire developers the Candy brothers have unveiled the first image of their Chelsea Barracks development... more

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