Clerkenwell: the home of loft living
Clerkenwell has become so achingly cool that the affluent young entrepreneurs who work in its creative businesses are desperate to live there, too.
The best new homes 2012
Here we showcase this year's winners of our London Evening Standard New Homes Awards - the capital's property Oscars.
Spotlight on Camden Town
The shops and markets clustered around the high street and canal make Camden one of the most colourful of London's neighbourhoods. The area's period homes and loft-style apartments attract a mix of homebuyers.
Move to St Albans and you get two cities for the price of one
Moving out of the capital doesn’t have to mean a longer commute or even a change of job.
My design London: Elizabeth Hurley
Elizabeth Hurley reveals her latest design project; discusses friend Damien Hirst's artwork, as well as her favourite restaurants and design shops in London.
Find a rated tradesman
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Buy of the week: high church
This former masonic chapel in Chiswick has been converted into a three-bedroom home (£1.175 million) with a 30-foot open-plan, double-height reception room. The kitchen is a black glossy affair, there’s a study, a cinema room and a decked roof terrace.
Swap of the week: Blackboys, East Sussex
Honeys Green farmhouse is a Grade II-listed pile that sits in a couple of acres and offers versatile living with an annexe and outdoor heated pool. Inside has character galore among four bedrooms and an attic room with pretty views.
Life-changer: South Petherton, Somerset
Willowbrook is a five-bedroom beauty (£1.15 million) with a 52-foot reception room and garages that could become a holiday apartment. Make a B&B business there and your guests could use the indoor pool and gym complex or roam your two-acre garden.
Spotlight on Tunbridge Wells
It may have temporarily lost its iron-rich spring but Tunbridge Wells has buckets of charm to make up for it.-
Buy of the week: high church
This former masonic chapel in Chiswick has been converted into a three-bedroom home (£1.175 million) with a 30-foot open-plan, double-height reception room. The kitchen is a black glossy affair, there’s a study, a cinema room and a decked roof terrace. -
Swap of the week: Blackboys, East Sussex
Honeys Green farmhouse is a Grade II-listed pile that sits in a couple of acres and offers versatile living with an annexe and outdoor heated pool. Inside has character galore among four bedrooms and an attic room with pretty views. -
Life-changer: South Petherton, Somerset
Willowbrook is a five-bedroom beauty (£1.15 million) with a 52-foot reception room and garages that could become a holiday apartment. Make a B&B business there and your guests could use the indoor pool and gym complex or roam your two-acre garden.
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Just one thing: the right windows
Londoners living in high-density areas are, not surprisingly, suffering from deficiency of vitamin D and Seasonal Affective Disorder. Design solutions make it is a lot easier to improve the quality of light in your home than people might think.Published May 2012
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Just one thing… folding timber shutters
The brief was for adapting the mezzanine for use as a second bedroom. The answer was to close in the space and turn the mezzanine into a room with a set of folding timber shutters.Published April 2012
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Buy the ugliest house in the street
Find your favourite street, buy its worst-looking house and call an architect. That's how to get your dream home.Published April 2012
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Promising future?
We British love our homes — even when they let us down. A new RIBA exhibition, A Place to Call Home, features 100 photographs, models and posters covering nearly 300 years of housing design in Britain.Published March 2012
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Change just one thing... the bathroom
A big skylight can turn the dull heart of a home into a gloriously lit family space, or extending a side return can transform your kitchen. Our new series looks at making the biggest difference in the smallest room.Published February 2012
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Don't move - let the light come to you
A Chiswick couple dramatically changed their 'for now' house into a forever home. And many others are transforming their family homes.Published February 2012
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When you build it - make a statement
Be bold and creative when you are redesigning your family home.Published January 2012
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Tye's barn is a showstopper of a design
Architect Nicolas Tye has carried out a fabulous barn conversion using materials creatively to save money.Published November 2011
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Add value: two become one
Buy-to-let flats can be picked up at bargain prices while family homes are selling at a premium in London. Find out how to profit from both situations.Published August 2010
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Adding value top and bottom
With the right advice a bargain property can become a great home and a wise investment.Published July 2010
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Adding value to your home
What are the best home improvements you can make if you want to add extra value to your property? We speak to local experts to find out what they recommend.Published July 2010
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Inner courtyards
Adding an inner courtyard is an affordable solution that will not only provide extra light and outdoor space, but will also add value to your property.Published February 2010
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The Hackney frame house
Terminal 5 architect Marcus Lee got the chance to experiment when designing a family home for his wife and five daughters in Hackney.Published February 2010
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Brilliant, beautiful, British
TV design guru Kevin McCloud has been on a 10-year mission to put a sparkle back into our homes. Plus: Grand Designs London Live ticket offer.Published April 2009
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The London Palladios
Rome, Venice... Chiswick: as Andrea Palladio's architectural legacy is celebrated at the Royal Academy of Arts this year, we take a look at the well-proportioned elegance of Palladian buildings.Published January 2009
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Saving grace
The World Monument Fund, an entirely privately funded body, is a secret guardian angel helping to save Britain's endangered buildings.Published October 2008
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Creating space
Make a big impact on your living space with clever design ideas.Published October 2008
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Create a designer basement
Exciting basement conversions provide lots of extra space. Learn the dos and don'ts before you start digging.Published September 2008
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London-wide festival
The capital will be buzzing with architecture events that celebrate the fabric of our city. Here we pick the cream of the crop.Published June 2008
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Perfect extensions
Londoners planning to extend their homes should follow a simple golden rule: go for quality, not grandeur.Published May 2008
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Raise the roof: lofts
There is a big living space — right above your head. Instead of moving home for extra room, Londoners are expanding their homes upwards. Add an extra floor and add value to your home investment.Published May 2008
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© RIBA/John DonatArchitecture library now free to all
Lovers of London are in for a big treat as more than four million previously unseen pictures and historic records of London will be available, free to all.Published January 2008
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On the water front
A new exhibition brings together all the key developments along London’s waterways.Published January 2008
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London's Learning - Morning Talks Series
For the first of New London Architecture’s morning talks’ series, Paul Monaghan will present an overview of some of the current issues in school design. Using examples from his own work he will show how good design can help to create better and safer learning environments.Published November 2007
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New London Architecture
Find out about talks and exhibitions on at The Building Centre in Store Street, W1.Published September 2007
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Away from home
A major exhibition and talks series at New London Architecture looks at new hotel design and development in the capital.Published September 2007
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Attic conversions
With the escalating cost of moving home, more of us are staying put and making the most of our existing properties.Published June 2007
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Book offer
Lavishly illustrated, and with knowledgeable and succinct text by Ken Powell and Cathy Strongman, New London Architecture 2 is a great way to catch up with the amazing crop of recent new projects.Published June 2007
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Architecture Week: Events
This year’s topical theme is How Green is our Space? It will explore all things sustainable and ecological. In a packed programme of exhibitions, walks and tours, there will be plenty of surprises.Published June 2007
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© Mark YorkArchitect in the House
One of Architecture Week’s annual highlights is the Architect in the House scheme. For Karen and Grenville Tanner of Pinner, working with an architect for the first time was a huge success.Published June 2007
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© M3 Architects Lower-ground pavilion
As part of a whole-house makeover, the final flourish at the lower-ground level of this Georgian house in north London is a simple glass pavilion.Published May 2007
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© Martyn Clarke ArchitectureKitchen and dining space
A new addition at this refurbished Victorian house covers over the side passageway and has created a single-storey, flat-top extension.Published May 2007
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© Neil Choudhury ArchitectsBrick, timber and glass box
On the site of a mock-Victorian garden extension, this sleek 21st century kitchen and dining pavilion makes a seamless connection between living space and the garden.Published May 2007
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© Neil Choudhury Architects Garden extensions
More space, more light, more time to enjoy the garden - it's the summer trinity that so many home-owners dream of when adding a garden extension.Published January 1970
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