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
Want to add value to your property, make your house a home, or sell your place fast? With 1,000s of tradesmen nationwide, rated and recommended by previous customers, this is the smart way to find a reputable tradesman.
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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Previous articles in Architecture & eco living
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An eco home fit for a prince
Prince Charles has been on a personal crusade to build a ready-to-go low-carbon home insulated with lime hemp, sheep's wool and clay for £175,000.Published March 2011
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Just as nature intended
Designers are creating gorgeous eco-friendly interiors products - proving you can have style and a clear conscience.Published September 2008
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Eco books
Using Natural Finishes is helpful for anyone who wants to renovate their home in an eco-friendly way; and Confessions of an Eco Shopper chronicles a change of lifestyle entirely for the better with good humour and style.Published August 2008
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© PI HansenColin Firth's new eco shop
Actor Colin Firth, a passionate environmentalist, along with his wife and some of their friends, hope to convert wasteful London with the opening of their eco shop in west London.Published March 2008
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Grass ceilings
Roof gardens, once a common sight in London, are enjoying a renaissance, together with the growing popularity of living roofs. Grow a lawn on your roof space or a Japanese garden - even a golf course.Published March 2008
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The ultimate treehouse
Jon Broome, pioneer of green building and one of the country's leading architects, has built a wooded hideaway home among the trees in Forest Hill, south-east London.Published March 2008
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Why the delay?
More energy price rises are expected, and climate change continues to make the headlines, so why are new homes still not being built to maximum energy-efficiency standards?Published March 2008
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Your family and other animals
Birds, bats and bugs need homes, too. Housebuilders are working with eco groups to save the local environment.Published February 2008
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