Construct a profit as house builders boom!

They say an Englishman’s home is his castle. Perhaps that is why Chancellor Rishi Sunak has been at such pains to protect Britain’s housing market from the negative economic impact of coronavirus.  The UK’s housing stock accounts for around a third of all our wealth, so if it were to fall in value, it could … Read more

Boris Johnson unveils massive programme to construct schools, hospitals and roads 

Boris Johnson will today promise a ‘New Deal’ to rebuild Britain. As a major English city is plunged back into a local lockdown, the Prime Minister will pledge to ‘build, build, build’, bringing forward a massive programme of public works. He will say Britain can ‘not just bounce back, but bounce forward – stronger and better … Read more

The Casapueblo hotel took artist Carlos Páez Vilaró 36 years to construct on a Uruguayan cliff

This sprawling cliffside hotel might just be a contender for the world’s most eccentric – and is definitely a contender for any self-respecting post-lockdown bucket list. It takes architectural design in all manner of unexpected directions, with not a straight line to be seen. ‘Casapueblo’, near the Uruguayan beach-city celebrity-haunt of Punta del Este, was … Read more