Super-tall, super-skinny, super-expensive: the ‘pencil towers’ of New York’s super-rich

An extreme concentration of wealth in a city where even the air is for sale has produced a new breed of needle-like tower. By Oliver Wainwright

America’s most expensive home sells for $238m to hedge fund boss

Penthouse at 220 Central Park South is 34 times bigger than average Manhattan apartment: ‘Hope he got a lot of bathrooms,’ says homelessness advocate

Twist and shout: is this the Tate Modern for classical music?

Diller Scofidio + Renfro’s timber-and-glass vision for a new Centre for Music in London aims for great heights – but might not exactly reach them

30 of the best spas in the UK

With lovely locations, top-notch treatments and pampering at affordable prices, our selection scrubs up nicely
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Westminster council to ban supersize new homes

London borough’s 150 sq metre limit aims to inspire building of more affordable properties

Brutalist market: flats at London’s Centre Point taken off market

Half of tower’s 82 luxury flats remain unsold as Brexit jitters and tax rises bring ‘silly offers’