All Building Design articles in BD Mag - Housing - October 09
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FeaturesLyde End is in a field of its own
The judicious modernism of Aldington & Craig’s 1977 Lyde End scheme at Bledlow remains a convincing model for rural housing. Its grade II listing last month should finally bring this little-known gem the credit it deserves
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Features
A roundup of the latest housing projects
Go ahead for Stephenson Bell in Sheffield Stephenson Bell’s Shirecliffe New Homes project. Stephenson Bell has designed 79 dwellings over 16 sites as part of the Shirecliffe New Homes project for Sheffield City Council. Last month the Housing & Communities Agency granted funding to build 27 of these, with ...
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RIBA Bookshops’ pick of the best books on housing
Roger Stephenson, founder of Stephenson Bell reviews a trio of books covering high density projects, a design primer, and a look at urban housing around the world
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The latest products for housing projects
Fläkt WoodsAdiabatic-cooling air-handling unitsFläkt Woods is installing air handling units from its EU range fitted with adiabatic cooling to reject heat from 3MW chillers at an 80-unit Richard Rogers-designed apartment block in Knightsbridge, London. Services engineer Cundall proposed a clever solution to release air at the right temperature into the ...
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FeaturesQ&A with 5th Studio’s Nathan Jones on urban design in suburbia
Nathan Jones, a director at 5th Studio, explains the thinking behind its approach to sustainable housing at St Audrey Lane, a suburban infill site in St Ives, Cambridge
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Building StudyPanter Hudspith steps up to new heights at Bear Lane
Developed as a specific response to Southwark, Panter Hudspith’s Bear Lane development could transcend its context to become a wider model for apartment living in London
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FeaturesHousing connections
Different housing projectscan create similar strategies that work for urban and rural contexts
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Features21st century housing
There is a simple recipe for today's housing problems - prefabrication and off-site construction
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FeaturesHarry Harris:'We are within grasp of precision engineering housing'
After the brouhaha of the Tate Tower, Harry Harris now concentrates on affordable housing projects with SUSD, but his ambition is manufacturing