All Building Design articles in BD Magazine - Housing - April 2009
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FeaturesA round-up of the latest housing projects
Cox Bulleid’s Shoreditch Prototype HouseWhen Tessa Cox and Oliver Bulleid bought a plot of land in Shoreditch, east London, the road outside hadn’t even been built. But, like many young architectural couples, they were willing to take a gamble on the site, which they acquired at auction without planning permission ...
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FeaturesThe latest products for housing projects
Marley EternitEcoLogic roof tilesMarley EternitWhen stimulated by sunshine these roof tiles absorb small amounts of nitrogen dioxide, found in traffic pollution and linked to asthma and respiratory diseases. Titanium dioxide within the tile converts nitrogen dioxide to nitric acid ions, in turn neutralised by the lime and calcium carbonate in ...
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FeaturesRiches Hawley Mikhail's Norwich and Liverpool housing projects
Annalie Riches and David Mikhail describe how housing designs at Tribeca in Liverpool and Greyhound Opening in Norwich are informed by local period housing.
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FeaturesThe Ryde’s experiment in caring and sharing
Hatfield’s The Ryde was a groundbreaking cooperative where residents created the housing community that they wanted, but 40 years on is it the community or the privacy of the houses people want?
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FeaturesWhat type of housing do we need to provide for Britain’s rapidly growing elderly population?
This month our experts consider building housing for the elderly
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FeaturesRIBA Bookshops’ selection of recent books on housing and regeneration
David Knight, co-producer of The Rule of Regulations and a London-based architectural teacher, reviews three books on housing and regeneration
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FeaturesBeyond BedZed: Pooran Desai on the importance of sustainable housing
Through his BioRegional Quintain venture, Pooran Desai is concerned with the sustainability not only of buildings but, more importantly, the communities who live and work in them
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Building StudySergison Bates approach to the cul-de-sac culture in Canning Town
Sergison Bates’ regeneration of Canning Town’s Crediton Road certainly provides solid housing that complements its surroundings, but the home zone concept of open, easily accessible areas has got lost along the way due to fears of misuse