All Building Design articles in BD Reviews Housing May 2010
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ReviewWright & Wright on lifestyle and housing
Changing lifestyles are affecting the design of low-cost housing according to Clare Wright of Wright & Wright, which has drawn up a series of housing prototypes
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TechnicalA round-up of the latest housing products
Products used in housing projects including CHP boilers and underfloor heating systems
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Building StudyRevisiting Dorset new town Poundbury
The Prince Charles-led ’new town’ of Poundbury which was masterplanned by Leon Krier, has taken a hammering from critics but has succeeded at something more important than architectural brilliance – its role as a community
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AnalysisWhat should the new government do to improve housing design?
Our three experts suggest increasing competition, improving standards and developing ’pattern books’ of designs should be considered by the new government
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NewsPenoyre & Prasad creates housing for the Orthodox Jewish community
Penoyre & Prasad’s The Gardens is a development of 26 homes for the Agudas Israel Housing Association in Stamford Hill, north London.
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ReviewBuschow Henley on urban housing
Simon Henley and Ken Rorrison of Buschow Henley discuss two London housing schemes that embrace Arcadian landscape in unlikely urban settings
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FeaturesJohnny Manns: raising the bar for student housing
Urbanest’s development director, Johnny Manns, says there is no reason why student accommodation should not be of a high standard
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Building StudyPeter Barber’s Baden Powell Close terrace in Dagenham
Peter Barber Architects’ terrace of 14 courtyard houses in Dagenham provides attractive living space whzich also encourages community interaction. Tim Abrahams reports
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News
Nord's pottery regeneration goes ahead
Despite the withdrawal of Urban Splash from the project, the regeneration of the Canal Quarter in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, is moving forward with Nord winning outline planning consent for 252 units.
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ReviewRecent housing books look at themes in 21st century residential design
RIBA Bookshops’ pick of books on housing favours global residential projects, new concepts in design and future living
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NewsManchester towers get a makeover by architect 2e
Four towers on the edge of Manchester’s city centre are being transformed in a £7m over cladding and refurbishment project commissioned by City South Manchester Housing Trust.