All Housing articles – Page 153
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OpinionIs design of Britain’s public housing over-regulated?
Yes, says David Prichard, there are too many sources of guidance; while Robert Klaschka thinks we need greater consistency
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Building StudySolid, Amsterdam, Netherlands, by Tony Fretton Architects
Tony Fretton’s mixed-use building for an Amsterdam housing association combines a 200-year lifespan with a sustainable social function
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NewsMake wins approval for 1,000 homes on Hornsey gas works
Outline permission for National Grid and LDA’s Clarendon Square joint venture
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News£150m Worthing regeneration plans approved
Proposals from Russ Drage Architects win council go-ahead
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NewsWay clear for Theis & Khan cottage
Theis & Khan Architects have won planning permission for an extension to grade II listed Church Cottage in Melchbourne, Bedfordshire.
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NewsGreen light for Squire & Partners' Camden canal scheme
Project for 54 homes approved by council
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NewsArchitects attack RIBA’s space standards campaign
Concern move will damage relationships with housebuilders
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Building StudyStratford High Street
Stratford’s Olympic legacy is already taking shape, but it is a bleak vision that is unlikely to benefit locals.
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NewsHawkins Brown wins planning for £200m Deptford scheme
Plans include 905 homes and 18-storey towers on 4.5ha site
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NewsEgg pod planned for New Forest
Perring Architecture & Design has submitted a planning application for a temporary live/work pod in the New Forest.The Hampshire-based practice said the structure, known as The Egg, would be built of timber and would be floated to St Margaret’s Creek on the Beaulieu River where it would be located on ...
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Opinion
Time for RIBA to name and shame
The Case for Space campaign (“RIBA launches housing space standards campaign”, bdonline September 14) is a welcome move.
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NewsAedas tries again with Deptford tower scheme
Aedas has submitted revised plans for a £1 billion development on one of the most historic wharves on the River Thames.
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Building StudyPark Hill estate, Sheffield, by Hawkins Brown with Studio Egret West
The apartments of the regenerated Park Hill are a world away from 1961’s socially conscious streets in the sky. Here, BD looks at how Sheffield’s iconic housing block has echoed 50 years of Britain shifting political moods
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NewsYoung practices triumph in Brentford competition
Riches Hawley Mikhail, Duggan Morris and Karakusevic Carson have won a competition to design canal-side housing in Brentford, west London, for the development arm of British Waterways.The three practices were selected from a shortlist of three. The unsuccessful teams were DSDHA, Stephen Taylor and Bauman Lyons; and Maccreanor Lavington, Alison ...
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NewsRIBA launches housing space standards campaign
The RIBA has launched a major campaign against what it calls the inadequate size of Britain’s volume housing.It is hoping to engage the public in a national conversation at the same time as lobbying government and house builders to improve standards.It is taking a three-pronged approach: launching a HomeWise website ...
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NewsMinistry of Sound threaten lawsuit over Panter Hudspith tower
Club fears flats by Panter Hudspith and Allies & Morrison could seal its fate
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NewsBrooks/Murray Architects submits detailed plans for Scottish new town
Chapelton of Elsick scheme is largest proposed new town in Scotland
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NewsUS-style housing trust scheme set for Mile End
Maccreanor Lavington plans UK’s first permanently affordable homes
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NewsK4 Architects rethinks 30-storey Birmingham tower
Plans for a 30-storey tower above a grade II-listed fire station in Birmingham are being revised after the scheme was panned by heritage and design experts.
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NewsGlasgow's Govan Gateway goes for gold
Collective Architecture’s £10.3 million Govan Gateway scheme in Glasgow has been completed for Govan Housing Association.