All Housing articles – Page 170
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Building StudyNetherlands’ housing in the new ‘old style’
As part of its research into solving the housing needs of the UK’s ageing population, the government-commissioned Happi panel visited the visionary Maartenshof scheme in the Netherlands with an apartment tower by Arons en Gelauff Architecten and community hub by Team 4 Architects
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Call to design modern housing for elderly
Architects have been urged to design more contemporary homes for older people in a new report out this week.
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Elephant & Castle developer to pick architect in 2010
The architects that will design Lend Lease’s £1.5 billion redevelopment of Elephant & Castle will be hired next year.
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NewsBuilding for Life winners
Housing developments by Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios and Cole Thompson Anders have been awarded the highest-ever scores in the annual Building for Life awards, announced this week.
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Kickstart funding approved for 91 more housing schemes
The Homes & Communities Agency has approved Kickstart funding for a further 91 stalled housing schemes.
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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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Building StudyKCAP’s towers are on the edge
KCAP’s Red Apple and White Emperor towers bring a subversive slant to the Rotterdam waterfront
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Residents say new homes are too small
New homes are not providing enough space for people’s everyday lives, according to a survey of residents carried out by Cabe
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HCA to insist new housebuilders use architects on its design panels
The Homes & Communities Agency has told housebuilders pitching for a new framework agreement that they must use architects already on its architecture and urban design panels.
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NewsDesign audit for 100s of 'shovel ready' schemes
HCA to give £1bn to ‘kickstart’ housing projects but only if they pass Cabe quality test
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News270 housing projects vie for £1bn in Kickstart money
The full list of the schemes shortlisted to be bailed out by the government’s £1 billion Kickstart programme has been revealed.
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Building StudyPeter Barber creates a place for change
Spring Gardens hostel for the homeless in south-east London creates an environment that enables residents to regain their independence
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New deal to save Elephant & Castle redevelopment
The £1.5 billion redevelopment of London’s Elephant & Castle has been thrown a lifeline.
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Housing to be built on Walthamstow dog track
T P Bennett is working up plans to build housing on the site of Walthamstow Stadium, one of London’s last-surviving greyhound tracks.
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Mayor sets minimum housing space limits
The London mayor’s housing guide has set out minimum internal floor space standards for all future developments in the capital.
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Architects to look at making housing better for elderly
Architects Richard MacCormac and managing director of PRP Architects Roger Battersby are to look at making Britain's housing stock more elderly-friendly.
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Housing agency gives £32 million to kick-start London housing schemes
The Homes & Communities Agency (HCA) is to invest more than £32 million to kick-start two major London housing schemes.
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NewsMayoral nod for Newham homes
London mayor Boris Johnson has approved the 750-home Barrier Park East development in Newham, designed by Allies & Morrison.
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Government puts £1.5bn towards new affordable housing
Gordon Brown has pledged £1.5 billion to build an extra 20,000 new affordable homes over two years.
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Planning rules change will give projects more time to start
Developers are being given more time to start building work on schemes that have already have planning permission under new measures introduced by the government.