All Housing articles – Page 170
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First Public Land Initiative sites released
The first sites to be developed under the government’s Public Land Initiative for new homes have been named.
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NewsAlison Brooks and HTA to revamp Ealing estate
HTA and Alison Brooks Architects are part of a team picked to regenerate a rundown housing estate in west London.
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Minister announces 600 eco-town show homes
Housing Minister John Healey has announced plans to build more than 600 “eco show homes” to demonstrate the attractions of living in one of the planned eco-towns.
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Three new partners on board Housing Design Awards
The Housing Design Awards are celebrating their eighth decade with a series of new partners, including the London Development Agency, Design for London and the RICS.
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Kickstart puts millions into failing housing
Cabe calls 54% of Homes & Communities Agency’s bailed-out schemes ‘very high risk’
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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.