All Housing articles – Page 172
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OpinionDoes London need a new vernacular for housing?
Yes, it would offer coherence to our developing neighbourhoods, says Alex Ely; while Joe Morris argues that it means an indigenous but anonymous architecture
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NewsDavid Lunts: housing’s Renaissance man
David Lunts, London director for the Home & Communities Agency, talks about why he sees the Medicis as role models, and the mayor’s plans for the capital
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Building StudyStephen Taylor Architects’ cottage industry
With the help of a far-sighted developer, Stephen Taylor Architects has revived the cottage as a housing type
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NewsBishopsfield housing estate saved
The 1960s Bishopsfield housing estate in Harlow is being recommended for listing at grade II after it was saved from demolition by the credit crunch.
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NewsCampaign aims to save Goldfinger housing
Residents and heritage groups are leading a campaign to head off a potential demolition threat to a Goldfinger-designed housing estate beside Trellick Tower in west London.Kensington & Chelsea council announced in its business plan last month that the Cheltenham Estate and Edenham Way in north Kensington, part of the ...
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ReviewAdieu to The Lintons housing estate
Denna Jones views Verity-Jane Keefe’s cinematic paean to The Lintons, a 1960s east London housing estate
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NewsLargest housing development in Thames Gateway goes to planning
Proposals by Maccreanor Lavington, KCAP, Sheppard Robson and Gustafson Porter for the first 4,000 homes in the largest single housing development in the Thames Gateway have been submitted for planning.
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OpinionIs it all over for Robin Hood Gardens housing estate?
Yes, residents are in touching distance of having the new homes they want, says council leader Lutfur Rahman; while Alan Powers argues that refurbishment would be a win-win outcome
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NewsSimpson aims to lift benchmark for student housing
Ian Simpson Architects has released completed images of its first-ever student housing project, one of the largest redevelopment projects in Manchester
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NewsObama appoints architect to head US housing department
US president-elect Barack Obama has appointed an architect, Shaun Donovan, to the post of secretary of housing and urban development in his incoming administration.
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NewsHousing scheme places Hackney church at centre of community
Matthew Lloyd Architects has submitted a planning application for a project in London’s Hackney Wick which would provide community facilities and 30 new homes around a grade II* listed church
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HCA launches without any housing targets
The Homes & Communities Agency has not yet drawn up targets to improve the supply of housing and kick-start regeneration schemes across the country, its chief executive has admitted.
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FeaturesHedgehog Development’s housing gameplan
Lindsey and Peter Wislocki are adding architectural skills to speculative housing development
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Building StudyStudio KAP Architects’ detailed domesticity
Two domestic projects by Studio KAP, one at Dumgoyne near Glasgow, the other near Oban, share highly specific handling, and both captivate and intrigue, finds Charles Rattray
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OpinionHousing agency’s big moment
The Home & Communities Agency has some good ideas to help the market, but it needs to inject some fresh thinking into housing delivery
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FeaturesCan the Home & Communities Agency revive the housing sector?
BD asks three housing sector experts
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Building StudyHow AHMM delivered housing with real value at Adelaide Wharf
AHMM’s mixed-tenure housing development on the Grand Union Canal’s Adelaide Wharf in Hackney, east London, really catches the eye
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FeaturesS333 applies Dutch design pzazz to the Tarling housing estate in Tower Hamlets
S333’s Jonathan Woodroffe and Dominic Papa talk to Ruth Slavid about applying Dutch design lessons in east London
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NewsEra of Parker Boris dawns as mayor sets minimum space standards for London housing
Mayor Boris Johnson will introduce minimum space standards for new homes in his upcoming London Plan.