All Housing articles – Page 174
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News
Housing scheme wins on appeal
Stephen Davy Peter Smith Architects has won a planning appeal for a residential scheme on a derelict brownfield site in Aylesbury.
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Analysis
News analysis: is the housing market collapsing around us?
The fall in house prices has prompted a dramatic downturn in commissions, with some architects facing redundancy. Will Henley looks at how practices are coping with the credit crunch, and what the long-term prospects may be
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NewsCredit crunch puts paid to Scottish housing fair
One of the UK’s most innovative housing projects has been delayed indefinitely in a decision blamed on the credit crunch.
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Parker Morris standards just for social housing, suggests Boris adviser
Confusion surrounds plans by London mayor Boris Johnson to introduce Parker Morris-like space standards in the capital, former deputy mayor Nicky Gavron claimed today.
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NewsBerlin modernist housing chosen
Unesco’s world heritage committee has named six modernist housing estates in Berlin as a world heritage site.
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Wimbledon’s luxury housing hopes for game, set and match
This year’s Wimbledon tennis championships may be over but star players in future years might be interested in these proposals for a luxury housing scheme overlooking the All England Tennis Club.
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Boris to ditch 50% affordable housing target in changes to London Plan
Boris Johnson has published a major report setting out his priorities for revising the London Plan.
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OpinionHuman touch can revive social housing
As Robin Hood Gardens fails to win a reprieve, we must find ways to use ageing concrete estates
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Opinion
Sunand Prasad: Robin Hood reinvented social housing
In an article in the Guardian on Thursday, RIBA president Sunand Prasad has hit back at Simon Jenkins' condemnation of Robin Hood Gardens. Prasad argues: "Robin Hood Gardens reinvented social housing and was designed by people who were anything but cynical about future residents."They were not part of the numbers ...
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Building StudyPeter Barber reinvents hostel for the homeless
Peter Barber Architects’ redesign of a St Mungo’s hostel in central London is part of a radical reinvention of its culture to prepare residents for independent life
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NewsIndustry group proposes 'more flexible' definition of zero-carbon housing
The UK Green Building Council has devised a new definition for zero-carbon housing which makes it easier for developers to meet the government’s ambitious low-energy targets.Its report, The Definition of Zero Carbon, claims the current definition is not achievable on up to 80% of new homes, and argues that if ...
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NewsHousing among the tree tops set to get Lewisham’s green light
This £1.5 million residential scheme by Duggan Morris Architects has been recommended for approval by planners in Lewisham, south-east London.
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TechnicalMaccreanor Lavington’s pioneering mixed sustainable housing in Amsterdam
The Luycksterrein community in central Amsterdam is a rich mix of live-work and private-social space
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FeaturesThe big housing question
With housing delivery a key challenge for the future, should the government be more active in regulating the market? Three architects give their views - and we want to hear yours too.
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Building StudyRichard Murphy’s New Hall is big in Essex
The architect’s challenge was to offer a generous level of space indoors and out without being OTT for the suburbs
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FeaturesFeilden Clegg Bradley Studios on how to think big on housing
Duggan Morris Architects is keen to get into large-scale residential commissions
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Building StudyBroadway Malyan and Hemingway create a new blueprint for living
Architectural diversity and community living are at the heart of The Bridge, a Thames Gateway development that banishes the idea of repetitive streets of identikit boxes.
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FeaturesDoes the government know which way to turn on housing?
Writer Anna Minton says the goverment has its hands full trying to juggle all sides of the housing issue
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NewsIan Ritchie dropped from Southwark's Potters Field housing scheme
Architect Ian Ritchie has been dropped from Berkley Homes' prominent Potters Field housing scheme near Tower Bridge.The decision was announced last night (Monday) by Southwark Council, which recently signed a co-operation agreement with Berkeley Homes after years of opposing the developer's scheme. The council said a new architect would be ...
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News
Slowdown threatens housing targets
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has cast doubt on the government’s ability to meet its own housing targets after publishing a report showing a dramatic slowdown in the construction industry.