All Housing articles – Page 175
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Building StudyOlympic village life... needs village people
A month before the first practices are appointed to design the Olympic Village, BD Magazine meets three overseas firms that could offer it international flair
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Building StudyA healthy development
Malcolm Fraser Architects’ transformation of a former Edinburgh hospital site has arguably produced some of the best housing in Scotland
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NewsBoris blasts Ken’s high rise housing
Tory hopeful Boris Johnson has kicked off his mayoral campaign by accusing Ken Livingstone of “wrecking London’s skyline”.
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NewsArchitecture minister: new housing is ‘awful’
Margaret Hodge says Thames Gateway housing could repeat the mistakes of the seventies
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NewsLarch-clad social housing comes to White City
This newly completed affordable housing scheme in west London’s White City is the result of a collaboration between Cartwright Pickard and French practice B&C Architectes.
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United front to tackle housing
Housing and regeneration authorities in the North-west are to join forces in a bid to secure the future for a balanced housing market in the region.
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Superdense housing must avoid mistakes of the past, warns architects’ report
A new wave of “superdense” urban housing estates must be developed with great care to avoid repeating the mistakes of the past, warns a report by four of Britain’s largest housing practices.The study, Recommendations for Living at Superdensity, claims that schemes of between 150 and 500 homes per ha are ...
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Building StudyMVRDV’s Amsterdam housing block: a bridge over troubled water
Can MVRDV’s “see-through” housing transform Amsterdam West?
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NewsSir Peter unveils Madrid housing
The newly knighted Peter Cook has unveiled the first scheme by his new practice Crab — a housing project in Vallecas, Madrid.
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OpinionShould Cambridge build high-rise towers for housing?
Germaine Greer, who will be putting the case in a debate to be broadcast on Sunday, advocates 75-storey blocks of flats. But Peter Studdart says there are more human ways of building high-density
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Kelly welcomes boost to housing
Communities England, the new housing and regeneration body, will boost housing supply across the country and help revitalise deprived towns and cities, communities secretary Ruth Kelly said this week.
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Technical‘It’s the mass housing market that needs the most inspiration’
Kevin Brennan, national housing manager, Velux
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OpinionShould sustainable housing look to Haussmann rather than Thoreau?
The German tabloid Bild, known for its unstinting support of tough enforcement of law and order, and an obsessive opposition to the country’s former red-green government, has recently made a habit of opening with alarmist headlines about climate change, imminent floods and storms, and the extinction of animal species. ...
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News‘Pavilion’ housing for east London
Rivington Street Studio has received planning permission for this £2 million concrete and timber office building, the final element of its Back Church Lane scheme in London’s Tower Hamlets.
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TechnicalIn detail: Bethnal Green housing, east London
Architect: Stephen Taylor ArchitectsStair fabricator: Tin Tab Narrow courtyards bring light to the rear of three ingeniously planned terraced houses in the East End of London. A laminated timber staircase twists its way up next to the light well bringing a sculptural finesse to the interior.The 2m x 2m courtyards ...
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TechnicalIn detail: Woodward Place housing, New Islington, Manchester
Architect: FatStructural engineer: Whitby BirdFor this development of 23 social housing units Fat has worked closely with the residents to make a strong urban street frontage using conventional construction techniques and incorporating symbolic references to the idea of home.New Islington is an ex-industrial area so the canals and land have ...
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OpinionShould housing associations use partnering agreements?
Cyril Sweett says give member architects more work, but Walter Menteth argues that they thwart the talented
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OpinionA new recipe for social housing
Tim Williams, chair of the Housing Corporation’s commission into social housing at the Thames Gateway, tells BD how he hopes his report can bring about a revolution in the quality of UK housing design
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OpinionQuality is the missing ingredient in the housing mix
David Levitt says the housing sector’s tick-boxing culture needs to change before architects can make a difference
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OpinionHigh-quality design must be at the heart of social housing if it is to be truly successful
Our homes affect every aspect of our lives: our health, our wealth, our happiness.