All Housing articles – Page 8
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OpinionBefore we build millions of new homes, we need to retrofit our social housing stock
Architects need to become advocates for retrofitting old buildings, especially ageing social housing, writes Chloë Phelps
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OpinionLet’s start living on this planet as if we intended to stay
The former managing director of Greenpeace, Jonathan Smales, believes that timber holds the key to building sustainable communities
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OpinionDay four at the Tory conference: Truss bets the bank on low tax and the magic money tree
Liz Truss is promising that reducing tax will magically reverse Britain’s economic decline but history suggests there are no easy fixes, writes Ben Flatman
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OpinionDay three at the Tory conference: Rees-Mogg tinkers while business despairs
Government is ignoring the experts as uncertainty reigns and the business secretary promises more unwanted regulatory changes, writes Ben Flatman
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OpinionDay two at the Tory conference: U-turns and Brexit cast shadow over growth agenda
The chancellor’s change of heart grabbed the headlines but yesterday saw rumours over HS2 dispelled, calls for more SME housebuilders and Lord Heseltine make a last stand for EU membership
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OpinionDay one at the Tory conference: is levelling-up dead in the water?
Tax U-turns notwithstanding, ministers appear to be in denial about the radical shift in direction under Liz Truss, Ben Flatman reports from the Conservative Party conference
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Building StudyStirling Prize 2022: Hackney New Primary School and 333 Kingsland Road by Henley Halebrown
Henley Halebrown’s Stirling shortlisted project is a carefully considered response to a challenging brief, writes Ben Flatman
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FeaturesAYA 2022 shortlists: Public and Social Housing Architect of the Year
In a series celebrating BD’s Architect of the Year Awards finalists, we look at the Public and Social Housing shortlist
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OpinionThe green belt is not sacrosanct - we need to challenge the status quo
This public policy behemoth must change before it strangles the life out of the planning system, writes Samuel Stafford
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OpinionPolitics needs specialists from the built environment – and it needs you now!
The Conservatives are asleep at the wheel and lack the skills or desire to address the built environment’s multiple crises, writes Emma Dent Coad
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OpinionOpen-plan living is dead - bring back the serving hatch!
Open plan spaces are both inflexible and boring, so why not make use of some time-honoured alternatives, writes Chloë Phelps
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OpinionSelling off social homes is not the answer to the housing crisis
Instead of building the new social housing we need, Boris Johnson is fixating on populist policies we already know don’t work, writes Ben Derbyshire
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NewsGovernment to consult on right to extend upward
News comes despite onslaught of opposition to permitted development
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BlogsThe mystery of Moscow courtyards
The second of three posts in which architect Natasha Chibireva shares her impressions on revisiting the city where she grew up
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BlogsRiverside views
The impressive standards of RSHP’s Neo Bankside will filter down to more modest modular housing
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Architect as Builder
‘Bloody architect!’ the familiar sound rings out across the building site
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BlogsAre we really heading for a housing crisis?
John McRae examines the statistics for home numbers in the UK
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BlogsThe West Wing, Hong Kong version.
In the same week in November, two official communications from Hong Kong’s Secretary for Development beamed a spotlight on the tensions within Hong Kong’s planning and development environment.