Designing tomorrow's housing
Post-occupancy feedback should guide housing design, report urges
Three years of post-occupancy research by QOLF Consulting highlights the importance of lived experience in shaping healthier, better quality housing
Designing tomorrow’s housing: why lived experience must shape our drive for new homes
On the day QOLF Consulting publishes its new report on the importance of post-occupancy evaluations in shaping design and placemaking, Emma Cooke sets out what residents say really matters — and why it should guide the homes of the future
HTA Design: Building the case for better housing
As part of Building Design’s Designing Tomorrow’s Housing campaign, Ben Flatman visited HTA Design to hear how one of the UK’s most experienced housing practices is responding to today’s complex challenges
Unlocking housing delivery: can we build better, faster, and fairer?
Hien Nguyen outlines the delivery barriers that must be tackled if the UK is to meet its housing ambitions without sacrificing quality
Nansledan: can design codes and long-term stewardship deliver better housing?
As part of Building Design’s Designing Tomorrow’s Housing campaign, Mary Richardson visits Nansledan, the Duchy of Cornwall’s urban extension to Newquay. While its traditional architecture divides opinion, she finds that the project raises important questions about stewardship, planning and designing new housing at scale
RIBA calls for quality to be at the heart of 1.5 million homes commitment
Muyiwa Oki gives evidence to cross-party inquiry as the institute urges the government to prioritise design, apprenticeships, and modern construction methods in housing delivery
If architects want to lead the housing debate, they must relearn the vernacular
As part of BD’s Designing Tomorrow’s Housing campaign, James Soane explores how architects can reclaim relevance in the housing debate by rethinking the vernacular as a regenerative and ethical form of practice
Parliamentary group launches inquiry into delivering 1.5 million homes without sacrificing quality
The All-Party Parliamentary Group for Excellence in the Built Environment has launched an inquiry into how to scale up housing delivery without compromising design quality and construction standards
Designing Tomorrow’s Housing - meet the campaign’s advisory panel
As part of Building Design’s Designing Tomorrow’s Housing campaign, Ben Flatman introduces the expert advisory panel whose breadth of experience will help guide the discussion on how to raise housing quality while delivering the homes the country needs
How architects can help shape the next era of housing
The housing crisis is not just about how few homes we build but how little ambition we have for those we do build. Ben Flatman argues it is time to put quality at the centre of the housing debate and for architects to reframe their role within it
Barratt Redrow commits to accessible playgrounds on all new developments
Housebuilder collaborates with child psychologist and play experts for new guidance
Designing Tomorrow’s Housing: Putting quality at the heart of 1.5 million homes
Ben Flatman introduces Building Design’s new campaign, which asks how we can raise the quality of housing while meeting the government’s pledge to build 1.5 million new homes
Building Design launches new campaign to put quality at the heart of housing
Designing Tomorrow’s Housing will examine how to deliver better homes at scale, at a time when the focus on quality has all but disappeared from national debate
Housing space standards: is it time for a more flexible approach?
Félicie Krikler explores how compact living, done well, could expand choice and improve affordability
Why Nicholas Boys Smith’s ideas still matter in the age of Keir Starmer
Mary Richardson speaks to the founder of Create Streets about popular taste, the design challenges facing Labour’s housebuilding push, and why architects still struggle to engage with what ‘normal’ people really want
Delivering homes under pressure: Westminster’s response to the housing challenge
Setareh Neshati explains how Westminster City Council is responding to growing housing pressures by working with a diverse group of architects to deliver community-supported, affordable homes as part of its Fairer Westminster strategy
Planning at the edges: What awkward urban sites can teach us about better design
Awkward, overlooked and often written off, small urban sites demand a more careful and creative design approach – and they can reveal much about how we plan, consult and build in our cities, writes Satish Jassal
Retrofitting social housing is the real challenge we can’t ignore
Britain’s retrofit push needs strategic vision – Chloe Phelps calls for co-produced mini-masterplans over ad-hoc upgrades
A new era for housing? Why co-design is a critical tool for inclusive development
Tom Greenall and Jane Wong introduce a new online co-design resource intended to support more inclusive and meaningful community participation in the development process
Better housing, not just more housing, must be the goal
The government – and housebuilders – must be given the best possible chance of achieving its ambitious target writes Ben Derbyshire