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Regional regeneration is transforming communities across the UK - and Regen Connect is our new editorial series giving you the insight you need to stay ahead.
Led by the Building the Future Think Tank, our year‑long editorial programme explores how investment in infrastructure, housing and placemaking is shaping the future of our regions.
We welcome contributions from practitioners who want to share experience or shine a light on emerging trends.
Be part of the conversation - contact us to contribute or get involved by emailing our deputy editor Dave Rogers at dave.rogers@assemblemediagroup.co.uk and to find the campaign on social media follow #regenconnect
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Building Design launches Regen Connect campaign focused on a new era of regional regeneration
New series delivering deep insight into the policies, funding and local partnerships shaping urban renewal, and leading up to Building the Future Live Conference in October
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NewsCity Hall hands British Land grant to increase Canada Water affordable homes to 9%
Scheme was called in last year after report found only 3% of its 3,700 homes could be delivered as affordable
Building StudyA quietly radical housing project: Metropolitan Workshops’ resident‑led Passivhaus scheme
This 24‑home scheme for Phoenix Community Housing in Lewisham brings contemporary low‑energy design to the Bellingham Estate, echoing its Arts & Crafts origins while meeting today’s demands for family housing
FeaturesWith build-to-rent on the back foot, can major regeneration schemes still stack up?
Retailer John Lewis blamed its decision to scrap plans to build 10,000 BTR homes on a ‘fundamental shift’ in economic conditions. Joey Gardiner wonders whether this vital sector still has a realistic future and looks at developers’ options for closing the viability gap
NewsAllies and Morrison final-phase plans for Elephant and Castle get green light despite lower affordable housing share
New plan for Get Living is taller, has more homes and introduces student accommodation, while keeping number of affordable homes the same
OpinionIn CyanLines, Manchester has a green connectivity vision that other cities should follow
This legible, connected network of canals, rivers, parks, towpaths and tree-lined streets should mean that walking and cycling across the city region becomes not an afterthought but a defining feature of urban life, writes Martyn Evans
NewsReeves pledges £2.3bn to remove ‘roadblocks’ to regeneration with three-quarters of the money going to the north
Chancellor also promises ‘roadmap’ for fiscal devolution to the regions by the autumn and vows to tackle geographical imbalances
NewsCouncillors give green light for 13,000 more homes at Barking Riverside
JV consisting of L&Q and the Greater London Authority secures permission for extra homes at huge east London site
OpinionStagnation and regeneration? A tale of two Scottish cities
Despite being just 40 miles apart, development prospects in Edinburgh and Glasgow could hardly be more different, Rab Bennetts writes
NewsPlans in for Faulkner Browns’ Crystal Palace Sports Centre overhaul
New stand to be added to stadium and sports centre building to be upgraded
FeaturesInside West Yorkshire’s quiet renaissance: A regional deep dive into the forces transforming its cities
Devolution is giving Leeds, Bradford and the surrounding local authorities the opportunity to fulfil their potential. Joey Gardiner profiles West Yorkshire, its funding streams, community priorities, key clients and active consultants
NewsHounslow council launches £7.5bn plan to build 14,000 homes along London’s Golden Mile
Architecture practice East working on masterplan for 15-year scheme in historic west London district
FeaturesSuch buildings can change lives… Regenerating safe spaces that young people can call their own
Horizon Youth Zone has just opened in a refurbished warehouse in Grimsby – one of a flurry of youth centres to have completed in the past three years in disadvantaged areas. As the government promises a £500m investment in youth services, Debika Ray considers the importance of creating civic buildings ...
Building StudyHornsey Town Hall: a brilliantly conceived and highly sensitive – if mildly eccentric – restoration
Residents of Crouch End in north London have had a long and sometimes fraught wait for Reginald Uren’s 1935 former council HQ to reopen, but they now once again have a building to enjoy and cherish
FeaturesThe regeneration rethink: funding, power and the local leaders shaping what comes next
For over a decade, built environment policy has prioritised new-build over regeneratoin. As Building Design launches its new Regen Connect editorial campaign, Joey Gardiner finds out why that might all be about to change
OpinionRemember: It’s a place not a property development
The language that developers use is all-important. Treating land less as a product and more as a living part of a city will make it a more valuable and compelling place to be, writes Martyn Evans
NewsIn pictures: John Puttick Associates completes Horizon Youth Zone in Grimsby
Grade II-listed granary warehouses have been redesigned as a campus for young people to partake in sports and lesiure activities