All Julia Park articles
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OpinionThe wrong answers to the wrong questions
The planning system needs wholesale reform but this white paper is not how to do it, writes Julia Park
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Key lessons to be learned about high-density living
A three-year study into living in some of London’s more recent high-density developments makes fascinating and important reading, writes Julia Park
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The PM’s ‘build build build’ mantra is out of step with the public mood
If ministers had listened to developers – let alone architects – we’d be in less of a mess now, writes Julia Park
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Learning from lockdown: We need to talk about the design of care homes
With care homes in the news for tragic reasons it is time to imagine a different future, says Julia Park
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Learning from lockdown: What needs to change in housing?
Julia Park considers what architects and policymakers should learn from the coronavirus crisis about housing design
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Covid-19 may force us to rethink how we design cities
Julia Park on coronavirus, zero carbon and the implications for density
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What is it like to live in a 13sq m former office?
Julia Park meets a young woman whose childhood in temporary accommodation has left her determined to end permitted development
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The housing legacy of the 2010s
Julia Park manages to find a few things to cheer as she looks back over the last decade
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‘The level of ambition is worryingly low’
Building Design columnist Julia Park examines what the election result means for housing
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When someone mentions value engineering, bring up social value
Investing in good design from the start reaps long-term social and financial benefits, writes Julia Park
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Esther McVey’s ignorance can’t go unchallenged
Julia Park skewers the government’s muddled thinking on housing design and planning
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Dear Boris Johnson, please act now to defend your own space standards
Julia Park urges the prime minister not to throw away one of his biggest achievements as mayor of London
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Lessons from a loose researcher
Never trust other people’s statistics, says Julia Park. There’s always a risk someone put a decimal point in the wrong place
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It's not just Labour that's getting behind a land value tax
It’s been talked about for over a century but all attempts to introduce it have been short-lived. That could be about to change, says Julia Park
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Two cheers for the housebuilders
The big firms have been shamed into making some progress but there’s much more they could do, says Julia Park
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Does the Spring Statement mean pennies are dropping in government?
The government finally seems to be taking notice of the profession’s outcry about permitted development
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Grappling with the London Plan examination requires stamina
Julia Park explains how to engage - so you can influence the shape of London without giving up your day job
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Politicians on all sides are beginning to see the light
A consensus is growing around a new vision for social housing, says Julia Park
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Rough sleeping is on the rise. Social housing has fallen 97% in eight years. Could these facts be related?
Architects’ ingenuity gives Julia Park reasons to be hopeful despite digging through some depressing stats
