All Housing articles – Page 168
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Affordable housing scheme in Brighton wins planning
Atkins Blair Ings Richardson Architects has won planning permission for an affordable housing scheme in Brighton after five years, three separate applications, two public enquires and significant design changes.
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Lewisham Council backs PRP almshouses scheme
PRP’s proposal for a series of almshouses in south-east London has been backed by council planners.
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London mayor's new Housing Design Guide released
The London Housing Design Guide is published today, containing the generous space standards demanded by the Mayor of London.
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Practices vie to create sustainable neighbourhood at Royal Docks
Maccreanor Lavington, Jestico & Whiles, Feilden Clegg Bradley, Allford Hall Monaghan Morris and PRP Architects are all in the running to design a new sustainable neighbourhood in east London.
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John Thompson's Ealing scheme wins planning
John Thompson & Partners’ mixed use scheme for the centre of Ealing has won detailed planning permission.
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Scotland’s Housing Expo 2010
After a long and difficult birth, Scotland’s Housing Expo is offering visitors to Inverness a showcase of living spaces that range from the functional to the progressive
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London boroughs gain more control over housing budgets
The Homes & Communities Agency suffered a major blow today when London mayor Boris Johnson announced plans to hand most of the agency’s power in the capital back to the boroughs.
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TP Bennett dropped from Walthamstow
TP Bennett has been dropped from the scheme to redevelop the former Walthamstow Stadium after being caught up in a row between the developer and housing association.
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Government cash set to boost new housing
Housing minister Grant Shapps has sparked hopes of a new housing boom by announcing extra funding for councils that approve new developments.
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Squire's submits housing and cultural proposal for Potters Field
Squire & Partners has submitted a planning application for nine blocks of flats and a cultural facility on Potters Field, the Thames-side park between City Hall and Tower Bridge in London.
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Kevin McCloud and DSDHA to redevelop hospital site
The Homes & Communities Agency has named Kevin McCloud’s joint venture Hab Oakus as the delivery partner to redevelop the former hospital site at Cashes Green in Stroud, with DSDHA as lead architect.
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New York gives go-ahead to Viñoly housing
Planners in New York have approved designs by Rafael Viñoly to build affordable housing.
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Government gives £390 million boost to new housing
Beleaguered housing architects have received a boost with the news that the government has found £390 million to help fill the Homes & Communities Agency’s funding black hole.
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Manor Farm Barns conversion by Jonathan Hendry Architects
Planning consent for a conversion of Lincolnshire farm buildings into a live/work development was given on condition that it was fully carbon neutral
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Swiss win for Taylor
Stephen Taylor Architects, in association with Swiss practice Brockmann Stierlin, has won first prize in a competition for a €8 million 5,000sq m housing project near Zurich.
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Use architects to drive up housing standards, Cabe argues
Every publicly funded housing project should involve a competition or interview to select an architect, Cabe’s chief executive has argued in a new report on how to drive up design quality.
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Central St Giles by Renzo Piano
In this archive Building Study from 2010, Ellis Woodman pulls no punches in his assessment of Google’s $1bn trophy
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Factory Quarter all wrapped up
A £71 million housing development in west London designed by BPTW, Living Architects and GHM has been completed
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Technical
A round-up of the latest housing products
Products used in housing projects including CHP boilers and underfloor heating systems
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Peter Barber’s Baden Powell Close terrace in Dagenham
Peter Barber Architects’ terrace of 14 courtyard houses in Dagenham provides attractive living space whzich also encourages community interaction. Tim Abrahams reports