All housing design articles
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Housebuilder withdraws 200-home scheme after Gove call-in
AC Lloyd withdraws Whitnash project despite having secured resolution to grant reserved matters approval
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Berkeley launches legal challenge against Gove refusal of Kent scheme on design grounds
Housebuilder to challenge decision to turn down ‘generic’ 165-home AONB scheme which went against inspector’s advice
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Town and U+I pick masterplan team for 5,600-home Cambridge project
Swedish firm to lead clutch of prestigious UK names in drawing up plans for former Anglian Water site
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Housing association wins permission for 15-storey Acton scheme
Approval comes despite impact of 15-storey social-housing project on conservation area
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Landsec latest developer to be caught out by second staircase rule
Developer forced to redesign 1,800-home Camden scheme following London mayor’s fire safety ruling
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Construction bodies call on Gove to lower second staircase threshold to 18m
The RIBA also says all existing blocks above 18m with single staircases should be refurbished with evacuation lifts
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Social housing architect Peter Tábori dies aged 83
Hungarian-born architect best known for his work at Camden council in the 1960s and 70s
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Council appoints designers for 150-home former gasworks scheme
Arup and Fletcher Priest to draw up Folkestone project to run alongside grade II-listed Victorian viaduct
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Gove promotes idea for architecture school to prevent opposition to ‘insipid’ housing
Thinktank says its proposal would reduce objections to development by ensuring ‘a generally higher quality of architecture and placemaking’
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Telford wins permission for 11-block housing scheme in Ilford
HTA-designed development to include more than 800 homes in towers rising to 36 storeys in height
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Gove pledges to use planning powers stop ugly housing
Secretary of state says design of too many developments is “disappointing”
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Planners recommend 30-storey East India Dock rental scheme for approval
Tower Hamlets set to give the nod to 866-unit student and BTR scheme by LaSalle subsidiary EID
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Tory conference day two: Calls to boost SMEs and Lord Heseltine makes regen case
While the chancellor’s change of heart grabbed the headlines, the second day in Birmingham also saw calls for more SME housebuilders, concerns about nutrient neutrality, and debates about investment zones and regeneration, writes Ben Flatman
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Housing architect appoints strategic director
Laura Cassullo joins Jo Cowen Architects, firm behind Present Made’s suburban Build to Rent push
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Government criticised for confusion over advice on stairwells in high rises
Riba says new circular provides no certainty over which flat blocks will need more than one staircase
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Haringey council appoints designer for Broadwater Farm estate refurb
Tottenham blocks found to be structurally unsound in tests carried out in wake of the Grenfell Tower fire
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Bristol officers recommend rejection of 221-home scheme
Planners said quality of high density scheme within 1,500-home Mead Street regeneration area not enough to outweigh the “harm” it would do
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Architects brace themselves for housing market stagnation
Expectations of future workloads by resi architects fall to lowest level for two years in RIBA survey
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Two housing projects win place on Stirling Prize shortlist
Residential schemes are among six included on the 2022 Riba Stirling Prize shortlist.
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Groupwork wins Bristol housing competition
Architect to design homes for council housing company Goram Homes