All housing design articles
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NewsGovernment appoints resi developer as new chief architect
The MD of Solid Space and former head of urban design at Cabe to replace Andy von Bradsky
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Gove turns down 1,000-home Brighton Marina plan
Housing secretary refuses Squire & Partners-designed scheme on design grounds
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Star architect Norman Foster to build homes in Chile
Factory in Santiago will be centre of mixed-use timber scheme
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Prince’s Foundation chief executive steps down temporarily amid honours row
Sunday papers report Michael Fawcett accused of offering to help Saudi donor receive an honour
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New housing design tsar criticised for support for PD
Beauty advocate Nicholas Boys Smith accused of piloting “Trojan horse” for planning deregulation
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Homes England announces plan for new development standards
Body has drafted in the BRE and Design Council to help it draw up ’strategic framework’
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Government starts search for new head of architecture
Role paying £63,000 will embed design quality in housing and oversee planning deregulation
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Housing recognised in Queen’s Birthday Honours
Recipients include Claire Higgins and Peter Barber
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Hunt for new government architecture boss to start this week
Former head Andy von Bradsky says government now convinced of importance of architects
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City councils among pilots for new local design codes
Test programme is part of government’s push to force developers to build beautifully
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Stewart Milne unveils new ‘post-pandemic’ house types
Aberdeen-based housebuilder says designs will bring in revenue of £550m
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Newham grants permission for 65 Passivhaus council homes
Scheme designed by Levitt Bernstein with small windows to reduce overheating
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Team led by Prior & Partners wins £8bn Thamesmead masterplan job
Successful line-up includes microbusinesses as well as Arup, Alison Brooks and Turner Works
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Senior Homes England figure quits to run design charity Public Practice
Departure of Pooja Agrawal follows appointment of charity’s current boss as Malmo city architect
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Stirling Prize-winning architect wins planning for MMC council homes
North Somerset council picked designer of last year’s prize-winning Goldsmith Street for 52-home project
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Robert Jenrick’s secret plan to solve the housing crisis
The rhetoric around street trees distracts from the real intent behind the government’s new design code, says Paul Smith
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Jenrick publishes draft national design code
Housing secretary sets up Office for Place as part of plan to ‘bring back beauty’
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Government names joint winners of Home of 2030 design competition
Homes England invites all finalists in government housing contest to discuss taking ideas forward
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Architects urge investment in wave of council housing
Support local authorities to solve housing crisis for good and create 250,000 jobs, says RIBA
