All articles by Josephine Smit
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In FocusInterview: Jez Sweetland, Bristol Housing Festival
Lawyer turned housing innovator explains how the festival is helping deliver MMC built homes in Bristol
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In Focus'You’re a success if you deliver homes, whatever the political climate’: Ebbsfleet Garden City
After a slow start, housebuilding with a focus on community is picking up pace at Ebbsfleet Garden City
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In Focus‘Genuine community building’: Ken Dytor on transforming Purfleet
The Urban Catalyst founder on big plans for the Essex town, improving the health of its residents and what regeneration is like post-Brexit
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Housing Delivery‘A place of pioneers’: Greenwich Millennium Village
Labour’s vision of sustainable communities is still going strong 20 years on – in at least one case
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In Focus‘Improve the stock of human happiness’: Interview with Neil Murphy, founding director of TOWN
The founding director of developer TOWN on award-winning co-housing scheme Marmalade Lane and how to shake up placemaking
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In Focus‘We are still fighting our corner’: Interview with Katy Jordan, Storey Homes
The managing director of Storey Homes on succeeding as an SME housebuilder and taking on the government
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In Focus‘It is like living in a container, but it’s not’ – Inland Homes’ hugg
How Inland Homes – via a division named hugg – became an accidental pioneer in temporary housing
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In Focus‘There are many central London sites sitting there that could be earning an income’
Russell Pedley of Assael Architecture explains why how putting homes above a railway line is tricky yet lucrative
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Housing DeliveryBarton Park, Oxford: A unified approach to housing development
Oxford City Council could have sold the site, but instead it entered a partnership with Grosvenor to create an exemplar of quality placemaking
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In FocusIs infrastructure delivery hampering housing developments?
Housebuilders are increasingly being called on to carry out infrastructure projects
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In FocusInterview: Dave Sheridan, executive chairman, Ilke Homes
The modular homes manufacturer talks targeting new markets, new factories, and a modular academy
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In FocusInterview: Jackie Sadek, UK Regeneration
The UK Regeneration founder on bringing a “great estates” type model to the whole of Biggleswade
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In FocusInterview: Johnny Caddick, Moda Living
”We heard rumblings about Carillion early doors, and put together a ‘what if’ plan”
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In FocusInterview: George Clarke
The architect and TV presenter wants the government to build 100,000 council homes a year
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In FocusInterview: Karen Curtin, Graven Hill
The developer MD talks through the self- and custom-build scheme showcased on Channel 4’s Grand Designs – The Street
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In FocusProfile: Master developer Urban&Civic
Managing director Robin Butler on quality, reliability, and how to get what you want from housebuilders
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In FocusInterview: Andrew Taylor, Patel Taylor
The architect on designing London’s large, residential-led schemes and how to make distinctive places
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In FocusInterview: Mark Kitts, Liverpool Foundation Homes
The housing company boss talks rent-to-buy, its relationship with the council, and helping to found a boxing academy
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In FocusInterview: Paula Higgins, HomeOwners Alliance
The campaign group leader discusses snagging retention and what reforms buyers really need
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In FocusInterview: Andrew Matthews, Proctor & Matthews
The acclaimed architect discusses distinctive places, design and build, and developing communities to combat loneliness