All placemaking articles
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CommentHomes England’s new focus on placemaking and regeneration is long overdue
A more interventionist and re-aligned funding agency will create opportunities for more meaningful housing delivery, argues Matthew Waters
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NewsQuality of Life Foundation beefs up board
Sadie Morgan-founded body aimed at improving quality of homes brings in high-profile industry figures
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CommentThe Tottenham experiment: a template for unlocking intensification?
As ministers look at ideas that can boost surburban densification with the support of local communities, Ben Southwood argues an experiment in Tottenham may provide a useful model
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NewsUrban Task Force author Richard Rogers dies
Celebrated architect behind Lloyds building was also influential figure in urban thinking and placemaking
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NewsHousing minister turns down 1,000-home Woking scheme
Plans latest to be refused on design grounds follow Westferry and Brighton Marina decisions
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NewsGove says government will legislate for ‘street votes’
Housing secretary tells MPs that plan for suburban densification is a ‘triple whammy’ of good news
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In FocusNicholas Boys Smith interview, part one: Man on a mission
There are few topics more controversial than planning reform and placemaking and few people more passionate about them than Nicholas Boys Smith. Read the first of a two-part interview
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NewsGovernment 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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NewsWeston drops high court challenge over 1,200-home Anglia Square scheme
Housebuilder says it will ‘return to the drawing board’ and create ‘collaborative’ new scheme
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NewsGovernment names joint winners of Home of 2030 design competition
Homes England invites all finalists in government housing contest to discuss taking ideas forward