Kim Nielsen: 'Architects can learn from boat design for micro-homes'
Kim Nielsen of Danish practice 3XN talks about the opinion-splitting, micro-home proposals by developer Pocket and plans for similar, compact homes in Århus
View ArticleDavid Tittle: 'We need to work with what we've got to improve housing'
The profession needs to stop continually bashing the housebuilders and use smarter ways to improve housing quality, says the chair of the Design Network David Tittle
View ArticleRight to Buy pledge could make housing associations 'unfundable'
Experts have voiced doubts that Conservative proposals to extend the Right to Buy to housing association tenants could create the promised housebuilding bonanza
View ArticleThousands of London council homes to be sold to fund Right to Buy
Four London boroughs have warned that more than 3,500 council homes will need to be sold to fund the government’s controversial Right-to-Buy extension
View ArticleRight-to-buy extension threatens council building plans
The government’s planned sell-off of high-priced local authority homes risks derailing some of the largest council house building projects in England
View ArticleThe ethics of regeneration: architects react to protest claims
Architects respond to claims by housing campaigners that the profession was complicit in ‘social cleansing’
View ArticleRIBA Future Trends: Private housing buoyant despite election wobble
May’s RIBA survey on anticipated workload shows private housing remains the strongest sector, while the prospect of commercial work is increasing. Adrian Dobson explains the figures
View ArticleTop Scottish housing schemes pick up major Saltire awards
Projects by Proctor & Matthews, Kraft, Paper Igloo have triumphed in the 2015 Saltire Housing Design Awards
View ArticleDavid Tittle: 'Is the dash for housing killing localism?'
The government’s housing drive is undermining policies meant to encourage people to accept local growth, says the chair of the Design Network and Civic Voice David Tittle
View ArticleDavid Tittle: 'We need a review of design review'
The design review process needs more teeth and a blend of national and local expertise, says the chief executive of West Midlands design review organisation MADE
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