All Building articles in Building Homes March-April 2002

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  • News

    City slicker

    2002-03-28T00:00:00Z

    Increasingly, housebuilding is about making the most of complex brownfield projects. Josephine Smit reports on two schemes in London and Manchester that are setting the standard

  • Features

    Top hat and tails

    2002-03-27T00:00:00Z

    Continuing our series of revisits, Bernard Hunt, managing director of architect HTA, met resident Stella Isaacs to review the Waltham Forest Housing Action Trust, the pioneer of tenant-centred rebuilding that has transformed not just the estate, but a whole way of life.

  • Features

    Front line

    2002-03-27T00:00:00Z

    Is Richard Rogers' urban renewal vision producing results? Peter Harris thinks we have taken some steps forward, but Graeme Dodds says delivery is falling far short of what is needed

  • Features

    Green and crescent land

    2002-03-27T00:00:00Z

    A small scheme to build 41 houses and 12 apartments on a football pitch site has heralded the start of a major estate regeneration project in Neasden, north-west London. Over the next nine years, 730 homes on the Resiform estate will be demolished and 530 new ones built.

  • Features

    City of fear

    2002-03-27T00:00:00Z

    Developers are delivering the high-density urban living Lord Rogers demanded, just as crime figures soar and public services break down. Are developers now paying the price for government underfunding?

  • Features

    The north will rise again

    2002-03-27T00:00:00Z

    The parallels between Manchester's upcoming Northern Quarter and Covent Garden in London are all too obvious. Both are based around former market buildings, and both rely on trendy one-off retailers and restaurants to create the sense of style and individuality that pulls in the crowds.