Cities & regeneration Focus
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FeaturesThe Iceberg, Denmark: Jagged edge
The Iceberg - a residential scheme that owes its dramatic profile to the unceasing Scandinavian quest for light
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FeaturesSustainability: European housing
Phil Birch of Sweett Group reviews recent research by the Energy Bill Revolution campaign to assess what it is going to take to turn the UK into the energy efficiency champion of Europe
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FeaturesCommunity housing in Toxteth
It’s just 32 homes on a small plot in Toxteth, but Habitat for Humanity’s housing project is creating a community of volunteers, trainees and entrepreneurs and bringing hope to an area feeling the brunt of the housing crisis
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FeaturesGreen for Growth: Zero-carbon homes
The industry needs some clarity on carbon reduction targets. Building looks at three examples of low and zero-carbon housing
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FeaturesRooftop agriculture
Building looks at a relatively new movement using green roofs to plant our food
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FeaturesSustainability in India: Growing pains
Construction is booming in India, but what chance is there the country can build sustainably?
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FeaturesMilan's canal network: Hidden depths
Milan has ambitious plans to deliver a zero carbon mixed-use scheme in which no home will need a domestic boiler - all by harnessing the geothermal potential of its underground network of canals