Style guru Wayne Hemingway is to talk to CIOB members about the ‘anti-Wimpeyfied’ estate he has designed at Gateshead on Tyneside.
Last year, Hemingway, founder of the influential Red or Dead fashion house, launched a furious attack on ‘Wimpeyfication’ for blighting the countryside with Identikit executive boxes. Wimpey challenged him to do better, so he did, coming up with ideas for a 700-home estate on the banks of the Tyne and briefing the design team.

So does Hemingway still blame Wimpey and others for soulless mass housing projects? Come along and find out. The talk will be held at 7pm on 25 September in Warrington and will count as a CPD credit.