All Housing articles – Page 107
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CommentGoing back to nature
Biophilic design can have a significant positive impact on occupier wellbeing, but to adequately measure these impacts there must be close links between design and post-occupancy
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NewsArup report: Ledbury towers 'would not withstand a gas explosion'
Buildings in south London estate would not cope with a gas explosion “without incurring disproportionate collapse”
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NewsGrosvenor picked to deliver new Essex garden village
Scheme is expected to deliver up to 5,000 new homes
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NewsWillmott Dixon raids council for new off-site schools chief
Pre-designed schools business Sunesis targets four-fold rise in turnover to £100m
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NewsWorld’s tallest modular building set for Croydon
546-unit residential scheme includes 44-storey and 38-storey towers
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NewsLondon Assembly wants kitemark for offsite housing
Planning committee wants new rules for a ‘Design for Manufacture and Assembly’ approach to London housing
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NewsTaylor Wimpey buys Mount Pleasant site for £193m
Central London site has planning permission for 681 homes plus retail and office space
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NewsChinese developer’s Wandsworth brewery revamp gets planning ok
Latest phase of Ram Quarter scheme includes 50 homes, office and workshop space
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NewsHousebuilders’ levy grumbles pile more pressure on CITB
HBF comments follow Balfour Beatty CEO’s criticism last week
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NewsLondon mayor names partner for 100% affordable housing scheme
Housing associations Catalyst and Swan will work with C.F. Møller Architects on the Walthamstow scheme
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FeaturesPFI: In the balance
With the risk of taking on work rising and the pipeline of promised projects yet to materialise, is the fate of PFI as a funding mechanism up in the air?
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CommentCPA/Barbour ABI Index: How long will it last?
As growth slows, it is uncertain how long activity on the ground will stay at high levels
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NewsHousebuilding at its highest for nearly a decade
But government data shows new starts dropped between April and June
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CommentThe long shadow
Ten years ago the credit crunch took us all unawares. But is our industry any better equipped today to respond to the deep economic currents that affect our markets?
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NewsPM strips Grenfell management firm of estate responsibility
Tenant management organisation awarded Rydon the Grenfell refurbishment contract in 2014
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CommentHow housebuilding could transform local communities for the better
Housebuilders need to create communities rather than just developments by studying how to add social value
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NewsMace confirmed for second Shardette
Scheme is latest building at Renzo Piano’s Shard Quarter at London Bridge
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CommentWhy networking in our industry is wonderfully different
Face-to-face networking in construction is important and enjoyable
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NewsBalfour Beatty JV bags £295m Hong Kong resi contract
Scheme includes eight residential towers overlooking Tai Po’s Tolo Harbour in Hong Kong
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NewsTrio of schemes at Ebbsfleet Garden City get green light
Another 250 homes will be built at the development