All Housing articles – Page 394
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NewsShops snub mixed-use schemes in London
About one-third of the commercial space in new mixed-use developments in London is lying empty, a report by London Development Research has revealed.
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FeaturesWhat’s new under the sun
Viridian Solar has just started business on the basis of a green water heater …
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NewsStart of the Pier show
Work has started on an Atkins-designed 40-storey residential development in Dubai.
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Housing stats: New-build sales and completions in August 2006
This month’s data reveals the usual quiet summer, but private sales are up on August 2005
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FeaturesThe Gove in government
Michael Gove, the highly opinionated polymathematical star of the Tory front bench, might just get the chance to translate his thoughts on housing and planning into action soon. David Blackman found out what they are
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FeaturesWhat it costs: photovoltaics
Photovoltaics may help reduce energy costs, as well as cutting CO2 emissions. Peter Mayer of Building LifePlans looks at the options and whole-life costs of PV systems
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Regeneration sector hit by recruitment and retention crisis
Some regeneration bodies are retaining staff for as little as a year, as the sector struggles with a recruitment crisis.
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NewsHerzog & de Meuron get go-ahead for social housing
Stirling prize-winners receive planning permission for mixed-use scheme in Poplar, east London
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NewsPathfinders plan U-turn on demolition
Housing market renewal managers have volunteered to redraw some of the areas covered by the initiative in response to rising house prices. Opponents of demolition have argued that this has made the policy redundant in many districts.
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PRP at the gates
Architect PRP has won its first competition in Russia to design this £53m luxury scheme on the outskirts of Moscow.
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NewsTurning a new Leith
Make Architects has submitted a detailed planning application for an £80m mixed-use scheme in Westfield, Edinburgh that would provide 176 homes and meet the city’s sustainable design guide for energy efficiency.
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NewsBuongiorno Sheffield
The proposed redevelopment of the listed 1960s Park Hill flats in Sheffield by Studio Egret West and HawkinsBrown forms part of Britain’s contribution to the Venice Biennale of Architecture, which opened on 10 September and runs until 19 November.
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FeaturesAn oasis by the Elephant
Just around the corner from the Elephant & Castle shopping centre, a colourful housing scheme by de Rijke Marsh Morgan has replaced the drab greys of Southwark’s Heygate estate. Martin Spring explains how the project is just the beginning of a long-overdue £1.5bn regeneration plan
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NewsOxford Street glitz
Client Land Securities has been given the go-ahead for one of the biggest developments ever on Oxford Street.
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NewsUp Greenwich creek
A planning application has been submitted by Creekside and Ampurius Nu Homes to build a mix of commercial and residential accommodation in Deptford, south-east London.
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NewsMerseys modern methods
Lovell and PRP Architects have won planning permission for a £20m sustainable housing scheme in the Kensington area of Liverpool.
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Boom year for Stewart Milne
Construction group enjoys tenth successive year of growth as profit increases 40% to £28m
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NewsFewer openings knock Wilson Bowden profit
Housebuilder's results reveal a 14% fall in interim profit to £85.5m but forward order book increases in value
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NewsWilson Bowden appoints new finance director
Jane Aikman joins the housebuilder's board on 4 September and takes over from Graham Brown as group finance director