Communities secretary Hazel Blears launched a strategy to improve design standards in new public buildings. She said that badly designed estates and low quality neighbourhoods âencourage crime, undermine communities, deter…
Bank of England governor Mervyn King ruled out an extension to the special liquidity scheme and warned the government not to try to offset the mortgage lending drought by bankrolling…
Switching public spending from ‘grey’ projects such as roads and airports to ‘green’ schemes creating parks and allotments would save the government millions of pounds, improve health, cut climate emissions…
Homeownership in England fell for the second year in a row last year, to its lowest level since 1998. The number of owner-occupiers dropped by 83,000 to 14.54 million, bringing…
Almost a million children are trapped in overcrowded housing, according to a new campaign launched by Shelter today. The total has risen 50,000 to 955,000 in the last three years.…
A study by the North West regional design panel has found that quality design can help weather the economic storm, and could even add up to 20 per cent in…
New publicly funded homes built in the London will have to comply with minimum internal space standard major Boris Johnson said. The London housing design guide established six key areas…
A zero carbon eco-house has been built based on design from the Middle Ages. The framework uses timbrel vaulting, a medieval technique from 14th century Spain, that creates a lightweight…
The Conservatives have unveiled a plan to tackle social housing waiting lists by bringing empty homes back into use. Tory leader David Cameron pledged to make it easier for social…
The Prince of Wales is expected to tell Britainâs leading architects that communities should be integral to their work, and the needs of locals should be put forward, as he…