Housing – Page 303
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Greening up a 19th century building
Cambridge architect sets benchmark and wins RIBA eco-award with showcase scheme
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‘Very deep concern’ as housing starts drop 39%
English Partnerships admits it may miss housing targets next year as grim statistics pile up
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Sir Bob Kerslake: interview with Britain’s busiest man
We are republishing this interview after the news of Bob Kerslake’s death. The interview took place as he was taking the helm of the Homes and Communities Agency
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Kerslake to review future of Thames Gateway bodies
Head of Housing and Communities Agency to probe effectiveness of regeneration delivery
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Doing business in difficult times
As the NHBC reveals the scale of the fall in private housing activity, Richard Donnell looks at how developers are responding
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Revised supermarket ‘impact test’ set to be announced
Rules to replace the town centre “needs test” on applications for out-of-town supermarkets are set to be announced this month.
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Foster's Thames towers get green light
Three Foster + Partners towers on the Thames South Bank are given the go-ahead by Lambeth Borough Council
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Chris Coates to leave Galliford Try
Boss of housebuilder's South-east division will quit in June, after the firm took over his previous employer Linden Homes
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Galliford Try profit up 56% despite difficult housing market
Strong performances in infrastructure and building divisions helps mitigate effects of challenging housing market
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Giant woolly hats used to promote energy efficient homes
These advertising pillars topped with woolly hats are part of a campaign in Germany to improve energy efficiency in homes
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Barratt dismisses claims that it risks breaching bank covenants
Barratt denies media reports that it has debts close to £2bn, which must be reduced to meeting banking obligations
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Homes superagency could start work in November
Chief executive Sir Bob Kerslake in talks to bring timetable forward by five months
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Social housing plans face a £2.5bn shortfall
Pricewaterhouse Coopers says funding has failed to keep pace with development targets
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Prime green
Here is a sneak preview of HTA Architects’ design for housebuilder Barratt’s zero-carbon housing development in Britain at Hanham Hall near Bristol.
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Social housing plans face a £2.5bn shortfall
Pricewaterhouse Coopers says funding has failed to keep pace with development targets
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So what if it’s raining?
Housebuilders need to look beyond the dismal economic weather and make arrangements for the future if they are to deliver 3 million zero-carbon, cost-effective homes by 2020.
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The housebuilder’s plan McCarthy & Stone
In the first of a series of company profiles, Jon Neale opens the door on the UK’s biggest retirement homes specialist
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… as NFB calls for £8bn budget to be released
The National Federation of Builders has urged the prime minister to sanction the early release some of the Housing Corporation’s £8bn budget as part of a rescue package for the housing market.
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The eve of Adamstown
The £300m mixed-use centre of Adamstown, Ireland's only independent new town, has been submitted for planning approval by London urban designer Metropolitan Workshop and Irish developer Castlethorne Construction.