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FeaturesCost model update: Small projects
In this latest update, Simon Rawlinson of Davis Langdon reviews the capital costs of primary schools, social housing and small industrial buildings
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FeaturesActon up: 拢560m South Acton estate
Countryside Properties and L&Q have been selected to help regenerate the 拢560m South Acton estate
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FeaturesGrant Shapps: A young man in a hurry
Come the summer, Grant Shapps is probably going to be in charge of housing policy. And he鈥檚 got an awful lot of policy to get through, from a root-and-branch rethink of planning to a radical overhaul of the HCA. Joey Gardiner asked the questions, Tim Foster took the photos
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FeaturesFinally, they鈥檝e noticed... : Assessing Pay As You Save
Having for so long ignored the energy efficiency of existing homes, politicians have suddenly come up with a raft of schemes. The first of a three-part series looks at Pay As You Save
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FeaturesOpen-plan flats: Opening up
There鈥檚 pent-up demand for open-plan flats, but fire safety rules make it difficult for them to get approval. Giving designers a set of templates to follow that include sprinklers and enhanced detection systems could be the answer
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FeaturesBraving the cold: Mike Farley on coaxing Persimmon back to health
Mike Farley had barely got his feet under the desk as Persimmon chief executive when the recession struck, leaving the company with a plummeting share price and soaring debts. Here he tells Tom Bill about his plans to reverse those processes
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FeaturesCost model update: Small projects
Max Wilkes of Davis Langdon revisits affordable homes, extra-care homes and nursing homes to find out what effect changes in regulations and tender price deflation have had on the sums
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FeaturesStanbrook Abbey: Life and soul
Nuns may not be the most demanding of clients, but apparently they do expect a building to be 鈥榯ranscendental鈥�. Dan Stewart took a pilgrimage to Feilden Clegg Bradley鈥檚 Stanbrook Abbey in the Yorkshire moors to find out what that means
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FeaturesHackney-sur-Mer: Levitt Bernstein鈥檚 Queensbridge Quarter
Dalston, a less-than-glorious corner of east London, is beginning to look as if it might be able to tempt well-heeled Londoners to give it a go 鈥� thanks in part to Levitt Bernstein鈥檚 Mediterranean-styled Queensbridge Quarter
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FeaturesHousing associations write off 拢174m
Falling land and house prices mean 40% more is knocked off associations' assets than last year
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FeaturesGrosvenor Waterside by Make: Don鈥檛 tell Charles 鈥�
Within spitting distance of the notorious Chelsea Barracks site is this startlingly modern block of flats by Make Architects. Yet, so far, the good burghers of Belgravia haven鈥檛 uttered a word against it. And nor has you-know-who. What鈥檚 going on?
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FeaturesRefurbishment funding: A long way from home
Assessing the once mighty 拢21bn Decent Homes programme鈥檚 past achievements, and its increasingly uncertain future
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FeaturesDurkan to build 拢17m green flats for London key workers
Development of 145 apartments for Network Housing Group will meet level four of the Code for Sustainable Homes
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FeaturesWinners revealed at 61st Housing Design Awards
Top prize goes to Totnes scheme built by Galliford Try subsidiary in collaboration with the council and a community group
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FeaturesLovells wins 拢24m housing refurbishment contract
Morgan Sindall division wins deal to revamp 2,200 homes for Three Oaks Housing in Wiltshire
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FeaturesTellytubby land: BedZed revisited
Peabody鈥檚 BedZed was the housing scheme that first got everyone talking about zero-carbon living. But is it all that it was cracked up to be?聽
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FeaturesHouse prices stay steady in June
Values remain at May level thanks to restricted supply and rising demand, with sale volumes up 80% since January
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FeaturesDan's Den: Libeskind goes flatpack
If you鈥檝e got a couple of million euros you don鈥檛 know what to do with, why not buy your own Libeskind-designed house? Dan Stewart looks at what you get for your money
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FeaturesNeighbours: Lovell and Tarmac on reaching code level four or above
The house on the left aims to meet code level four, but next door they鈥檝e got even loftier pretensions. Stephen Kennett reports on goings-on at a site in Nottingham
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FeaturesStone Alone: Crest Nicholson's boss on surviving a crisis
Crest Nicholson was knocked sideways by the disintegration of the housing market and the failure of the global banking system, and for 10 months chief executive Stephen Stone shouldered the weight of a collapsing company. Tom Bill found out what it took to keep smiling