Housing – Page 339
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David Pretty reveals plans for life after Barratt
The outgoing chief executive of Barratt will not be opting for pipe and slippers when he steps down at the end of the year.
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Rochester Riverside finally gets off launchpad
Medway council in Kent is marketing the first phase of the 34ha Rochester Riverside site to developers, ending years of delay.
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Start 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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Herzog & 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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Pathfinders 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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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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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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Turning 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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Oxford 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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Buongiorno 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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Up 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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Merseys 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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Fewer 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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Wilson 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
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Housing stats: New-build sales and completions in July 2006
This month’s data reveals that regional completions are down on June, but sales have bounced back since last year
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Housebuilding up one-third from 2001 low point
The level of housebuilding has climbed nearly one-third since the trough recorded in 2001, according to government figures.
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Pack leader
A prototype instant flatpack house has been designed by de Rijke Marsh Morgan Architects of London. Dubbed “Naked House”, it is intended to be purchased online and delivered anywhere in the world within six weeks.