Housing – Page 339

  • Pretty: Plans to become involved with charity work
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    David Pretty reveals plans for life after Barratt

    2006-10-06T00:00:00Z

    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

    2006-10-06T00:00:00Z

    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

    2006-10-06T00:00:00Z

    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

    2006-09-29T00:00:00Z

    This month’s data reveals the usual quiet summer, but private sales are up on August 2005

  • Looking to the future: what the  Poplar residential scheme will look like
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    Herzog & de Meuron get go-ahead for social housing

    2006-09-22T00:00:00Z

    Stirling prize-winners receive planning permission for mixed-use scheme in Poplar, east London

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    Pathfinders plan U-turn on demolition

    2006-09-22T00:00:00Z

    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

    2006-09-22T00:00:00Z

    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

    2006-09-22T00:00:00Z

    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

    2006-09-22T00:00:00Z

    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

    2006-09-15T00:00:00Z

    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

    2006-09-15T00:00:00Z

    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

    2006-09-08T00:00:00Z

    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

    2006-09-08T00:00:00Z

    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

    2006-09-06T14:51:00Z

    Construction group enjoys tenth successive year of growth as profit increases 40% to £28m

  • Ian Robertson
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    Fewer openings knock Wilson Bowden profit

    2006-09-06T09:13:00Z

    Housebuilder's results reveal a 14% fall in interim profit to £85.5m but forward order book increases in value

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    Hackney-on-Water

    2006-09-01T00:00:00Z

    This £22m Kleine Wharf mixed-use scheme in Hackney has been completed.

  • Jane Aitkin
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    Wilson Bowden appoints new finance director

    2006-08-29T12:09:00Z

    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

    2006-08-25T00:00:00Z

    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

    2006-08-25T00:00:00Z

    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

    2006-08-25T00:00:00Z

    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.