Social housing activists protest at Stirling Prize ceremony
Campaigners, angry at the shortlisting of Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners’ super-luxury NEO Bankside homes for the Stirling Prize, have staged a protest outside RIBA headquarters
View ArticleCity of London pledges 3,700 new homes by 2025
The City of London has endorsed proposals to embark on its biggest housebuilding drive in 40 years which will see 3,700 new homes constructed across the capital over the next decade
View ArticleMaccreanor Lavington joins AECOM on Ebbsfleet masterplan
Maccreanor Lavington will work with AECOM to deliver the framework masterplan for Ebbsfleet in North Kent - the UK’s first garden city for nearly 100 years
View ArticleDevelopment plans for West Ham ground set to be refused
Plans to demolish West Ham United FC’s stadium and replace it with a residential scheme by BUJ Architects are set to be thrown out by councillors next week
View ArticleArchitects come out fighting over Balfron criticisms
Architects behind plans to revamp Erno Goldfinger’s Balfron Tower in East London have hit back at criticisms of the scheme
View ArticleHTA Design wins Barratt/AJ Home of the Future competition
HLM and fledgling practice C4 Architecture commended in contest to find bold and innovative house type for the mass market
View ArticleTfL land to deliver 'thousands' of PRS homes
Transport for London says its property framework will kick-start a London-wide housebuilding boom, with thousands of private rented sector (PRS) units set to be delivered across the capital.
View ArticleBPF calls on government to rebalance UK economy
The British Property Federation has published six recommendations for local Government on how to unlock the economic potential of cities outside London and rebalance the economy
View ArticleBoris unveils plan for huge eastward expansion of London
London mayor, Boris Johnson, has launched a framework to transform east London and deliver more than 200,000 homes and 250,000 jobs over the next 20 years
View ArticleRevealed: Winning entries in AJ/Barratt Home of the Future contest
The AJ exclusively presents the ten shortlisted schemes in the Home of the Future competition.
View ArticleWhat happened when Mipim UK addressed the housing crisis?
Three debates at this week’s Mipim UK in London touched on that difficult topic for the property industry - the capital’s rising inequality
View ArticleDavid Tittle: 'We need a review of design review'
The design review process needs more teeth and a blend of national and local expertise, says the chief executive of West Midlands design review organisation MADE
View ArticleHouse Plan: Ben Adams on Lamble Street Housing
This week the AJ brings back its popular series looking at influential housing plans. Here Ben Adams picks Benson and Forsyth’s Lamble Street Housing, which he used to call home
View ArticleAlsop reveals plans for major Brentford scheme
Will Alsop’s practice aLL Design has drawn up plans for this mixed-use development in Brentford, west London
View ArticleHousing associations reclassified as public sector
The Office for National Statistics has reclassified housing associations as public sector bodies, in a move that will bring £60 billion of debt on to the public balance sheet.
View ArticleHouse Plan: Simon Hudspith on Kahn's Dominican Motherhouse
In the latest in the AJ’s ongoing series looking at influential housing plans, Simon Hudspith choses Louis Kahn’s unbuilt Dominican Motherhouse of St Catherine de Ricci in Pennsylvania
View ArticleGenesis and Thames Valley Housing to merge
Major housing associations Genesis and Thames Valley Housing are set to merge, creating a 47,000-home organisation
View ArticleBaca wins go-ahead for Forest Hill homes
Baca Architects has scooped permission for this mews-style housing in Forest Hill, south-east London
View ArticlePLP submits plans for high-rise 'co-living' scheme
PLP Architecture has lodged plans for a 30-storey ‘co-living’ scheme in east London aimed at long-term, younger renters
View ArticleLords inquiry is sign of ‘housing shortage at crisis point’, says RIBA
The RIBA has welcomed a new government inquiry into the UK housing market, but says it signals a ‘crisis point’ in the housing shortage
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