The Architects’ Journal Architecture News & Buildings
Council house design, One Horton Heath
Eastleigh Borough Council is seeking an architect for a review of its council housing design approach at Horton Heath in Hampshire [Deadline: 31 July 2024]
Tag: Housing
Corstorphine & Wright housing approved for ‘neglected’ north London site
Haringey Council has approved a Corstorphine & Wright student housing and affordable housing scheme for a ‘neglected’ town centre site in north London
Dowen Farmer gets go-ahead to replace north London home with six infill houses
Dowen Farmer Architects has been granted planning permission for an infill housing project in Enfield, north London
Rayner ditches ‘gimmicky’ Levelling Up title from department’s name
Deputy prime minister Angela Rayner has ditched the term ‘levelling up’ from the government’s housing, communities and local government department
Derby Homes 2024-27
Derby Homes is recruiting an architect for a series of new build housing projects and improvements to existing dwellings [Deadline: 9 August 2024]
Labour brings back compulsory housebuilding targets
Labour’s chancellor Rachel Reeves has announced major changes to UK housebuilding and green energy policies, including bringing back compulsory housebuilding targets and lifting a de-facto ban on onshore wind farms
GPAD reveals ‘mini masterplan’ for Battersea site
London architecture practice GPAD has revealed a ‘mini masterplan’ proposal for a mixed-use development in Battersea, south-west London
Hundreds sign up to AJ-backed architects’ affordable housing campaign
More than 130 practices and organisations have pledged their support for a campaign by leading housing architects, demanding the new government ‘does better’ in delivering affordable housing for all
Allies and Morrison returns to the drawing board on Elephant and Castle
Allies and Morrison has reworked previously consented plans for Elephant and Castle town centre in south London, almost doubling the number of housing units
In simplifying office-to-resi conversions, PDR is on the right track
Permitted development is already allowing widespread conversion of buildings but could do with some further tweaks, argue Emily Newton and Adam Fothergill