The Architects’ Journal Architecture News & Buildings
Northfield housing, Oxford
Oxford City Council is recruiting an architect for 10 new homes on the southern fringes of the settlement [Deadline: 18 November 2024]
Tag: Housing
LHC seeks architects for new 2025-29 framework
Procurement specialist LHC has announced a new £75 million architecture framework [Deadline: 17 December 2024]
Muyiwa Oki: ‘Government needs ambition and imagination to solve the housing crisis’
The RIBA president reacts to this week’s budget and urges the government to put some commitment behind its ambition to launch ‘a decade of national renewal’
Budget: Rachel Reeves pledges funding for housing, HS2 and schools
Chancellor of the exchequer Rachel Reeves has promised major funding for housing, schools and HS2 in Labour’s first budget since coming to power
Building more homes won’t solve the housing crisis
As long as property is seen as a way of making money, too many houses will be used as second homes, short-lets or simply left empty, argues William Matthews
Dowen Farmer submits plans for backland homes in south-east London
Dowen Farmer Architects has submitted plans for six new houses in a back garden in Mottingham, south-east London
Mecanoo six-tower scheme approved at final Olympic Park planning committee
The London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC) has approved Mecanoo’s plans for six residential buildings of up to 32 storeys at its final planning meeting
Crackdown on poor housing quality launched by government
The government has pledged to improve the quality of house-building by introducing a housebuilders code and a statutory ombudsman service for homeowners
PRP scores planning victory for major Wembley co-living scheme
PRP has been granted planning consent for a major co-living-led development to replace 24 houses north of Wembley Stadium
Professor Chris Whitty is a powerful advocate for quality housing
Chris Whitty, the most high-profile chief medical officer England has ever had, is pushing the government to prioritise healthy homes and neighbourhoods, explains Julia Thrift