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EN:Procure framework 2024-28
Sheffield-based EN:Procure has announced a new £103 million construction consultancy services framework [Deadline: 22 November 2024]
Tag: Housing
Welwyn Hatfield framework 2025-29
Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council has announced a new £3.2 million building consultancy services framework [Deadline: 1 November 2024]
We’re not short of great housing architects. Why isn’t one on the New Towns Taskforce?
The new government must learn the lessons of earlier attempts to build new towns, including the need for design expertise, says Rory Olcayto
RIBA’s Muyiwa Oki reveals ‘uncomfortable truth’ about housebuilding
The RIBA has pointed to an ‘uncomfortable truth’ about the design quality of the nation’s housing in its response to the government’s proposed National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) reforms
Witherford Watson Mann scheme wins top housing award
Almshouse project Appleby Blue has won the ‘winner of winners’ accolade at the 76th Housing Design Awards
Labour Conference blog: ‘If the housing minister hadn’t heard of AA4AH before, he has now!’
Three Labour Party Conference attendees reflect on the battle to get architects heard, the battle to deliver decent homes at pace – and the battle of the metro mayor DJs
Housing shortlists revealed for AJ Architecture Awards 2024
The AJ is delighted to announce its third set of finalists of this year’s AJ Architecture Awards. Revealed today are the three housing categories and the Project under £500,000 category
Retrofirst stories: how ECD is deep-retrofitting occupied 1930s council homes
Marion Gray, senior architect at ECD Architects, talks to the AJ about revamping 1930s housing stock – while still occupied – as part of its Cambridge Net Zero Retrofit Pilot Project
Royal Borough of Greenwich dynamic purchasing system 2024-29
The Royal Borough of Greenwich has announced a new £100 million dynamic purchasing system for built environment services [Deadline: 21 October 2024]
Stride Treglown submits plans for 41 and 48-storey Birmingham housing blocks
Stride Treglown has submitted proposals for a pair of Brutalist-inspired high-rise residential towers in Birmingham