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Buildings are getting taller – so is the problem they pose

If you have been watching Ade Adepitan’s BBC 2 series  Climate Change: Ade on the Front Line, you might have been struck by how many major cities around the world are dominated by tall buildings. Towers are now so ubiquitous (and so similar) that it is rarely possible to guess from an image where you are in the world. The clues are now in the topography and what is left of any planting, not in the patterns of development, the style, form or materiality of the buildings. Copenhagen was a refreshing exception. While tall buildings have a place, they are not very good at making places and, like bad neighbours, they rarely speak to each other.

Designing a better future for 2021 – and the next million years

By Flora Samuel2020-12-21T07:00:00+00:00 Flora Samuel finds some hope in taking the long view  Christmas time and the approaching new year are a good time to take stock and do a bit of reflection on the future and the long-term view. To do that you sometimes have to look back. This month we at the UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence (Cache) published a report called Delivering Design Value: The Housing Design Quality Conundrum. It was based on extensive interviews with all the people we could find who were prepared to talk about the delivery of an average set of average housing estates in all four countries of the UK.

Innovations in affordable homeownership

Innovations in affordable homeownership Robin Fieth, chief executive of the Building Societies Association (BSA), reflects on steps taken to make homeownership more accessible and what plans are in place to narrow the affordability gap going forward A recent independent report has concluded that the government needs to address the affordable home ownership ‘gap’ if it wants to reverse the decline in home ownership. The report, ‘Thinking outside the box. Exploring innovations in affordable home ownership’ is written by Christine Whitehead and Peter Williams from the London School of Economics. It was funded by the Building Societies Association and the UK Collaborative Centre for Housing with the objective to gain a better understanding of affordable home ownership, its barriers and growth potential.

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