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George Clarke announces young winners of Wates home design competition

|Date: 21 July, 2022

George Clarke announces young winners of Wates home design competition

Renowned architect and TV presenter George Clarke has announced the winners of the Wates young persons’ d ...

Renowned architect and TV presenter George Clarke has announced the winners of the Wates young persons’ design challenge for primary schools. The challenge, created in partnership with Wates Residenti ...

21 July, 2022
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Perega | Futureproofing social housing against climate change

|Date: 23 June, 2022

Perega | Futureproofing social housing against climate change

Monika Rogers, Senior Structural Engineer at Perega, discusses the damaging impacts of climate change and ...

Monika Rogers, Senior Structural Engineer at Perega, discusses the damaging impacts of climate change and the key points for councils and housing associations to consider when planning, designing and ...

23 June, 2022
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Pozzini moves forward with North West’s large-scale low energy housing development

|Date: 3 February, 2022

Pozzini moves forward with North West’s large-scale low energy housing development

Building work will soon begin on the North West’s large-scale low energy housing development in Salford, ...

Building work will soon begin on the North West’s large-scale low energy housing development in Salford, which has been designed in consultation with Pozzoni Architecture. The designs for the new Lo ...

3 February, 2022
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Sero sets the standard for delivering zero carbon homes

|Date: 20 August, 2021

Sero sets the standard for delivering zero carbon homes

Energy service and tech company Sero has launched a New Build Specification to support others in the indu ...

Energy service and tech company Sero has launched a New Build Specification to support others in the industry to deliver truly net zero in operation homes — for all homes: social housing, privately ow ...

20 August, 2021
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LGA responds to CPRE report on new housing

|Date: 21 January, 2020

LGA responds to CPRE report on new housing

A new report produced by the CPRE with Pace Alliance at UCL highlights the impact of great housing design ...

A new report produced by the CPRE with Pace Alliance at UCL highlights the impact of great housing design – and how much poor housing design is still being approved. The report — A Housing Design Audi ...

21 January, 2020
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Home of 2030 launched to address future housing challenges

|Date: 5 November, 2019

Home of 2030 launched to address future housing challenges

A government-sponsored competition — Home of 2030 — is inviting housing providers, designers and others t ...

A government-sponsored competition — Home of 2030 — is inviting housing providers, designers and others to submit proposals for the design and delivery of new homes, responding to two Grand Challenges ...

5 November, 2019
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Epwin Group researches the future of UK housing design

|Date: 24 January, 2018

Epwin Group researches the future of UK housing design

Epwin Group has asked the UK's architects and specifiers about the factors driving the changes in UK hous ...

Epwin Group has asked the UK's architects and specifiers about the factors driving the changes in UK housing design for its new research project: Building for the Future. The company has carried out a ...

24 January, 2018
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Eric Wright extra care schemes recognised at Building Excellence Awards 2017

|Date: 25 July, 2017

Eric Wright extra care schemes recognised at Building Excellence Awards 2017

Two high profile extra care schemes in Stoke-on-Trent, delivered by Eric Wright Construction, part of the ...

Two high profile extra care schemes in Stoke-on-Trent, delivered by Eric Wright Construction, part of the Eric Wright Group, have been crowned some of the best in the West Midlands at the Building Exc ...

25 July, 2017
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Efficiently-shaped homes could reduce energy consumption

|Date: 20 October, 2016

Efficiently-shaped homes could reduce energy consumption

Energy demand in new homes could be halved if more focus is put on the shape and form of housing being bu ...

Energy demand in new homes could be halved if more focus is put on the shape and form of housing being built, according to the latest report from the NHBC Foundation. The current Building Regulations ...

20 October, 2016
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BIM housing model

|Date: 16 August, 2016

BIM housing model

Thurrock Council is using BIM Level 2 to deliver the new Argent Street affordable housing development in ...

Thurrock Council is using BIM Level 2 to deliver the new Argent Street affordable housing development in Grays. ECD Architects designed the scheme and are working with Thurrock to bring the project to ...

16 August, 2016
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