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BDP | Humanising hospitals

|Date: 10 May, 2022

BDP | Humanising hospitals

What is a hospital’s primary purpose? To offer a diagnosis for disease. To treat the sick and injured. Or ...

What is a hospital’s primary purpose? To offer a diagnosis for disease. To treat the sick and injured. Or to provide shelter in a series of buildings for those during periods of treatment. Some define ...

10 May, 2022
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Housing has a crucial role to play in reducing health and wellbeing inequalities

|Date: 28 April, 2022

Housing has a crucial role to play in reducing health and wellbeing inequalities

Following the announcement of Legal & General (L&G) and UCL Institute of Health Equity (IHE) ente ...

Following the announcement of Legal & General (L&G) and UCL Institute of Health Equity (IHE) entering into a four-year partnership to further the role of business in reducing inequalities in U ...

28 April, 2022
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Social housing lawyers Winckworth Sherwood backs almshouse research project

|Date: 29 March, 2022

Social housing lawyers Winckworth Sherwood backs almshouse research project

Winckworth Sherwood is backing a major research project that will explore the resilience and community be ...

Winckworth Sherwood is backing a major research project that will explore the resilience and community benefits of almshouses as later life housing providers. The £300,000 research is funded by the Du ...

29 March, 2022
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New report highlights the impact of retrofit programmes on social housing customers

|Date: 4 January, 2022

New report highlights the impact of retrofit programmes on social housing customers

A new report launched by housing provider, Orbit, details how the decarbonisation retrofit programme will ...

A new report launched by housing provider, Orbit, details how the decarbonisation retrofit programme will impact Orbit’s customers, both during the retrofit works and post-works, with a particular foc ...

4 January, 2022
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Wates and Rother District Council to build 200 affordable eco Earth-Sheltered Homes in East Sussex

|Date: 1 December, 2021

Wates and Rother District Council to build 200 affordable eco Earth-Sheltered Homes in East Sussex

Just days after being named as the best in the UK, a housing development in Rother has announced the cont ...

Just days after being named as the best in the UK, a housing development in Rother has announced the contractor who will build the housing scheme. Blackfriars in Battle, an initiative led by Rother Di ...

1 December, 2021
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UK Construction Week opens with big splash on sustainability

|Date: 6 October, 2021

UK Construction Week opens with big splash on sustainability

UK Construction Week opens its doors, welcoming thousands of determined buyers and built environment prof ...

UK Construction Week opens its doors, welcoming thousands of determined buyers and built environment professionals catching up on two years of innovation, policy advances and new product development. ...

6 October, 2021
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Homes to be self-built by military veterans in Plymouth

|Date: 10 August, 2021

Homes to be self-built by military veterans in Plymouth

Work has started on the Stirling Project; Plymouth’s latest veterans self-build scheme. Based on the site ...

Work has started on the Stirling Project; Plymouth’s latest veterans self-build scheme. Based on the site of a former residential care home on Honicknowle Green, the project will see eight previously ...

10 August, 2021
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International Perspective | Architecture as social and environmental activism

|Date: 18 February, 2021

International Perspective | Architecture as social and environmental activism

Richard Hyams, Founder and Director of astudio, espouses the importance of future-proofing our built envi ...

Richard Hyams, Founder and Director of astudio, espouses the importance of future-proofing our built environment and highlights how people and the planet can benefit from new approaches to architectur ...

18 February, 2021
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First building design standard for sensory and neurological needs

|Date: 7 October, 2020

First building design standard for sensory and neurological needs

BSI, in its role as the UK National Standards Body, announces a new project to create the first set of gu ...

BSI, in its role as the UK National Standards Body, announces a new project to create the first set of guidance for the design of the built environment to include the needs of people who experience se ...

7 October, 2020
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George Clarke launches future home design competition for young people

|Date: 6 November, 2019

George Clarke launches future home design competition for young people

Renowned architect and TV presenter George Clarke has launched a government-sponsored national design cha ...

Renowned architect and TV presenter George Clarke has launched a government-sponsored national design challenge for young people to create the home of the future — the Home of 2030. The presenter of C ...

6 November, 2019
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