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Berkeley embraces Building for Life
28 July 2010
The Berkeley Group has made a solid commitment to design quality. From now on all new developments will have to meet the national standard for well designed homes and neighbourhoods.
2010 awards – what happens next
20 July 2010
More than 80 submissions have been received for this year’s Building for Life awards.
Sevenoaks, Birkenhead
Sarah Allan, head of urban design and homes at CABE
16 July 2010The Victorian terrace is such a strong emblem for good urban design that any housing that replaces it through a Pathfinder programme deserves extra scrutiny.
Barking Central, East London
Dominic Church, CABE senior advisor
18 June 2010Thinking back to my first visit to the town hall in Barking, I remember a stately building marooned on a windswept lake of asphalt. It faced onto a drab 1970s library and the grim backs and service areas of high street shops.
Greenwich observed
Dominic O’Neill, CABE advisor
21 May 2010A decade ago, Europe’s largest former gasworks was given a new lease of life when the Greenwich Peninsula became home to a new community. Today, a stroll through the quiet streets of Greenwich Millennium Village is a pleasantly reassuring experience.
Last chance to enter the 2010 Building for Life Awards
12 May 2010
The closing date for this year’s Building for Life awards is 28 May 2010.
Granville's grandeur
Ciaran Regan
22 April 2010Granville New Homes is a redevelopment of historic Kilburn area which is a triumphant mix of old and new.
Entrancing in Wolves
Ken Coupar
25 March 2010Cross Street South, a development on the edge of Wolverhampton city centre completed in 2008, is an exemplary affordable housing scheme that will transform the surrounding area.
Enter now for the 2010 Building for Life awards
24 March 2010
The Building for Life awards recognise those who have created places where we all want to live: homes and neighbourhoods that are greener, safer and more attractive.
HCA consultation about Building for Life
24 March 2010
The Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) are consulting on their design and sustainability core standards.
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