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Opinion: What the customer wants
The design of the UK's new homes is a product of our delivery system, but the customer needs convincing that there could be a better way, argues Chris Brown.
Opinion: Austerity hampers the pursuit of better housing design
Housing minister Kit Malthouse spent much of the recent Conservative Party conference telling those who would listen about his passion for housing design and his fears that there is "not much" quality design in current development.
Opinion: We need new thinking for left behind areas
Past regeneration initiatives have done little to improve post-industrial areas and living conditions for their once vibrant communities. Public policy badly needs to develop some new thinking, writes Tim Williams.
Opinion: Our suburbs must adapt and evolve
City suburbs have suffered as city centres have re-energised, but suburban district centres have the potential for renaissance, argues Jennet Siebrits.
Opinion: The consequences of high rise clusters
The creation of high rise clusters in well-connected urban centres results in a polycentric development pattern across big cities, with implications for the suburbs, writes Miles Gibson.
Opinion: Wellbeing builds the case for design
Evidence showing how placemaking impacts positively on people's wellbeing helps to build the business case and challenge the good design deniers, writes Chris Brown.
Opinion: When high rise becomes heritage
Within a few decades new towers that are often considered controversial today could have become iconic parts of the identity of our cities, writes Miles Gibson.
Opinion: Why we shouldn't abandon all hope (value)
Hope value is the name attributed to value given to land by the prospect of a future planning permission - a permission that might be the difference between £10,000 per hectare agricultural value and £1m per hectare-plus residential price.
Opinion: Cities need diversity for prosperity
"Cities are not great lumps of chaos," said the celebrated urbanist Jane Jacobs. These and other words have resonance for Chris Brown in our present context.
Opinion: Politicians will remain cautious over 'landbanking' action
It's just possible former foreign secretary Boris Johnson has disturbed the serenity of your summer with his unique brand of populist pot-stirring. In fact, he hasn't confined himself to insulting burkha-wearers.
Opinion: When will they ever learn?
Bad transport infrastructure decisions in south Wales are continuing to cost the region dearly, writes Tim Williams.
Opinion: Industry and homes do mix
As technology and environmental regulations change, industry is returning to the capital in schemes that mix housing and making, writes Chris Brown.
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