It's a completely unsustainable position to have the right to buy at all – Michael Edwards UCL
“Slum clearances without the Socialism” – Owen Hatherley
I was reading the Guardian online today. This to be specific. Building affordable homes for rent is more vital than new roads then in the comments I found this . . .
If you look at towns such as Burnley and Blackburn, the infrastructure is already there. 1,000s of two up/two downs have been bulldozed in recent years; some have been replaced by new housing however roads bounded by knee rails are all that’s left of others.
. . . and opened Google Earth. I found nothing in Burnley but then in Blackburn, this.
A Take on Thamesmead
Architects Social Housing
Cambridge Design Studio
Design for homes
Dirty Modern Scoundrel
Emilia J Weber
Emma Dent Coad
Housing Space Standards
Jones the Planner
JR James Archive
Just Space
Joe Halewood
Keep our Council Homes
Kidbrooke Kite
Known Pleasures
London Column
Modern Architecture
Modernist Estates
Municipal Dreams
New Towns
Post-War Buildings
Sarah Glynn
Syte Architects
The Design of Homes
Tom Cordell
Tower Block Metal
Twentieth Century Society
Urban Trawl
Writing Cities
You, you idiot
“an exceptionally valuable piece of work which sheds much needed light on what has actually been provided by housebuilders over the last few years” . . . read on
. . . It is shocking to think that despite the universal condem- nation of the majority of social housing output in the 60s and 70s, professionals are still pushing for quantity over quality . . . read on
Work has begun to build 142 self-contained “micro” apartments — some as small as 18 square metres — in Oldham town centre . . . read on
There is a new set of flats . . . daubed in tiny lettering below one of the artist impressions “(Flat Shown is actual size)” . . . read on