Single Aspect Blog

“no better than back to back terraces” One of my bugbears as a layman taking an interest in housing is the number of modern conversions . . . read on

Borrowing to build council housing would be a Keynsian move generating employment and housing people, acting as the engine of badly needed economic growth . . . read on

I have been approached by a number of University students asking for information about housing design, housing estates, and related matters . . . read on

. . . Investigate the possibility of splitting flats vertically to create scissor arrangements that extend the available solar aspects for each dwelling. . . . best viewed in Chrome

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

The National House-Building Council thinks that if people are prepared to pay for rubbish it must be okay, which is rather the same argument that employers of child labour deploy . . . read on

‘I would be against reintroducing back-to-backs leading to a monoculture,’ he warns. ‘The way forward is flexible housing regulations.’ . . . read on

A lack of space has been shown to affect the basic lifestyle needs that many people take for granted, such as having enough space to store possessions or even to entertain friends. read on . . .

“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

"Our boudoir on the open plan has been a huge success, Now everywhere's so open there's nowhere safe to dress" - Design for Living - Flanders & Swann

Tory housing idea in tatters
Build shared flats
Choice
Coalition housing plans?

. . . Just 10 tenants remain in the 130 flats, of which Bristol council owns 70 and Knightstone Housing Association owns 60 . . . . . . 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

The deep plan organizes small single aspect units with larger numbers of internal rooms. This subsequently leads to a lack of daylight and cross ventilation for the majority of the flats. read article

Carpenters Estate - edit
Save Carpenters
Cook's Camden
Ferrier - the dispossessed(1)
Ferrier - the dispossessed(2)
Ferrier critique by CABE
Ferrier security of tenure
Grahame Park Estate Hendon
Green Man Lane Ealing
Green Man Lane Ealing (pp)
Kidbrooke Kite - Ferrier
Robin Hood Gardens
South Acton
Woodberry Down - ASH
Woodberry Down - Koos Couvée
Woodberry Down – Masterplan
Woodberry Down – Architects
Wornington Green

. . . and for six months successfully communicated with coast stations around the world using automated morse . . . read on