Homes and communities

Vertical villages: tall tales or the future of housing?

Vertical villages: tall tales or the future of housing?

Building mixed-use towers is being touted as the answer to house growing urban populations, but could this also lead to segregation and isolation?

Noella Pio Kivlehan22 April 2025

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The Phoenix: affordable rents, shared spaces and no cars

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go to article The Phoenix: affordable rents, shared spaces and no cars

Gela Pertusini10 February 2025

Cities and placemaking

Project management

Quantity surveying and construction

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New homes and riverside regeneration in Barking

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go to article New homes and riverside regeneration in Barking

Adam Branson04 November 2024

Project management

Quantity surveying and construction

Residential valuation

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A property problem: there are millions of empty homes

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go to article A property problem: there are millions of empty homes

Mark Williams21 October 2024

Personal property

Property finance and investment

Residential valuation

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Could filling empty homes solve the housing crisis?

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go to article Could filling empty homes solve the housing crisis?

Gela Pertusini14 October 2024

Ethical practice

Personal property

Property finance and investment

Residential valuation

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Why later living design must prioritise social wellbeing

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go to article Why later living design must prioritise social wellbeing

Mark Williams09 September 2024

Infrastructure and services

Property finance and investment

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The secret museum: preserving Ron’s Place

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go to article The secret museum: preserving Ron’s Place

Gela Pertusini12 August 2024

Building surveying

Ethical practice

Heritage and conservation

Property finance and investment

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Hollowing out: the scourge of Japan’s empty homes

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go to article Hollowing out: the scourge of Japan’s empty homes

Karen Day10 June 2024

Personal property

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Give me shelter: the global housing crisis

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go to article Give me shelter: the global housing crisis

Tina Paillet FRICS30 May 2024

Planning and development

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How an urban planning concept became a conspiracy theory

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go to article How an urban planning concept became a conspiracy theory

Mark Williams06 May 2024

Cities and placemaking

Planning and development

Projects and people

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The big push for retrofit in UK housing

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go to article The big push for retrofit in UK housing

TIna Paillet FRICS02 May 2024

Building surveying

Quantity surveying and construction