The major overhaul that the UK’s planning system needs
Letters: Central government is to blame, not town halls, writes Jon Reeds; plus letters from Kay S Powell, Jerry Flynn and Allan Forsyth
September 2023
University Guide 2024
Best UK universities for construction, surveying & planning – league table
The study of all aspects of buildings (except design), from construction to location – includes urban, rural and regional planning
June 2023
The age of extinction
Brick by brick: the British manufacturers building a better future for birds
It takes just under a minute to make a single swift brick that could house generations of migratory birds. So why isn’t it compulsory to install them in the UK?
April 2023
Want to buy a woollen home? Why Newcastle may have knitted the future of housing
Terry Farrell, the distinguished creator of dazzling buildings worldwide, has set up a £4.6m centre in Newcastle aiming to demystify the overblown language of architecture. So why does it contain a compostable woolly bio-cave?
March 2023
In England’s worsening housing crisis, millions are unable to afford their own homes
Letters: Richard Tarver points out that the need for new developments sometimes means building on biodiverse sites; Steve Townsley says houses have become investments rather than places to live
October 2022
How a new-build nightmare left homebuyers in limbo for two years
There are so many faults with this house in Yorkshire that its owners have to store their possessions in a shipping container
September 2022
University Guide 2023
Best UK universities for construction, surveying & planning – league table
University Guide 2024
University subject profile: construction, surveying and planning
July 2022
Housebuilding standards need a climate update
Letters: Louis Hellman suggests an overhaul of building regulations, while Jon Reeds looks at Britain’s very low housing densities
March 2022
We trash our modernist heritage on a whim: why is Britain so in thrall to the wrecking ball?
Owen Hatherley
Between destruction and conservation there must be a middle ground – perhaps a new life – for these eminent buildings, says author Owen Hatherley
November 2021
Other lives
Shean McConnell obituary
Other lives: Urban planner who made a great contribution to the community life of Stockwell, London
May 2021
The age of extinction
Securing a swift return: how a simple brick can help migratory birds
Many swifts flying back to Britain will find their summer nests lost to building renovations. But bird bricks are offering them an alternative home
March 2021
The Guardian view on urban insecurity: build a feminist city
Editorial: The design of our cities and towns must make women’s wellbeing and safety a priority
September 2020
University Guide 2023
University subject profile: building, town & country planning
The study of all aspects of buildings (except design), from construction to location
February 2020
Is housing design and planning safe in the Tories’ hands?
Inspired by the late philosopher Roger Scruton, the government talks about beauty, but promotes ugly development
June 2019
Two years after Grenfell, why are thousands still not safe in their homes?
Seraphima Kennedy
University Guide 2020
University subject profile: Building, town and country planning
May 2019
'Is this going to be a joyous place?' … the architects asking revolutionary questions
How do you build the perfect town? You send for Public Practice, the initiative that’s tempting architects back into the public sector
August 2018
Grenfell was a foreseeable, entirely preventable, tragedy. Here’s the proof
Seraphima Kennedy
Our government was warned about Grenfell-style cladding years before the fire. But still it refuses to act, writes the academic Seraphima Kennedy
April 2017
Street fighter: how Jane Jacobs saved New York from Bulldozer Bob
Robert Moses was the despotic planner hellbent on building four-lane highways through neighbourhoods. She was the cyclist who stopped him. A new film, Citizen Jane, revisits their David and Goliath struggle for the soul of New York
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