Time for a outward facing RIBA
Architects have never been more needed, yet our influence has never felt more fragile. I hear it…
UK Town Planning: A board of snakes and ladders
On 15 June, Housing and Planning Minister Matthew Pennycook designated nine councils under section 62A of the…
Parkhurst Part 3: The Age of Enforcement
How the circularity problem was real, how City Hall over corrected, and the Age of Enforcement
The Last of the Threshold Chasers – Part 1
The Battersea Glassmill decision and the policy that requires a tower to work — then refuses the…
UKREiiF – Key Takeways Day 2
Lots of insights coming out as the UK grapples with the brownfield emergency:
Parkhurst Part 2: Before and After, Land Strikes and Practical vs Theory
Part 1 of this series established that the conclusions from Parkhurst Road Ltd v Secretary of State…
London local elections – initial reactions
Greens have made significant gains in Hackney, Haringey and Waltham Forest. Haringey and Hackney have both been…
The Letter to London Crowd Have Found a New Way to Be Wrong
This is not a minor offence….
Black Swans, Transmission Impacts and Ceasefires – Part 4
There was much relief when a ceasefire of sorts was announced earlier this week. But it doesn’t…
Shelter, viability and the myth of the “free lunch” in land
With the development sector sustaining significant losses, sites stalling and the industry contracting, it was both poorly…
