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Reports of the green belt’s death are greatly exaggerated

by John Myers | Feb 1, 2019 | The Economist

As the “news” breaks that perhaps nearly one per cent of the enormous green belt surrounding London has been allocated for 200,000 homes, let us ask: who benefits? News of potential green belt encroachment is the Campaign to Protect Rural England’s best recruiting...

Time to dispel the Green Belt myths and get Britain building

by Ilana Cantor | Jul 10, 2018 | The Economist

If the Government ever wants to solve the housing crisis, they need to step up and dispel the Green Belt myth that has become so entrenched within the British psyche. The romanticised notion of a “green and pleasant land” is strangling our cities and preventing the...

Fields of least resistance

by Richard Rose-Casemore | Jun 25, 2017 | The Architect

So, I sit in my tiny garden on a sunny Sunday in reflective mood wondering what on earth is happening to our towns and cities in the race to achieve impossible housing targets. Two cities close to my own heart, Exeter and Winchester, are suffering such that the green...

Basement wars

by Houston Morris | Jun 15, 2017 | The Architect

Anyone who has visited the below ground troglodyte houses of Cappadocia, a region of central Turkey, knows that these ancient habitations are as impressive as they are unusual. They are mostly cut out of the rock face of a steep mountain. They offer very good thermal...