@DesignForHomes

we research what works in design, layout and construction, from urban design to comfort and privacy

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Joined April 2010
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Phil Rodgers@PhilRodgers28 May 2023
200 years from now, people are going to be writing PhDs about the social and economic forces that led to a railway being built that looked like this.
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Conservative Mayor of Tees Valley, Ben Houchon, accuses Private Eye of at best misreporting a land sale that Private Eye say netted just £100. Private Eye journalist replies with receipts;
richard brooks@rbrooks4510 May 2023
Replying to @BenHouchen
You did sell it for £100. Here's the Land Registry proof. We also reported the income that the public sector keeps (worth about 18% of what 90%-private-owned Teesworks Ltd gets). Maybe your press office will now answer questions (having refused to before and since the piece).
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Susan Carey@susanjcarey4 Apr 2023
Very welcome news. Much needed new homes AND the infrastructure (including medical facilities, schools, open spaces and biodiversity) to support them. @otterpool_park provides financial security to @fstonehythedc so that we can continue to deliver services to the whole district.
otterpool_park@otterpool_park4 Apr 2023
#OtterpoolPark has today been granted outline planning approval. This landmark decision is a pivotal point in the delivery of the 8,500 homes #gardentown in the #Kentcountryside near #Folkestone. Find out more here: otterpoolpark.org/amended-ou…
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Delighted Professor @JulienneMeyer has been appointed by @dhscgovuk @luhc as the independent chair of the Older People's Housing Task Force. Now to set out an ambitious AGEnda to boost supply of later life housing choices #HAPPI #TAPPI @DunhillMedical housinglin.org.uk/News/Chair…
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We'd love to see schools in Colchester with safe walking and cycling networks like this
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@activetraveleng1 Mar 2023
Meet Amber, Matt and their two teenagers. They live in Kesgrave near Ipswich and use their local network of cycling and walking routes to get to school @KesgraveHigh, to work, to the shops, to friends' houses and to activities #activetravel #transportindependence #joyinjourneys
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74th #HousingDesignAwards deadline now 8 March. Much to celebrate in east London- let’s showcase area’s design innovation & placemaking! 👉 hdawards.org @HomesEngland @udlondon @RTPIPlanners @sadiqkhan @buildwithnature @designsoutheast @RIBA_London @good_homes #GLA
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3rd Green Belt tweet of the year. If the English Green Belt were a football pitch, 300,000 homes would occupy less than one half of the penalty area. But remember only 2000 homes built on Green Belt last year and the area built on was massively exceeded by area added.
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Homes England@HomesEngland14 Dec 2022
2023’s Housing Design Awards are now open for entry. We’re sponsoring the Masterplan and Placemaking award this year, championing concepts that will deliver high quality places at pace To enter, and see previous winners, follow the link bit.ly/3UThCNr
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Philip Barnes@PhilipBarnes_2 Jan 2023
#happynewyear I will supply the 1st of the many 000’s of #Greenbelt tweets you will no doubt read this year. So…. 2k homes were built in GB last year. If GB was the size of a tennis court they would take up 3x4 inches. h/t @LichfieldsUK PS GB actually increased in size last year
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Paul Collins@greenroof28 Dec 2022
Every city should #plan for #leisure #wellbeing and #biodiversity by taking the opportunity when and where they can, to #pedestrianise unnecessary #roads and put back #people and #nature. Just look what they did in #Dusseldorf #GreenInfrastructure works
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Flora Samuel@FloraBSamuel12 Dec 2022
Stocking filler for anyone interested in building homes, #social value, #land justice and rebuilding the #commons. I am excited to report that my next book Housing for Hope and Wellbeing will be published 20 December 20% discount with code FLE22 @Routledge_Arch
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Thrilled to see @RiversideSund - BwN Design Award winner - pick up a #HousingDesignAward last night 🏆 “#Masterplan of the year” no less! Fantastic to see Northern landscape-led schemes getting recognised for #design #quality & #GreenInfrastructure @iglooRegen @DesignForHomes – at Kensington, London
David Roberts@DavidR_Regen22 Sep 2022
#Housingdesignawards Masterplan of the Year goes to Vaux, Sunderand the 1st housing @RiversideSund now on site. hdawards.org/scheme/17473_sc… Great to see after all the hard work by @iglooRegen and the whole team inc @mawsonkerr @proctormatthews
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Amy Burbidge@AmyBurbidge211 Aug 2022
And saw a lovely @HomesEngland scheme with great play in a silvan setting, lovely balconies, and fab reuse of historic hospital buildings. It features in our #StreetsForAHealthyLife document too gov.uk/government/publicatio…
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Philip Barnes@PhilipBarnes_8 Aug 2022
Listen and weep. Christine Whitehead, HBF and Shelter, in 2018, essentially all agreeing on the importance of building more homes to address the housing crisis. Yet in 2022 national politicians on the hustings still promoting policies to deliver less. 🤷‍♂️🤯 bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/b0bggn…
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Really enjoyed meeting Johnathan Miley from @ExtArchitecture on site at the #KAMPUS development in #Manchester last week KAMPUS is shortlisted at #HousingDesignAwards 2022 & is venue for 2nd #awards ceremony on 22 Sept 2022 tickets here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/housing-d… @DesignForHomes
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Paul Smith
@Paul_SLG20 Jul 2020
What does good house design look like? 🏠 We asked more than 800 people to tell us how much they liked homes built by PLC and SME house builders as well as “one-off” architect-designs. Here’s what they told us.👇 strategiclandgroup.co.uk/202… – at Sale, England
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Whilst visiting the Peak District, 7 years on Park Side in Matlock - @DesignForHomes award winning #HAPPI design by @EvansVettori - shows why it is a stand out development. More at: housinglin.org.uk/Topics/typ…
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Zack Simons@zacksimons13 Jun 2022
“We will prevent people who work for us from following the guidance we’ve written for them to follow.”
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Oded Rechavi
@OdedRechavi1 Jun 2022
Paradigm shift
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Keepmoat@KeepmoatHomes1 Jun 2022
We’re incredibly proud of @DesignforHomes who has selflessly taken in three Ukrainian boys during the current conflict. Showing the boys hospitality means so much and we’re pleased to be sponsoring them to see Ukraine vs Scotland at Hampden Park stadium this evening.
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