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Sadiq Khan’s re-election reaction: ‘It’s time to get on with building’
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Architects say they want newly re-elected London mayor Sadiq Khan to deliver on his promise to build thousands of affordable homes across the capital
In his manifesto, Khan unveiled an array of housing pledges and said his ‘relentless focus’ would be on building more council and ‘genuinely affordable’ homes. He has set a target of building 10,000 council homes in the next four years.
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He also promised to set up a City Hall housebuilder to directly build low-cost homes for London, the ‘first of its kind in a generation’, and commission an independent review to ‘streamline housing development across the wider GLA group’.
Morris+Company housing opposite Kew Gardens approved by Jenrick Digital Edition: Morris+Company housing opposite Kew Gardens approved by Jenrick Housing secretary Robert Jenrick has approved plans for 193 Thames-side flats by Morris+Company at Albany Riverside in Brentford, west London
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Embodied carbon and fire safety to be bolted onto architecture curriculum
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Architecture students will have to learn about climate science and embodied carbon, as well as fire safety, procurement routes and ethics, under proposals put out for consultation by the ARB
The architects’ regulator has unveiled new guidance which significantly expands the existing provisions for sustainability and fire and life safety in the architecture curriculum – with universities being told they should teach a range of subjects relating to the topics for the first time.
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The extensive list of subjects (
see below) include the importance of promoting regenerative design and sharing building performance data as well as, in the wake of the Grenfell tragedy, the science of fire and smoke spread and the health and safety effects of poor design decisions.