Nicholas Boys Smith: An end to the dash for the sky?
The Mayor agreed to a review of the London Plan to see what gets in the way of providing street-based developments
Nicholas Boys Smith and James Wildblood interview Prof Alice Coleman, housing visionary
The fall of Thatcher brought Heseltine back to the Environment Department. The results, for estate renewal, were dire.
Nicholas Boys Smith: A stark example of why we should build homes for people not for planners
An attractive alternative scheme for Mount Pleasant would actually increase the number of new homes
Pickles is right: “Tear down estates to boost poor inner-city homes”
This is the right answer for residents, for the city and for taxpayers.
Nick Boys Smith: How to stop building a second generation of high rise in London
A massive increase of supply of good normal housing that real people want to live is an idea worth pursuing
Nicholas Boys Smith: How to increase house-building at no ultimate cost to the taxpayer
Regenerating estates into traditional streets could create 250,000 extra homes in London.
Normal streets are best
People just aren’t as nice to each other in large blocks of flats.
Boris needs to cut red tape if he wants to build good quality “Boris Homes” not tower blocks
Tower Block Week begins with advice for the Mayor on regeneration schemes that offer the homes people want
Nicholas Boys-Smith: Red tape stops us building the homes we want
Let people have they homes they want – not the homes planners think they should want.