106-110 of 279 matching articles 5 20 100 All What do pop-up shops and homelessness have in common? Ann Deslandes • 14 February 2012 What do the 'DIY urbanism' movement and homelessness have in common? While DIY urbanism is hailed as a creative force, the homeless are still marginalised in many cities. Converting London's offices to residential: housing solution or commercial disaster? Zoe Green • 28 March 2013 The UK Government wants to make it easier to convert offices to residential use, but it runs the risk of turning valuable commercial space into more empty houses. Spelling out the five 'P's of sustainable construction Dominik Baumann • 20 March 2012 To re-energise the idea of sustainable construction, the Holcim Foundation proposes five qualitative measures that will help make a building truly endure. Vila Autódromo: one community taking a stand against Olympic gentrification in Rio de Janeiro Maureen M. Donaghy • 25 September 2012 A visit to the community that is challenging the Rio government's redevelopment plans for the Olympic Park site with its own People's Plan that promises to be more cost effective. The curtailing of London’s creative economy Zoe Green • 5 August 2015 Two years after the introduction of Permitted Development Rights, Zoe Green argues that the policy is threatening the local creative economy in UK cities by pricing out small and medium sized enterprises. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56
