Designing in the Task Force spirit

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An extensive urban regeneration project at Bilston, UK, offers an illustration of development which is in accordance with the Urban Task Force's recommendations. The designer of the project is architect Andrew Wright who also contributed to the Task Force recommendations. Previous uses of the 65 hectare site near Wolverhampton include coal mining and heavy industry but the site is now derelict and has been used for land fill. Plans for the site include commercial development along the main route with mixed residential use of the area alongside the canal which will be cleaned and restored.

Planning, Urban renewal

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An audience with Sir Denys at the Royal Academy

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The Cubitt Trust lecture was given by Sir Denys Lasdun at the Royal Academy recently. Lasdun spoke of his attitudes to tradition, and the nature of buildings and their link with the rest of the city. He used slides and a Paul Klee to illustrate his points, with particular attention given to the Royal College of Physicians building in Regents Park which was recently extended. Questions from the audience covered a range of issues including high rise housing, the link between Modernism and Arts and Crafts and visual education.

Architecture, Speeches, lectures and essays

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'Brownfield' housing sites get new political impetus

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Extra pressure has been placed on UK house builders to find building sites, after initial new housing requirement figures for 1991 to 2016 rose to 5 million homes from 4.4 million in Jan 1998. Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott gave his approval for 10,000 new homes to be built on a greenfield site in Hertfordshire, and suggested taxing greenfield developments, with money raised going to inner-city rejuvenation projects. Demand for rural housing has increased while large areas of industrial waste land lay unused.

United Kingdom, Usage, Housing policy, Environmental policy, Prescott, John, Greenbelts

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