Guest Blog

Mansards in Tower Hamlets: an East End case study on the challenges and opportunities in densifying neighbourhoods

Posted March 23, 2023March 23, 2023 Create StreetsPosted in Case Studies, Guest Blog

Tom Bage is a Bow resident. The inclusion of a paragraph on mansard roofs in the new NPPF is welcome news for the millions of people living in pre-1918 properties who would like a little more space or a greener home. I live in Bow, where different groups of residents have spent nearly a decade […]

Is beauty in the eye of the controller?

Posted February 23, 2023February 28, 2023 Create StreetsPosted in Guest Blog

A senior leader in housing development argues that beautiful streets matter too but highways officials and budgets are blocking them Michael Gove MP said last year that he wants new buildings to be more beautiful. However all too often streets get wrapped up into ‘placemaking’ rather than dealt with as a separate space that needs […]