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PDF version of Sustainable Communities - Spring 2005
PDF version of Sustainable Communities - Spring 2005
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Manchester summit: Ben Bamber reports on the event that launched the government’s Sustainable Communities Plan.

It’s getting personal!: Sue Roaf examines the sustainable communities plan and is not impressed with the government’s love of building on floodplains and boat yards.

Mainstreaming: Nick Gardner examines what lessons mainstream developers can learn from projects already underway.

Fears over Thames Gateway: Carlo Laurenzi puts the case against development on important wildlife habitats.

Code for Sustainable Building: Ben Bamber investigates the mix of membership of the government’s new Sustainable Building Task Group.
In action - on site now - Sally Hall looks at three very different schemes being built now and marketed as sustainable communities.

Building what people want: Tam Dougan wants to know if developers are doing their homework and what style of building they should adopt for the future.

Interviews: Christine Davis interviews George Ferguson the President of RIBA and kevin McCloud of Channel 4 fame.

Low allergy housing: Howard Liddell, Barbara Chapman and Sandy Halliday report on the Fairfield Housing Co-op project in Perth.

Design for deconstruction: Chris Morgan and Fionn Stevenson highlight the advantages of designing buildings that can be taken down as easily as they can be built.

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