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Social housing means "I can breathe again" say residents

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Dezeen speaks to residents of new council housing in London about what their homes mean to them as part of our Social Housing Revival series. Amanda Bennett and her three children recently moved into a council house in south-east London. Between 2005 and 2010, London's 33 local government bodies built just 90 homes between them.

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Stirling Prize-winning council homes set for Right to Buy selloff

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Goldsmith Street was designed by Mikhail Riches and completed in 2019 First introduced in the 1980s by Margaret Thatcher's Conservative government, it is highly contentious. Right to Buy is a government policy that allows council-housing tenants in England to purchase their homes at a significant discount. The photography is by Tim Crocker.

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10 Best Architecture Firms in Georgia

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Being a transcontinental country, Georgia’s architecture reflects many civilization influences, with the most notable period being the medieval era. One example is the Svetitskhoveli Cathedral in Mtskheta, a UNESCO World Heritage site renowned for its exquisite frescoes and architectural details.

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Watch Bruther co-founders speak at the Royal Academy's 2022 annual architecture lecture

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Stéphanie Bru and Alexandre Theriot, co-founders of French architectural firm Bruther , are due to give the 3 1st Annual Architecture Lecture at the Royal Academy of Arts in London. Watch live at 6:30pm London time. Read: Social housing pioneer Renée Gailhoustet wins Royal Academy Architecture Prize.

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Data as a catalyst for innovation

Hotel Designs

Hotel Designs Data as a catalyst for innovation Data as a catalyst for innovation Continuing our focus on technology in the arena of hotel design, Founder of DataThinkLab , Melanie Rozencwajg, continues on her mission is to help boutique hotels and chains unlock the potential of their data.

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The Dezeen guide to mass timber in architecture

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Mass timber can also allow quicker, cleaner assembly on site as well as being lighter than traditional construction materials. Read: The Dezeen guide to wood in architecture, interiors and design Mass timber products are composed of layers of wood joined together to form strong panels or beams.

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Two British Biographies

A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

Both Le Corbusier and Rem Koolhaas have four titles — not surprising, since both architects use(d) books as extensions of their building practices — and then comes Reyner Banham with three books: Theory and Design in the First Machine Age , The Architecture of the Well-Tempered Environment , and Los Angeles: The Architecture of Four Ecologies.