As a society, there is a tendency to let the short-term market demand prevail against the long-term protection of our natural and historic assets. Heritage assets are under pressure within a system designed to facilitate development. Kevin Balch reflects on the importance of a holistic approach to planning for heritage […]
sustainable development
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A project by Newcastle University’s Professor Roger Burrows has been ‘digging into’ the trend for basement developments in London. His work follows on from that of Prof. Steven Graham, which looks at the “luxified skies” resulting from high-specification apartment blocks. The proliferation of planning applications for elaborate basements between 2007-2017 […]