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  • Why Is Spain’s Social Housing So Well-Designed?

    Dec 19, 2024 | dwell.com | Philip Oldfield

    View 4 PhotosThe country is trying to reverse its legacy of under-investing in public housing by churning out projects that defy expectations of the building type. View 4 PhotosWhen you picture the world’s best building of the past couple of years, perhaps a gleaming glass skyscraper or museum springs to mind. But the 2024 winner of the prestigious biannual RIBA International Prize is a building type rarely associated with being ‘the best’—social housing.

  • Why are Australian houses so cold, and how can we build 1.2m new ones that won’t trash the environment?

    Jun 17, 2024 | msn.com | Philip Oldfield

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  • Why are Australian houses so cold, and how can we build 1.2m new ones that won’t trash the environment?

    Jun 17, 2024 | msn.com | Philip Oldfield

    Microsoft Cares About Your PrivacyMicrosoft and our third-party vendors use cookies to store and access information such as unique IDs to deliver, maintain and improve our services and ads. If you agree, MSN and Microsoft Bing will personalise the content and ads that you see. You can select ‘I Accept’ to consent to these uses or click on ‘Manage preferences’ to review your options and exercise your right to object to Legitimate Interest where used.

  • Why are Australian houses so cold, and how can we build 1.2m new ones that won’t trash the environment? | Philip Oldfield

    Jun 16, 2024 | theguardian.com | Philip Oldfield

    The federal government has set a target of building 1.2m new homes in Australia by 2029. If we construct these homes the same way as we do today, their materials will contribute to millions of tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions, while our poorly performing existing homes will remain freezing in the winter. We need to change the way we design, build and retrofit housing to avoid a climate catastrophe. Buildings contribute to the climate crisis in two main ways. There’s “operating carbon”.

  • Saudi Arabia’s thoroughly iconic, unsustainable city in the desert - The Iola Register

    Jun 14, 2024 | iolaregister.com | Philip Oldfield

    It may not feel like it, but we’re likely experiencing the largest construction booms in history. According to one estimate, the world will build the equivalent of a New York City every month from 2020 to 2060. Even this may not be enough to meet the growing demand for housing. The United Nations estimates 96,000 affordable units should be built a day to house the three billion people who will need them by 2030.

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