Learning by walking: housing and health histories of Hendon and Greenwich
I have always been interested in looking at new ways of enhancing learning experience. For this, I often reflect on the ‘lightbulb moments’ of what triggered interest for me, but also the longer-term sustainable means [...]
Le Corbusier: a life of genius?
With so much written about Le Corbusier, it’s hard to find a new angle. So this short post is simply to look at three of his buildings in France with some brief commentary on the [...]
New Booklets: Building Technology and Deficiencies
This post is to share two new resources created by Paul Oatt and myself and sponsored by JMW Solicitors. These plug a real gap in resources available to housing practitioners and we hope that you [...]
Homelessness: Reframed (Saatchi Gallery)
The arts - whether images, words, voices - can reveal much about the lived experience of homelessness and its devastating effects across the life course. The Saachi Gallery recently hosted this moving exhibition and the [...]
Housing in the Hendon area
This blog was first published on the MODA website in 2022. Hendon has a fascinating range of housing types which reveal much about social, design and architectural history in just a few streets. Far from [...]
Roles and Responsibilities in Housing and Health histories: Inspectors and Area Development and Redevelopment
As 2023 draws to a close and with so much bad news around housing, I am trying to finish on a positive note. In this post I have drawn together several pieces I have written [...]