It’s low carbon, reusable, quirkily beautiful — and can be cheaper than concrete and steel. Why on earth aren’t more architects building in stone?

The Mercury prize winner hasn’t been able to go home since falling ill last summer. In his only interview, he opens up about the ‘poignancy’ of finally releasing the new album his stroke shelved

Housing experts and writers discuss their books and the current housing emergency

By Nihar B. Shah

“It’s really tough doing anything in China right now,” my friend told me. He’s a serial entrepreneur in Shanghai with a locked-in grin. We were waiting for our food in a Taiwanese restaurant in a lovi...

Children's lung capacity caught up with their peers in less polluted areas once a clean air zone came in, a study shows.

The trustees of the Octavia Hill Birthplace Museum are disposing of its Harry Simpson Memorial Library in September, next month.

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They have weaker social ties than other English regions' but their stronger sense of civic power may frustrate Nigel Farage's party in May

Thousands of quality homes to be built closer to stations, cutting commute times and helping families live closer to work, school and transport

A few days ago Manchester City Council published a press release with an eye-catching factoid. Manchester saw more homes built in the last year (4,766) than all the 32 Greater London boroughs combi…

Auto in beslag genomen op Ookmeerweg Amsterdam-Nieuw-West na geluidsmeting van 90 decibel. Eigenaar mag pas rijden na goedkeuring RDW. Lees het hele verhaal.

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The cost of housing in the very long run: Toledo, 1489–1810

For a lot of kids, the summer holidays are the highlight of the year. Not for eight-year-old Azuriah.

Hundreds of thousands could be impacted. New mapping highlights the parts of the country most at risk

Housing affordability is declining in the United States. To explain this phenomenon, many scholars and policymakers point to slowing construction, which they argue is particularly troublesome in co...