News 2008

PRP has been appointed as lead architect on a new £200+ million extra care housing PFI scheme recently secured with Cheshire County Council. Gleeson Building was awarded the £65 million contract to design and construct the five extra care home facili...

Today's current economic crisis provides an ideal opportunity to re-evaluate and identify new and better procurement methods essential for restarting the UK's struggling house building market in the UK – a key conclusion drawn by PRP, URBED and Desig...

PRP unveils concepts from its 'A HOME 4 LIFE' design competition as architects are challenged to apply inclusive and sustainable design principles to all new housing....

NEW RESEARCH REVEALS SUCCESSFUL EUROPEAN MODELS HOLD THE KEY TO UK ECO-TOWN DEVELOPMENT Research group identifies 4 overriding principles to facilitate success of eco-towns European exemplar schemes all...

A new coalition – The Existing Homes Alliance – sets out the action required to put the UK housing stock on the road to deep cuts in carbon emissions and energy bills. Up to half a million homes must be refurbi...

Thursday, 29 May 2008: PRP has submitted an application for detailed planning consent for what will be the first 100% affordable housing scheme in the Highgate area for Hill Homes and One Housing Group....

Grove Village, the UK's first housing PFI project, won PFI Project of the Year at yesterday evening's Building Awards event. The project transformed the council estate in Ardwick into a sustainable, mixed-tenure urban village....