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16
Oct
The Great Housing Betrayal Already Happened in Brick Lane

The Great Housing Betrayal Already Happened in Brick Lane

When Aditya Chakrabortty exposed how Labour’s leaked housing memo judged success by whether “developers welcome the package strongly on
5 min read
16
Oct
Brick Lane Public Inquiry — Day Two (Afternoon): Heritage as Commodity

Brick Lane Public Inquiry — Day Two (Afternoon): Heritage as Commodity

3 min read
15
Oct
Brick Lane Inquiry — Day Two: The Grammar of Power

Brick Lane Inquiry — Day Two: The Grammar of Power

When the morning session ended, Burrell’s restraint had become its own statement. The KC’s authority was procedural; the architect’s authority was experiential. One argued for deliverability, the other for belonging
4 min read
15
Oct
John Burrell’s Alternative Vision for Brick Lane: Regeneration Without Erasure

John Burrell’s Alternative Vision for Brick Lane: Regeneration Without Erasure

“To conserve,” Burrell wrote, “is to sustain the relationships that make a place thrive.”
3 min read
14
Oct
Brick Lane Public Inquiry — Day One Summary

Brick Lane Public Inquiry — Day One Summary

The architects’ presentations — however elegant — cannot conceal the structural truth: this is not heritage-led regeneration; it is displacement by design.
5 min read
07
Oct
Architects for Social Housing: Repair, Not Erasure

Architects for Social Housing: Repair, Not Erasure

If demolition is the architecture of finance, ASH’s work is the architecture of resistance.
7 min read
04
Oct
Saving Station Street: Who Benefits When Britain Erases Its Own Memory?

Saving Station Street: Who Benefits When Britain Erases Its Own Memory?

Station Street contains all the ingredients of sustainable urban life: density, walkability, mixed use, and heritage that anchors community identity. What it needs is maintenance, not obliteration.
5 min read
29
Sep
Building New Towns, Letting Old Ones Die: How UK Housing Policy Betrays Finance, Culture, and Community

Building New Towns, Letting Old Ones Die: How UK Housing Policy Betrays Finance, Culture, and Community

When the Labour government announced plans to build 12 new towns as the flagship answer to Britain’s housing crisis,
6 min read
24
Sep
Peckham: Development or Regeneration?

Peckham: Development or Regeneration?

If London is to remain a city of neighbourhoods rather than a market of assets, Peckham must be allowed to follow the path of restoration-led regeneration.
3 min read
24
Sep
Why the Truman Brewery Application Must Not Be Called In by the Mayor of London

Why the Truman Brewery Application Must Not Be Called In by the Mayor of London

Statement by ConserveConnect in support of the Save Brick Lane campaign In light of renewed discussions around the future of
2 min read