07
Oct
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
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04
Oct
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
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?
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
Statement by ConserveConnect in support of the Save Brick Lane campaign
In light of renewed discussions around the future of
2 min read
24
Sep
Open Letter to the Mayor of London: Stand with Brick Lane, Not Cultural Erasure
ConserveConnect publishes the following open letter in response to the ongoing threat of cultural displacement and speculative redevelopment in Brick
3 min read
23
Sep
Brick Lane Campaign Update: The Fight Deepens
Exposing the Financial Structure, Amplifying Community Resistance, and Calling Out City Hall Silence
3 min read
23
Sep
The Resurgence of Craft Carpentry in Period Property Revival
“The most sustainable timber is that already in place—seasoned, serviceable, and made durable through centuries of performance”
5 min read
29
Aug
A Tax Without a Vision: Housing, Heritage, and the Perils of Market Rule
“Cities have the capability of providing something for everybody, only because, and only when, they are created by everybody.”
5 min read
27
Aug
Restoring Continuity: Housing, Heritage, and Community in Thanet
Thanet today stands at a crossroads. It could become another case study in transience—a place hollowed out by speculative fervor, full of stylish bars and empty flats. Or it could chart a rarer course, showing how a coastal town can balance revival with rootedness.
6 min read