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Obviously taking requests for a table at a restaurant requires customer service.In all fairness, it's difficult to expect any level of customer service if you're not actually a customer
Obviously taking requests for a table at a restaurant requires customer service.In all fairness, it's difficult to expect any level of customer service if you're not actually a customer
No, you can't be that stupid as to think 'affordable homes' are the same as social housing, can you?
No, you can't be as stupid as to think it doesn't, can you?No, you can't be that stupid as to think 'affordable homes' are the same as social housing, can you?
There is no fucking comparison and to bring them up to suggest the architects have some sort of deep rooted social concerns is beyond laughable.
You claimed that they designed 'loads' of social housing but are unable to provide a single actual example anywhere.No, you can't be as stupid as to think it doesn't, can you?
"Affordable" covers shared ownership, affordable rent and social rent. Usually as a rule of thumb these would be somewhere around the 40%:30%:30% ratio across a development. So yes, they will undoubtably be designing social housing. I'd imagine that the examples on the website are a fraction of their jobs, but the others may not be that photogenic.
If you don't belive me then you can get on the planning portal and pull the s106 agreements for some of those schemes - they will stipulate the social provision.
Please refer to previous postYou claimed that they designed 'loads' of social housing but are unable to provide a single actual example anywhere.
LOL.
Just admit you don't have a single piece of proof to back up your assertion that the company has designed any social housing - let alone loads of it - and we can move on.Please refer to previous post
One of the examples cited on their website was a new head office for UNISON with 17 units of affordable within it. Do you think that would have been social, or affordable?Just admit you don't have a single piece of proof to back up your assertion that the company has designed any social housing - let alone loads of it - and we can move on.
Loaded architects who also design a load of social housing..
Sadiq Khan has continued his tough stance on ‘unacceptable’ affordable housing levels by refusing amended plans by Squire & Partners for a former Metropolitan Police HQ
The scheme put forward for this site is simply unacceptable: it fails to provide the maximum amount of affordable housing that could be delivered on this landmark site, and follows a previous application in which the affordable housing provision agreed by the previous mayor was already appallingly low.’
In all fairness, it's difficult to expect any level of customer service if you're not actually a customer
This is not even just about Israel.
This is about people of a certain age, class and political persuasion who have no idea how to function in a system where every political party isn’t pandering to their views exactly. It is about the threat that the possibility of nationalisation, rent caps and redistribution of wealth poses to the people whose ‘philanthropy’ funds our community. We have allowed our community to be dominated by middle- and upper- class people who are actively opposed to our material interests for way too long.
Enough is more than fucking enough.
No, you can't be as stupid as to think it doesn't, can you?
"Affordable" covers shared ownership, affordable rent and social rent. Usually as a rule of thumb these would be somewhere around the 40%:30%:30% ratio across a development. So yes, they will undoubtably be designing social housing. I'd imagine that the examples on the website are a fraction of their jobs, but the others may not be that photogenic.
If you don't belive me then you can get on the planning portal and pull the s106 agreements for some of those schemes - they will stipulate the social provision.
I'd rather go somewhere that gives me a warm welcome and makes me feel like they deserve the price of a good plate of food than deal with stuck up attitudes like this.
That's nice but it's got nothing to do with social housing and they've made sure that their work for the Windmill is nicely featured in their portfolio.They did work pro bono for Brixton Windmill (the one with sails)
Thanks, we're going to Courtesan now, but that looks worth a try.maybe try salon - i got a warm welcome for an anniversary dinner and the food was fantastic
You really don't understand what social housing is, do you?One of the examples cited on their website was a new head office for UNISON with 17 units of affordable within it. Do you think that would have been social, or affordable?
Now either show me a sizeable selection of the "loads" of social housing projects that Squire have supposedly designed, or you could just admit that you made that bit up and made yourself look a bit silly.Social housing is let at low rents on a secure basis to those who are most in need or struggling with their housing costs. Normally councils and not-for-profit organisations (such as housing associations) are the ones to provide social housing.
Social housing is affordable housing
A key function of social housing is to provide accommodation that is affordable to people on low incomes. Limits to rent increases set by law mean that rents are kept affordable.
Social housing is allocated on the basis of need
Unlike in the private rented sector, where tenancies are offered by the landlord and letting agent to whomever they choose, social housing is distributed according to the local council’s allocation scheme. Since the Localism Act 2011, councils can decide who is or isn’t eligible to go on the waiting list for social housing. Out of those who meet the council’s criteria, legislation requires that certain groups be given 'reasonable preference'.
Social housing is owned and managed by registered providers
Registered providers (often known as social landlords) are the bodies that own and manage social housing. They tend to be non-commercial organisations such as local authorities or housing associations. Housing associations are independent, not-for-profit organisations that can use any profit they make to maintain existing homes and help finance new ones.
It is now possible for commercial organisations to build and manage social housing, although this is not yet common practice.
Social housing is regulated
Registered providers are financially regulated and funded by the government through the Homes and Communities Agency, which is responsible for the construction of new social homes. The government department currently responsible for overseeing the social housing sector is the Department for Communities and Local Government (CLG).
What is social housing? - Shelter England
have a nice time and happy anniversaryThanks, we're going to Courtesan now, but that looks worth a try.
And for all their widely broadcast attempts to ingratiate themselves with the community, this is where their true colours lie: collaborating with the Abu Dhabi Financial Group to deprive Londoners of even the bare minimum of (guffaw) "affordable" homes, just so they can rake in more cash for themselves:Really?
London mayor refuses Squire towers change as affordable housing stance toughens
Mayor Khan says of Squires plans:
285 luxury homes and just ten 'affordable' ones. Pathetic.Mayor Sadiq Khan has continued his tough stance on “unacceptable” affordable housing levels by refusing amended plans by Squire & Partners for a former Metropolitan Police HQ
An initial application for a 268-home, 20-story scheme at 8-10 Broadway, New Scotland Yard, was approved by Westminster Council last year, even though it included just 10 affordable flats and breached the authority’s own planning guidance on tall buildings.
Developer BL Developments – owned by Abu Dhabi Financial Group – subsequently submitted revised plans in a bid to increase the total number of homes to 295.
However, the developer’s reworked proposal included no additional affordable homes.
Given their vast wealth and sumptuous head offices, of course they should be giving something back - and I'm sure they'll let everyone know all about it - but that doesn't let them off the hook for collaborating with dodgy developers to deprive Londoners of affordable homes.Their 'Current' plans include a 'Zubabox ' with Aid Agencies, providing internet access in a range of African countries, and a design for a children's hospice that they are supporting.
I'm sure it's lovely and swishy, but I don't think they've particularly reached out to the existing community.It's a nice place to have a drink, the views are fab, they stock Brixton Beer and other local suppliers (I only ever drink Reliance Pale Ale) and the staff are friendly. I haven't eaten there.
Yeah, it’s really coolHow do you get a membership for this? Looks excellent.
You do realise that architects are given a brief which they then design to don’t you?And for all their widely broadcast attempts to ingratiate themselves with the community, this is where their true colours lie: collaborating with the Abu Dhabi Financial Group to deprive Londoners of even the bare minimum of (guffaw) "affordable" homes, just so they can rake in more cash for themselves:
285 luxury homes and just ten 'affordable' ones. Pathetic.
I think Squires have done an excellent job of renovating the building and I'm not sure who apart from an architects would have put such effort in.
You do realise that architects can chose which projects they work on - especially ones as successful and as wealthy as this lot - so when a morally dodgy Middle East developer asks them, "Hey, be sure to get the affordable housing commitment down to the absolute bare minimum" they don't have to say yes.You do realise that architects are given a brief which they then design to don’t you?
Yeh, from some of the posts on this thread you’d they think it was conservative central office that had opened up there. They seem alright to me. They can't help that they are operating in an industry that is by nature stylish so their premises will reflect that. The usual hidebound nonsense.
And this lot specialise in catering to the super rich.And that the industry they operate in will have a range of clients, of course the ones with more money will be doing the more lavish developments.