2 February 2012 | spiked

All this carbon-cutting is a waste of energy

Neither Boris Johnson nor Ken Livingstone is willing to deliver the uninterrupted, cheap energy London needs

11 October 2011 | The Independent

The end is nigh: is survival all we can hope for?

In their policies for energy and for the economy, British politicians hold up continued existence as the maximum goal we should strive for

21 September 2010 | White Paper for Brother UK

The UK if everything was nearly half as much bigger

A UK that's 41 per cent more innovative will not be simple to construct, but will be a radically different kind of place

16 September 2009 | Eastern Cape Socio-Economic Consultative Council

Challenge of the crisis

In terms of the workforce skills it develops, how should a region of South Africa like the Eastern Cape respond to the credit crunch? 6MB

12 January 2009 | spiked

The CFLs are on, but nobody’s home

The mad green war on light bulbs won’t save much electricity - it’s about enforcing moral rectitude in the home

15 July 2008 | Forecasts proved right

Freddie Mac – when are you coming back?

What my book Why is construction so backward?, written with Ian Abley, said four years ago about today's financial crisis in the US

9 January 2008 | Radio 4

Reality Check on housing and the Land Question

The UK government plans millions of new homes. James comes face to face with a developer, the Sustainable Development Commission, the Campaign to Protect Rural England and a woman who is desperate to buy her own home

5 November 2007 | spiked

Brown's 'get fit' towns: Kim Jong-il would be proud

With its new towns that will force people to keep fit, New Labour is pushing an authoritarian health agenda that will be the envy of tinpot dictators

8 August 2007 | Spiked

This land is our land

If New Labour is serious about making homes more affordable, then it should allow members of the public to buy land and build homes where they please

25 May 2007 | spiked

Take a PEW, hear a sermon

With three new tracts on planning, energy and waste, the government reveals a greater desire to modify our behaviour than to conduct technological innovation

15 May 2007 | spiked

Come, friendly bombs, fall on Brown’s eco-towns

With his plans to erect zero-carbon homes in zero-car suburbs, Gordon Brown builds on the Blairites’ small-minded approach to housing

3 April 2007 | IT Week

Call centres should move with the times

Poor service from providers makes getting basic IT services into a new home the bane of modern life

8 March 2007 | spiked

In praise of big cities

A controlled demolition of a new report that says... cities make us sick

17 December 2006 | Design Management Review

Forecasting the Frontiers of Design

Measures of design effectiveness have become more and more subjective. It's time to call a halt 364kB

20 September 2006 | spiked

The dangers of Brownfield Brutalism

New Labour’s narrow vision for infrastructure causes overcrowding and inflames the Malthusian idea that there are ‘too many immigrants’