To solve the uk housing crisis we’d need to build 36 of these * *milton keynes

FRED SCULTHORP

We reveal why rising stars of architecture are leaning into the importance of place to create more beautiful and sustainable homes in the countryside, and what freedoms, opportunities and challenges arise from building in a rural setting today

A round-up of the latest self-build and home renovation news, products and events. By Jennifer Grimble

The style set is returning to the very neighbourhoods it once made a habit of spurning, finds Will Hosie

POST-PANDEMIC BUYERS RETURNING TO THE OFFICE ARE SEEKING HAVENS WITHIN EASY REACH OF LONDON WHICH OFFER RURAL CHARM, GREAT SCHOOLS AND A DASH OF SOPHISTICATION. ALEXANDRA GOSS GOES IN SEARCH OF THE PERFECT BALANCE

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