What’s in a name? Quite a lot in northern Europe. Your name is posted proudly outside your door and on your postbox in most cities I have been to so …

What is the best way to communicate with and engage citizens in the scale of change (50,000 new homes per year) currently anticipated in London? Regeneration can feel like trench …

New London Architecture is focusing on housing in this second half of 2015, including its call for ideas and related exhibition and events. But it’s not just London: the cities …

Scheme: Jätkäsaari; Arabia | City: Helsinki | Master Client: Helsinki | Developer: Various | Masterplan, Landscape and Block Architects: Various Resident feedback: (Jätkäsaari) ‘You can’t tell whether it will be a …

Scheme: Telefonplan | City: Stockholm | Developer: Vasakronan | Architect/Landscape Architect: not known Resident feedback: ‘We love having the art school students sitting on the steps’ The telephone company Ericsson …

Scheme: Tre Gudor | Village: Viken | Developer: HSB Nordvastra Skåne | Architect and Landscape Architect: Vandkunsten Resident feedback: ‘There’s not enough storage but we moved here because it’s very …

Can we bring back awnings to UK housing please? We need more shade and less overheating. They are cheap. They add character and variation to the elevation. They are user-controlled. …

Scheme: Hammarby Sjöstad | City: Stockholm | Master Client: Stockholms Stad | Developer: Various | Masterplan, Landscape and Block Architects: Various Resident feedback: Coming as an update Demolition. Buried roads. Lakeside …

Scheme: Västra Hamnen | City: Malmö | Master Client: Malmö Stad | Developer: Various | Masterplan Architect: Klas Tham | Landscape Architect: Various Cafe owner feedback: Me: It’s a bit empty …

Scheme: Garvergarden | City: Copenhagen | Developer: PFA Pension | Architect: Vandkunsten | Landscape Architect: Landskab + Rum Scheme: Charlottehaven | City: Copenhagen | Developer: Harald Simonsens Ejendomskontor ApS | Architect: Lundgaard + Tranberg | Landscape Architect: SLA Scheme: …