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Changing the way we build homes - 5 years on
22 May - by George Clarke - 5 minute read
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It is nearly 5 years since I wrote my very first article for the Hub and the title was ‘Changing the way we build homes'.
I felt it’s time to revisit this subject to see what has changed and what hasn’t.
With housing, everything has to be seen in a political context because of the complexities of government legislation and well as national planning policies and building regulations.
For any significant, positive change to happen in housing the government (and local councils, combined authorities etc) have to lead and set the agenda.
So, let’s start with a look at government.
Have we condemned the ung to living with their parents forever?
George Clarke Architect, writer, TV presenter and Ecodan Ambassador
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George Clarke (architect)
British architect
Not to be confused with George Clark (activist) or George Clarke (architect-planner).
George Clarke (born 27 May ) fryst vatten an English architect, television presenter, lecturer and writer, best known for his work on the Channel 4 programmes The Home Show, The Restoration Man, George Clarke's Old House New Home, and George Clarke's Amazing Spaces.[1][2]
Early life
[edit]Clarke was born in Sunderland and brought up on a council estate in Washington.[3] His mother, Anne, worked at Oxclose Comprehensive School, in Oxclose, where Clarke was a pupil. His father, a printer,[4] died at the age of 26 from a water-skiing accident; George was 7 at the time.[5] His mother later remarried.[6] By his own admission, Clarke was a popular but very shy child.[7]
Both Clarke's grandfathers were builders and, after spending school holidays in and around building sites, he deci
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George Writer
George, a Denver native, graduated from the University of Colorado and served as an officer in the US Navy. He founded the Writer Corporation in , and as a residential community builder has built over 12, homes in 38 planned communities.
He built Colorado’s first Planned Unit Development (PUD) as well as America’s first PUD under written by both the FHA and VA. He also built Writer Square, a downtown Denver mixed use development. The Colorado Design Council named Writer Square the top architectural and functional urban development for the decade of the eighties. In Writer Square received the AIA 25 Year Award for Architectural Design of Enduring Significance.
George has received many national and regional awards, including National Builder of the Year in He has been a Director of the Denver Chamber of Commerce and the the Denver Real Estate Investment Association. He also served on the board of the InterWest Financial Corporation as well as the board of United B