goldsmith street, norwich.ng has been shortlisted for breaded and's top architectural reward. and taking on the tour was one of the residence. it isa the tour was one of the residence. it is a modern take on an old idea, the terrace house, except this one is very cheap to run. turning the heating on twice a year, since i've been here, yeah. have a look at how thick these walls are. these houses are designed to be low energy, you are designed to be low energy, you are not even allowed a letter box in case and lets out some heat. but one of the crucial elements was this. you can call it that. somewhere for the children to play with their friends. i think we have a real problem with lack of social connectedness and this housing is thinking a lot about how we can encourage social connections. people meeting each other. and also encouraging children to eat outdoors with the —— play outdoors. encouraging children to eat outdoors with the -- play outdoors. they are never going back to a flat. when he first walked into

and the winner is goldsmith street.development of council houses. so, this is it? and for resident chloe smith and her partner louis... very nice! they are more than proud of their new home. my little girl absolutely loves the garden. and the back is a key feature. a safe, enclosed communal play space. i'd never have thought this would have been a council property. ijust wanted my little girl to have a garden, and some freedom, like little kids do. and i can't see me moving from here, not for a long time. but for the architects, it's been a long haul. 11 years, trying to prove that houses can be as efficient as flats. and the buildings it was competing against — an opera house, hidden inside an old stable building, and a completely recyclable house made entirely of cork. but what clinched it was goldsmith‘s mix of the environmental and the social. so, who made the decision, going for yours? it came down to the vote of a local resident. so, what, essentially one resident had the casting vote? she had the casting vote. sh

and the winner is goldsmith street. council houses. so, this is it? and for resident chloe smith and her partner louis... very nice! they are more than proud of their new home. my little girl absolutely loves the garden. and the back is a key feature. a safe, enclosed communal play space. i'd never have thought this would have been a council property. i just wanted my little girl to have a garden, and some freedom, like little kids do. and i can't see me moving from here, not for a long time. but for the architects, it's been a long haul. 11 years, trying to prove that houses can be as efficient as flats. and the buildings it was competing against — an opera house, hidden inside an old stable building, and a completely recyclable house made entirely of cork. but what clinched it was goldsmith‘s mix of the environmental and the social. so, who made the decision, going for yours? it came down to the vote of a local resident. so, what, essentially one resident had the casting vote? she had the casting vote. she felt she pr

and the winner is goldsmith street. david mikhail, annalie riches, cathy hawley.elopment of council houses in norwich, built to the highest possible standards. energy bills will be about £150 a year if you live there. i just wanted to say that we would not be standing here if it wasn't for the vision of norwich city council. you must be pleased tonight? delighted. so thrilled for norwich, because of their leadership of the local authority, so thrilled for us because we have been plugging away at this particular scheme for a very long time. yeah, thrilled, it means a lot. it's amazing that council housing even made it onto the shortlist. so i'm certainly shocked that we have won it. but hopefully it will encourage people, other councils to think about doing this. congratulations to you both. 11 years, why has it taken such a long time? i get the feeling there have been some ups and downs along this process? i think the crash was instrumental. the project went to sleep, as so many did, in 2008—2009, around the country. and i think what happened was the government ch

and the winner is goldsmith street. david mikhail, annalie riches, cathy hawley.uses in norwich, built to the highest possible standards. energy bills will be about £150 a year if you live there. i just wanted to say that we would not be standing here if it wasn't for the vision of norwich city council. you must be pleased tonight? delighted. so thrilled for norwich, because of their leadership of the local authority, so thrilled for us because we have been plugging away at this particular scheme for a very long time. yeah, thrilled, it means a lot. it's amazing that a council housing even made it onto the shortlist. so i'm certainly shocked that we have won it. but i think hopefully it will encourage people, other councils to think about doing this. congratulations to you both. 11 years, why has it taken such a long time? i get the feeling there have been some ups and downs along this process? i think the crash was instrumental. the project went to sleep, as so many did, in 2008—2009, around the country. and i think what happened was the government changed the fi

chloe smith took me on a tour of her new home here at the goldsmith street development in norwich.what i've lived in in the past to what i'm living in now, never did i think this would be council. never. but what makes this truly remarkable is the insulation. houses aren't even allowed letterboxes in case heat escapes. have you turned the heating on? twice, i think. twice in a year? since i've been here, yeah. but one building takes the green theme to a new level. this is a house made entirely of cork. the blocks are made from the by—product of wine corks, and there is no mortar, no plastic. the blocks are just held together by gravity, and so the whole house can be taken apart and used again. i've been told that even an idiot such as me can have a go at doing a bit of construction. so, let's see. i think i've just built a wall. not brilliant, but that was about a minute, wasn't it? this isn'tjust a new design. it's a new building technology, and the architect behind it even did all the construction. was there a moment where you thought, what have i done? honestly, there were sever

goldsmith street, warm, sociable, but award—winning, council for new. on the bbc news channel at 8:30pm tonight. now, some good news for andy murray fans, his ranking has climbed from 503rd to 289th in a week. he reached the quarterfinals in beijing and won his opening match in shanghai yesterday, only ten months after his career—saving hip surgery. time for a look at the weather. here's nick miller. it is autumn at full throttle at the moment, windy and wet at times but not all the time, because many of us have seen some sunshine so far today but you are never too far away from the next heavy shower arriving. at least there are plenty of rainbows coming in on our weather watcher pictures today because it is a and showers, some of the showers are quite heavy, accompanied by

goldsmith street, warm, sociable, but award—winning, council for new.avid sillitoe, bbc news, norwich. there will be live coverage of the awards on a special programme — presented by david — on the bbc news channel at 8:30pm tonight. now, some good news for andy murray fans, his ranking has climbed from 503rd to 289th in a week. he reached the quarterfinals in beijing and won his opening match in shanghai yesterday, only ten months after his career—saving hip surgery. time for a look at the weather. here's nick miller. it is autumn at full throttle at the moment, windy and wet at times but not all the time, because many of us have seen some sunshine so far today but you are never too far away from the next heavy shower arriving. at least there are plenty of rainbows coming in on our weather watcher pictures today because it is a and showers, some of the showers are quite heavy, accompanied by gusty winds as well, all because we have low pressure sitting to the north of the uk at the moment. closest to that, it is shower after shower running into the wes

goldsmith street — warm, sociable, award—winning, affordable council housing. for now.oring the challenges and the opportunities facing britain‘s coastal towns. that‘s all day tomorrow, here on bbc news. now it‘s time for a look at the weather with simon king. we have a mixture of sunny spells and showers today. it remains u nsettled and showers today. it remains unsettled over the next few days. with that combination of sunshine and showers, we have had some rainbows today. we will see more showers in the forecast. you can make out the rainbowjust showers in the forecast. you can make out the rainbow just there showers in the forecast. you can make out the rainbowjust there in the picture. the showers are being driven by an area of low pressure situated to the north of the uk. the isobars are close together, so we have some strong winds across the northern half of the uk. these fronts are moving their way south and eastward. in one of those occasions we have a line of showers moving its way across the midlands and south—west england. heavy, perhaps even country downpou

goldsmith street, norwich, the first time council housing has ever been acknowledged for britain‘s topa look at how thick these walls are. these houses are designed to be low energy. you‘re not even allowed a letterbox in the door in case it lets out some heat. well, this to me is a snicket. coming from scarborough, it‘s a snicket i‘m looking at. we‘ve been calling it a ginnel. and it‘s this child friendly safe space that made all the difference for chloe and her partner louis. we have a problem with lack of social connectedness and this housing is thinking a lot about how to encourage social connections. there are ideas about how to encourage children to play outdoors and get to play areas without crossing roads. and this made all the difference for chloe and her partner. they‘re never going back to a flat. when you first walked into it... yeah. did you think... what do you think? i thought, "they're lovely. i'd love one." and, yeah, i managed to get one, which is really good. my partner and i have both said since we moved in, we are here for the long run. it‘s brilliant. david sillit

let‘s speak now to louis browne, whojoins us from his home in goldsmith street.r down for one because it‘sjust amazing, you never really see anything like this around here. just explain, and! anything like this around here. just explain, and i want to go in the technical side in a minute, but what it is about it that made you go wow, i want to live here. you got a family, so what makes it doe —— so different? it's so lovely and the way the houses set out in the back garden backs onto a sort of passageway and our neighbours have got a gate and they can access the passageway two, and i will come home from work and my partner will go off to work and i will open the back gate and my little girl will be up and down on her scooter or bike and there are two gates at either end and they are code locked, so none of the kids can get out and my little girl is up and down on her bike and she‘s only three years old, and i thought, if she too young to do that? i didn't thought, if she too young to do that? i didn‘t let her out for the first few months and then i thought, well,

been taking a closer look at each of the nominated buildings and today we are looking at the goldsmith streete nominated for a riba architecture prize. norwich council commissioned the project which is being hailed as a pioneering example of sustainable social housing for the future. music. as a council we have been interested in building new social housing for quite a long time. properties that we have here are all built to passive house standards so that has really lowered the energy bill. houses have to be very wholly insulated and airtight, really simple things like you cannot have a letterbox on the front door so we have had to kind of find places for letterboxes. but more significant than that it is a fabulous place for people to live so even if you are in a single flat, you have a balcony, you have a family, you have a little bit of outdoor space, and there is common space as well. for me one of the most successful aspects are the social issues, we were very keen to ensure that face that my friend doris and face the front doors, so something like a traditional street is very good for t

been taking a closer look at each of the nominated buildings, and today we are looking at the goldsmith streetto be nominated for a riba architecture prize. norwich council commissioned the project which is being hailed as a pioneering example of sustainable social housing for the future. music. as a council we have been interested in building new social housing for quite a long time. properties that we have here are all built to passive house standards so that has really lowered the energy bill. houses have to be very wholly insulated and airtight, really simple things like you cannot have a letterbox on the front door so we have had to kind of find places for letterboxes. but more significant than that it is a fabulous place for people to live so even if you are in a single flat, you have a balcony, you have a family, you have a little bit of outdoor space, and there is communal space as well. for me one of the most successful aspects are the social issues, we were very keen to ensure that front doors face the front doors, so something like a traditional street is very good for that. to make

goldsmith street, norwich, the first time council housing has ever been acknowledged for britain‘s tophildren to play with their friends. we have a problem with lack of social connectedness and this housing is thinking about how we can encourage social connections, people meeting each other. but i think there‘s also ideas about how to encourage children to play outdoors. how to get to play areas without crossing roads and make that safe. and it‘s this child friendly safe space that made all the difference for chloe and her partner louis. they‘re never going back to a flat. when you first walked into it... yeah. did you think... what do you think? i thought, "they're lovely. i'd love one." and, yeah, i managed to get one, which is really good. my my partner and i have both said since we moved in, we are here for the long run. it‘s brilliant. goldsmith street — warm, sociable, award—winning, let‘s speak now tojulia barfield, architect and chair of the 2019 stirling prize jury, who‘s at the roundhouse in north london where the award ceremony is being held tonight. thank you for being with

goldsmith street, warm, sociable, award—winning, affordable council housing. for now.e will also be speaking to harry note junior, we will see you in a few minutes for the national headlines. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london, i'm asad ahmad. activists from 'animal rebellion', a movement linked to extinction rebellion, have spent the night occupying smithfield meat market in farringdon. they said they wanted the world famous market to share their "vision of a future pla nt—based food system". protestors held a minute's silence for what they said were "animals whose lives are lost" at smithfield, before selling pla nt—based products there. if you want to be a vegetarian, be a vegetarian. whatever. don't force other people. these are people who need to work, they need to earn a living, they need to have jobs. so it's not these people we're targeting at all, we are trying to send a message out to the government. well prime minister borisjohnson has called the protestors "uncooperative crusties", while the metropolitan

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