Earth Notes: General Bibliography (mark2015homewise)

General public bibliography for EOU and related research. #bibliography #dataset

[mark2015homewise] Laura Mark RIBA: UK homes are still too small (accessed 2025-10-17), 2015-12-03, Architects' Journal (www) (BibTeX).

abstract
More than half of new-build homes are too small, according to a new RIBA report. The report, entitled #HomeWise — Space Standards for Homes, suggests homes being built in the UK are still too small for families to live in comfortably.

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[Quote: "RIBA president Jane Duncan, said: 'Tiny rabbit-hutch new-builds should be a thing of the past. But sadly our research shows that for many people, a new home means living somewhere that's been built well below the minimum space standard needed for a comfortable home.'" That "rabbit-hutch" remark caused controversy, describing new-build homes the same size as mine built in the late 1960s, with mine merely described as 'modest' by the UK Secretary of State for the Department of Energy and Climate Change on visiting! Smaller homes need less energy to heat and otherwise maintain.]