Aga Podgajna is an architect and urban designer working across London and Warsaw, with a particular focus on housing and building resilient, sustainable communities. Her piece for BB:CoP explores why lasting impact comes not from housing alone, but from creating the conditions for residents to rebuild their lives — and why this requires a more joined-up, systemic approach.
Determined to understand how avoid to history repeating, Daniel Grundy is now a Doctoral Researcher at Loughborough University, researching what construction can learn from manufacturing history to build a better future.
What would it actually take to build 1.5 million homes in five years? Terry Fuller, who sits on our board, has spent 30 years in housing, property and regeneration. He’s set out a series of exam questions to provoke discussion about where construction is heading, and whether that 1.5m goal is within reach. Economics Exam question. Answer all
Katie Rudin, Chair of Building Better Community of Practice, recently chaired a panel discussion at Housing 2026, on how procurement can secure predictable quality, safety and net zero outcomes from day one.
Solar panels are being installed on social housing at record rates, but who actually benefits from the surplus electricity exported back to the grid?
Introducing the four interconnected themes shaping the Community of Practice’s work this year, and an invitation to find your place in them.