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  • Housing the midlands Chapter 1 — The System Is The Risk

    Most conversations about housing in Britain begin in the wrong place. They begin with numbers. “How many homes do we need?”“How quickly can they be delivered?”“How do we unblock planning?”“How do we increase density?”“How do we attract investment?” All important questions. None of them foundational. The deeper issue is that housing in the Midlands is…

  • Why Good Developers Build Better Homes: The Hidden Value of Early-Stage Design Intelligence

    Great development isn’t accidental. It’s the result of hundreds of early decisions that shape buildability, cost, compliance and the experience of living in the homes themselves. At 0405 Architecture, we see the same pattern across the West Midlands: the most successful SME developers invest in design intelligence upfront. Those early decisions protect margin, reduce risk…