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Neighbourhood Renewal Fund is “useful blueprint” to boost employment, study finds

New Labour’s early 2000s investment in employment advice, training and support for self-employment resulted in a statistically significant increase in employment and decrease in out-of-work benefits claimants

The C word: Did no-one tell Labour that a “radical plan” to build loads of new homes is bad for the climate?

Industry fears that in the push for growth in housing numbers, the government is turning a blind eye to carbon – and quality. James Wilmore reports

Co-design and community engagement must be trauma informed

A trauma-informed approach respects the emotional and psychological needs of the people you are consulting, creating an inclusive, empowering process from start to end. It can make all the difference, writes Katherine Lawrence

Are you counting the carbon of your professional advice?

Serviced emissions are the most significant climate impact of any architect, lawyer or PR company. It’s time to add it up, writes Christine Murray

The Pineapples awards 2025: New partners announced as entry deadline nears

New judges, categories and sponsors have been announced for the 2025 awards with just three weeks to go until the entry deadline, Kimberley France reports

Climate Resilience 2024: Speakers Announced

The line up for this year’s Festival of Place: Climate Resilience will be sharing research and case studies on how to transform and design places that will be prepared for unpredictable weather events in the future.

World’s most influential property and architecture companies failing on climate

Stantec, Transport for London and Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield rank highly in new global Urban Benchmark that shames the industry for its lack of transparency, emissions data and science-based CO2 targets

Permitted development homes “uninhabitable” for the future

Zurich UK warns that office-to-residential conversions are creating subpar housing at risk of overheating

The Pineapples awards 2025: New partners announced as entry deadline nears

New judges, categories and sponsors have been announced for the 2025 awards with just three weeks to go until the entry deadline, Kimberley France reports

podcasts

How do you develop a new town hall and civic hub in a context of mistrust?

“All you can do is listen,” says James Stockdale, Development Director at Muse, developer of Your N...

From the margins to lead consultant: Is this the year of the landscape architect?

As regulations on biodiversity net gain and sustainable drainage become mandatory, Carolin Göhler, ...

Net Zero: “Progress is being hindered by central government”

Local councils are leading on net zero in spite of a lack of power and clarity from central ...

We need to talk about SLOAPs: Sites Leftover After Planning

SLOAPs are everywhere. The climate emergency gives us the imperative to put this land to use. Soham ...

Turds in the plaza: How do we fix public art?

Art for public spaces has long been an area of hot debate. Is community engagement the answer to ...

Painting the town: What street art brings to public spaces

Dr Lee Bofkin, co-founder of Global Street Art and the London Mural Festival on the role of public ...

100th episode: Food and the architecture of a good life

The Developer Podcast celebrates its 100th episode with a special conversation hosted by leading ...

Could the adventure playground hold the solution to the construction skills shortage?

Adventure playgrounds are not a new concept, but their longstanding tradition of giving children ...

More sheds please: Why London councils are heeding the call for industrial intensification

Industrial uses aren’t underused brownfield or greyfield sites, they’re essential to local ...

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films

"There's a real outdoor community. Everyone joins up and plays"

"The cough develops again and its grown" – The impact of air pollution

"I feel stressed in this house" – The impact of damp

placetests

Placetest: Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park

Anthropologist Caroline Bennett speaks to locals with photography by John Sturrock

Placetest: New Poundbury

Its Royal patron makes Poundbury the focus of much attention, and the development is not even ...

Placetest: Nine Elms

What is the experience of this nascent place and its people? Anthropologist Caroline Bennett visits ...

Placetest: Liverpool One

In this exclusive placetest, anthropologist Rebecca Toop explores the user experience of L...

Placetest: King's Crescent Estate

Placetest King’s Crescent Estate: A part-demolished estate in Stoke Newington is enjoying an ...

Placetest: MediaCityUK

Placetest MediaCityUK: What is it like to live and work in Peel’s MediaCityUK and has it brought ...

Placetest: King’s Cross

Placetest King’s Cross: How does it work, who is there – and who isn’t? How does the masterplan ...

talks & events

Passivhaus social housing: “They don't have to choose between heating and eating”

The health and economic benefits of Passivhaus make it worth the increase in quality control and ...

“It’s about feeling really good.” How social impact is being measured at Brent Cross Town

Brent Cross Town is using the Flourishing Index to demonstrate the cause and effect of placemaking ...

The Festival of Place 2023 launches with 2-for-1 offer

Fast forward to summer - Tickets are now on sale for Festival of Place 2023. Bringing you brilliant ...

Leading with Nature

When it comes to masterplans and housing, some of the most successful projects are taking landscape ...

Watch the talk on net zero and inclusivity with Alexandra Notay

Watch the recording of this free taster Festival of Place event with Alexandra Notay, Placemaking & ...

“White middle-class man stands in front of public housing and bellows about how it doesn't work”

Social housing and other Brutalist public spaces were cast as dangerous and antisocial by the media,...

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