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“The office will be much more pay-as-you-go”

Maverick serial entrepreneur and tech cluster expert Claire Cockerton on how Covid is reshaping the office, what makes a great tech cluster and how to make innovation centres more women-founder-friendly

“Most public spaces are male spaces. It is men who do the looking”

What is inclusive public space for LGBTQ+ citizens? The report, “Queering Public Space” a collaboration between Arup and the University of Westminster, unpicks public spaces and the white male gaze

“Councils spend more on dog waste than teenage girls”

Make Space for Girls wants councils to stop and consider whether girls are using the skateparks and MUGAs they’re building – and say it’s a breach of the Equality Act if they don’t

“Greater Manchester is on the up, but not all of it”

Inequality is not just about race and income, it’s also about place, explains Andrew Westwood, commissioner of the Greater Manchester Independent Inequalities Commission

Amazing line-up for Festival of Place: Gender Equal Cities announced

The programme for Festival of Place: Gender Equal Cities has been announced with a programme of speakers over three "power lunches" hosted by The Developer

“We hope to get people's unfiltered opinions” – Ascha Lychett Pedersen

How can we empower citizens to reimagine our cities as greener places? That’s the question Ascha Lychett Pedersen is addressing with the development of her app Wild Streets

“We're throwing away a thousand Boeing 747s every day” – May Al-Karooni

May Al-Karooni, the inspirational founder and CEO of Globechain, on how she spotted the need for a reuse marketplace and sold the idea of circularity to the construction and retail industry

The truth about poor doors

Who is to blame for poor doors and cores? Developers, architects, registered providers, local authorities, housebuyers? One thing is clear – it’s not a technical or regulatory requirement, writes Steve Taylor

“When the places that made us are no longer made by us, how do we continue as an 'us'?” Omeasoo Wahpasiw

For the positive human need for identity, space and place matters, not only how it’s designed, but more importantly who designs it and who builds it, says Dr. Omeasoo Wãhpãsiw

podcasts

“The office will be much more pay-as-you-go”

Maverick serial entrepreneur and tech cluster expert Claire Cockerton on how Covid is reshaping the ...

“Councils spend more on dog waste than teenage girls”

Make Space for Girls wants councils to stop and consider whether girls are using the skateparks and ...

“Greater Manchester is on the up, but not all of it”

Inequality is not just about race and income, it’s also about place, explains Andrew Westwood, ...

“We hope to get people's unfiltered opinions” – Ascha Lychett Pedersen

How can we empower citizens to reimagine our cities as greener places? That’s the question Ascha L...

“We're throwing away a thousand Boeing 747s every day” – May Al-Karooni

May Al-Karooni, the inspirational founder and CEO of Globechain, on how she spotted the need for a ...

“Small cities, if we do them well, can be prototypes” – Reif Larsen

Reif Larsen, founder of the Future of Small Cities Institute, talks to The Developer Podcast about ...

“When the places that made us are no longer made by us, how do we continue as an 'us'?” Omeasoo Wahpasiw

For the positive human need for identity, space and place matters, not only how it’s designed, but ...

“We see ourselves as social impact developers” Adam Higgins, Capital & Centric

When they started Capital & Centric, they wanted to create award-winning architecture, says co-...

David Cowans, Places for People: “Competing about climate change is a zero sum game”

Group chief executive of Places for People David Cowans on net zero, retrofitting homes and why the ...

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films

Harlow homes: How PDR destroys local communities and builds Britain's worst housing

Permitted Development Rights allow developers to bypass community consultation and planning ...

Places for girls

With 80% of public spaces taken over by boys, how do we create spaces for girls? In this film, ...

Marmalade Lane

In this film, the designers, developers and residents reflect on the development of Marmalade Lane ...

placetests

Liverpool One: “Shopping centres provide a stage for people to explore their identity”

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

Kings Crescent Estate: “There’s a feeling of life coming back”

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

MediaCityUK: “Imagine waking up in the morning and you’ve got some office man staring at you”

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

King’s Cross: It's a ‘treat space’ – somewhere special or a destination

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

talks & events

Watch the Bytesize talk with Nathalie de Vries: Shaping better places

Festival of Place Bytesize presents architect and urbanist Nathalie de Vries, Founding Partner of MV...

Chipperfield: "We have a train crash between the principles of good planning and a free market economy"

Watch the talk: Sir David Chipperfield sits down with Finn Williams, CEO, Public Practice and ...

Winners of The Pineapples 2020 awards announced

King’s Cross, North Cator Park, Leeds Dock and more scoop golden pineapples at the virtual ceremony ...

Radical Rethink #6: The Front Garden City

Zoë Berman and Roland Karthaus outline their proposal for how neighbours might come together to ...

Radical Rethink #5: Gross Social Value

Christopher Arthey puts forward his Radical Rethink to create a new simple appraisal tool that will ...

Radical Rethink #4: Teach sustainable development in school and give young people a say

Rebecca McDonald-Balfour puts forward her Radical Rethink idea to put sustainable development on ...

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