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The trouble with timber: What’s stopping the switch to wood?

Enlightened designers and local authorities often consider timber construction, but the same objections seem to crop up. So what’s stopping everyone? Asks Steve Webb, director of Webb Yates engineers

Free event: Sign up for Festival of Place Bytesize with Alexandra Notay

Join us for a free taster Festival of Place event with Alexandra Notay, Placemaking & Investment Director, PfP Capital, on investing in net zero and the changing shape of property in place, supported by IE University School of Architecture and Design

The trouble with timber: What’s stopping the switch to wood?

Enlightened designers and local authorities often consider timber construction, but the same objections seem to crop up. So what’s stopping everyone? Asks Steve Webb, director of Webb Yates engineers

New speakers announced for Festival of Place on 12 October in London

Expert speakers have been announced, with more to come, for the Festival of Place in-person event on 12 October at Tobacco Dock in East London, writes Mayura Uthayakumaran

Want to tackle representation? Here's what not to do

Beware of getting involved in initiatives that give the appearance of change without actually doing anything meaningful, says Dr Leslie Kern, author of Feminist City

How does the architecture of the Manchester Gay Village create a safe space to be queer?

Nathan Stocks explores the "vibrant territory" of Manchester Gay Village through queer theory and the voices of its community

Festival of Place will be in-real-life on 12 October in London

Presenting an exciting hybrid event available to attend in-person or online. The Festival of Place seeks to break down silos and bring professionals together in a relaxed atmosphere.

Developers on climate: “We can’t change policy, but we can not make things worse”

In spite of a lack of government action, some developers are seeking to democratise public spaces, make a meaningful social impact and tackle the climate emergency – and Covid has helped gain public support

Winners of The Pineapples 2021 awards announced

Soapworks, Television Centre, Cheney Row Park and more scoop golden pineapples at the virtual ceremony on Friday the 16 July, 2021 at the closing celebration for the Festival of Place

podcasts

Want to tackle representation? Here's what not to do

Beware of getting involved in initiatives that give the appearance of change without actually doing ...

Developers on climate: “We can’t change policy, but we can not make things worse”

In spite of a lack of government action, some developers are seeking to democratise public spaces, ...

With attacks on the rise, can we design public spaces to prevent hate crime?

Prof Pippa Catterall, Professor of History and Policy at the University of Westminster, talks to T...

“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 ...

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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

“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,...

Winners of The Pineapples 2021 awards announced

Soapworks, Television Centre, Cheney Row Park and more scoop golden pineapples at the virtual ...

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 ...

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