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The price of everything and the social value of nothing

In the quest to quantify the outcomes of regeneration, we have put a price on everything, writes Steve Taylor. But what value are we creating?

Bytesize talk with Nathalie de Vries: Shaping better places

Festival of Place Bytesize presents architect and urbanist Nathalie de Vries, Founding Partner of MVRDV and City Architect of Groningen, run in association with IE Women Scholarship and the Global Masters in Real Estate programme

Inspiring and motivating this community is mission critical as they shape our cities

After a year of upheaval, Zoom, Teams and sensory deprivation, too many placemakers and cityshapers are running on empty. With Festival of Place: Social Impact, I’m hoping to give them a new groove, writes Christine Murray

“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-founder Adam Higgins. Ten years on, it’s about more than that

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 UK industry needs to come together and collaborate to combat climate change

When Londoners come to towns: “Communities will push back against them”

The sudden influx of city dwellers into towns, small cities and villages can have an impact on local communities, and fears of rising house prices and gentrification are not unfounded. Chris Stokel-Walker reports.

Marvin Rees: “It's solving a problem we haven't got”

Mayor of Bristol Marvin Rees talks planning, protest, housing and why we need to tell the fuller story of our places

If Boris backs a cycling revolution, why is he spending £27bn on roads for cars?

Boris Johnson said he would kickstart a cycling and walking revolution, so why is the Treasury not backing the prime minister’s words with funding? James Wilmore reports

Inspiring and motivating this community is mission critical as they shape our cities

After a year of upheaval, Zoom, Teams and sensory deprivation, too many placemakers and cityshapers are running on empty. With Festival of Place: Social Impact, I’m hoping to give them a new groove, writes Christine Murray

podcasts

“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 ...

Marvin Rees: “It's solving a problem we haven't got”

Mayor of Bristol Marvin Rees talks planning, protest, housing and why we need to tell the fuller ...

Leslie Kern: “The lockdowns have brought a whole new lens on our cities”

The crisis has revealed that our housing is not fit for purpose, our social safety-nets are full of ...

Both offices and people are migrating: Where are they going?

Working remotely, it turns out, is more focused, customer-oriented, supportive of professional ...

First Base: "Social-based outcomes help you sleep at night"

In conversation with Barry Jessup and Olaide Oboh from First Base, a mixed-use developer working ...

Radical rethink: How to run a radical business

You want to do things differently. You’ve written your mission statement. But how do you ensure ...

Radical rethink: Why now?

The industry is locked in competitive silos, landscape architecture has been marginalised, ...

Chelsea Barracks: “The pendulum has swung back”

Lee Hallman, former Head of Design for Qatari Diar Europe, speaks in this podcast about Chelsea B...

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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

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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most popular

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 ambitious regeneration full of flux and possibility. Anna Wood and Nitasha Kapoor meet the residents enjoying its revival. Photography by John Sturrock

When Londoners come to towns: “Communities will push back against them”

The sudden influx of city dwellers into towns, small cities and villages can have an impact on local communities, and fears of rising house prices and gentrification are not unfounded. Chris Stokel-Walker reports.

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 UK industry needs to come together and collaborate to combat climate change

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 several local authority associates for a robust discussion on planning: "I don’t believe that developers per se are bad people... but instinctively they’re going to push"

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 Liverpool’s outdoor shopping district, which opened in 2008, with photography by Andrew McCaren

“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-founder Adam Higgins. Ten years on, it’s about more than that

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