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If parks are the “lungs of the city” the UK has caught a nasty cough

James Wilmore reports on how councils are selling-off, privatising or scrimping on public space

Live from nowhere: Making music in the margins

Emma Warren meets the handful of resourceful people in Liverpool, Bristol and London making space for music venues despite discouraging realities

If parks are the “lungs of the city” the UK has caught a nasty cough

James Wilmore reports on how councils are selling-off, privatising or scrimping on public space

“HS2 must not be cancelled”

It went over budget before even breaking ground, but Nicole Badstuber argues that despite the controversy, HS2 must go ahead for the UK to reap the benefits

ULEZ is working: How London's Ultra Low Emission Zone is changing travel behaviours

Early results show the Ultra Low Emission Zone is successfully shifting passengers back onto public transport and improving London’s air, Nicole Badstuber reports

Oxymorons and idiosyncrasies: London's private public spaces

In the eyes of visiting international architects with the Van Alen Institute, London’s privately-owned public spaces reveal a negotiated and compromised city, Christine Murray reports

“London will flood and when it happens, it will be dramatic”

A failure of the Thames Barrier is inevitable, the London Underground is already flooding, so is City Hall: Anna White reports on the challenges facing the capital

Curating culture: How can we foster culture in the city, can it be created?

Can culture be developed, or do we need to simply leave empty spaces for it to grow? An on-stage conversation on building a creative city from the Festival of Place

It’s time to ditch the colonial language of ‘regeneration’

We need to disrupt the very way we approach the design and development of our cities to rebuild public trust, writes Christine Murray

podcasts

Curating culture: How can we foster culture in the city, can it be created?

Can culture be developed, or do we need to simply leave empty spaces for it to grow? An on-stage ...

Slinger: “Liverpool is a very well-kept secret”

Claire Slinger, assistant director for investment and development at Liverpool City Council, on how ...

Derrington: “Developers are demonised”

Communities are protesting and funders are skittish, we need a better approach to urban development,...

What’s the future of downtown?

Tim Tompkins, Rachel Fisher and Patricia Brown discuss approaches to reinvigorating our city ...

Anne Power: “Placemaking interventions have reinforced inequality”

We need a more blended approach to creating mixed communities, says Anne Power, head of LSE Housing ...

Sir Stuart Lipton on the workplace: “If we are having fun, we feel better”

Sir Stuart talks past, present, planning and future of offices, in conversation with Giles Barrie

Dan Labbad on developers: “You've got to be humble”

Dan Labbad, chief executive of Lendlease Europe and future CEO of the Crown Estate, tells The D...

Demolition would have been “a complete waste of time, energy, money and carbon”

Christine Murray hears how Helical and AHMM transformed an unloved and badly managed British T...

Designing for the blind: what Countryside learned from the RNIB

An innovative partnership on green belt land between Countryside Properties and the Royal National I...

film

Building community: Granby’s Winter Garden

This 360 film documents the making of Granby’s Winter Garden accompanied by the voices of Four S...

Placetest Gillett Square

This "almost historic" regeneration project stands at a crossroad. Will its unique culture be lost?

London Made

A film by We Made That on the threat to industrial spaces that serve London

Placetest: King's Cross Central

A film about user experience and an intimate portrait of a young place

The Spot, Tottenham

A film about a secret skatepark in Tottenham, funded and built by those who ride it

It’s time to ditch the colonial language of ‘regeneration’

We need to disrupt the very way we approach the design and development of our cities to rebuild public trust, writes Christine Murray

Interest hike for council loans “could stop regeneration”

A surprise decision to increase the borrowing rate for a government-run loans body could stop vital regeneration projects, a senior official has told the Bureau of Investigative Journalism

How Miami is shoring itself up

Reworking the budget through the lens of resilience has revolutionised the way Miami is developing. Chris Stokel-Walker reports

Slinger: “Liverpool is a very well-kept secret”

Claire Slinger, assistant director for investment and development at Liverpool City Council, on how it unlocked Festival Gardens and why investment is pouring into the city

Further speakers announced for The Developer Live: Risk & Resilience

Alastair Mant, Head of Business Transformation for UKGBC, Tom Riordan CEO of Leeds City Council and Dr Kathryn Oldham OBE, Chief Resilience Officer for Greater Manchester Combined Authority join speakers for 8 November conference on future-proofing projects from environmental risk

Derrington: “Developers are demonised”

Communities are protesting and funders are skittish, we need a better approach to urban development, says Dr Patrice Derrington

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