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A brand-new seafront for less than a footballer’s wages

It’s not an easy task to stretch the flood defence grants but with an integrated team, you can get creative and maximise the benefits of the results, writes Kimberley France

Rain gardens: “It's not just an engineering solution. It's also landscape. It’s biodiversity”

If the street is going to be dug up, then you should get as many positives out of the disruption as you can, writes Kimberley France

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 investment, experts say, while cost of building the standard has decreased significantly, writes Kimberley France

“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 on public health. Dr Jamie Anderson, Buro Happold’s urban wellbeing lead, explains the metrics and methodology

“How do we prove this is the right thing to do?” Making Impact in Wilton Park, Dublin

IPUT Real Estate Dublin shares their methodology for long-term social impact research project Making Impact to evaluate the social, cultural, economic, and environmental value of their investment in Wilton Park, Dublin

Leading with Nature

When it comes to masterplans and housing, some of the most successful projects are taking landscape as a starting point, not the green garnish at the end. Watch the recording of this Festival of Place talk

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 & Investment Director, PfP Capital, on investing in net zero and the changing shape of property and place, supported by PfP Capital and IE University School of Architecture and Design

Caregivers and young children rarely consulted in community engagement despite representing a third of the population Sponsored by Van Leer Foundation

Gender and climate change: How addressing gender equality could help tackle the climate emergency Sponsored by WSP

Building bridges to biodiversity Sponsored by Muse

The Muse Way: How partnership working breathed new life into Lewisham GatewaySponsored feature

Search the Place Database for key information on UK places undergoing development

placetests

Placetest: Folkestone

Investment in the arts, town and Harbour Arm has spearheaded the regeneration of this coastal town ...

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 ...

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 ...

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“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, says Owen Hatherley in this talk on how the style wars ultimately decimated the availability of quality affordable homes in England

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

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 MVRDV and City Architect of Groningen, run in association with IE Women Scholarship and the Global Masters in Real Estate programme

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"

Winners of The Pineapples 2020 awards announced

King’s Cross, North Cator Park, Leeds Dock and more scoop golden pineapples at the virtual ceremony on Friday the 13 November, 2020 at the closing celebration for the Festival of Place

Radical Rethink #6: The Front Garden City

Zoë Berman and Roland Karthaus outline their proposal for how neighbours might come together to transform their front gardens into a public commons

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“A broken model”: The viability loophole and its impact on affordable housing

The Aylesham Centre project, like many in London, has reduced its provision of affordable homes. Scratch beneath the surface, and it points to the frailty of a viability-led planning system that poses a major risk to the future supply of affordable housing, Peter Apps reports

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A brand-new seafront for less than a footballer’s wages

Rain gardens: “It's not just an engineering solution. It's also landscape. It’s biodiversity”

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

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

“How do we prove this is the right thing to do?” Making Impact in Wilton Park, Dublin

Leading with Nature

Watch the talk on net zero and inclusivity with Alexandra Notay

sponsored features

Caregivers and young children rarely consulted in community engagement despite representing a third of the population Sponsored by Van Leer Foundation

Gender and climate change: How addressing gender equality could help tackle the climate emergency Sponsored by WSP

Building bridges to biodiversity Sponsored by Muse

The Muse Way: How partnership working breathed new life into Lewisham GatewaySponsored feature

Search the Place Database for key information on UK places undergoing development

placetests

Placetest: Folkestone

Placetest: Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park

Placetest: New Poundbury

Placetest: Nine Elms

Placetest: Liverpool One

Placetest: King's Crescent Estate

Placetest: MediaCityUK

Placetest: King’s Cross

fresh thinking

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

Winners of The Pineapples 2021 awards announced

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

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

Winners of The Pineapples 2020 awards announced

Radical Rethink #6: The Front Garden City

most popular

“A broken model”: The viability loophole and its impact on affordable housing

Placetest: Folkestone

Child’s play is a public health issue, so why is England so far behind?

Growth at any cost: What the Planning and Infrastructure Bill gets wrong

Engagement with teens could boost happiness. Are enough developers talking to the kids?

Agar Grove: A rare example of what councils can do for housing

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