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

“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
The Festival of Place 2023 launches with 2-for-1 offer

The Festival of Place 2023 launches with 2-for-1 offer

Fast forward to summer - Tickets are now on sale for Festival of Place 2023. Bringing you brilliant speakers, fresh and diverse voices, and the opportunity to get involved and learn. For a limited time only, buy one ticket and bring two attendees.
Leading with Nature

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

“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

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

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

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

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

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

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
Radical Rethink #5: Gross Social Value

Radical Rethink #5: Gross Social Value

Christopher Arthey puts forward his Radical Rethink to create a new simple appraisal tool that will calculate the value of a development on the basis of its social, cultural and environmental contribution
Radical Rethink #4: Teach sustainable development in school and give young people a say

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 the National Curriculum and give young people a voice in local planning decisions
Radical Rethink #3: Carnival as a tool for rapid prototyping public space

Radical Rethink #3: Carnival as a tool for rapid prototyping public space

Rosanna Vitiello outlines her idea to use carnival as a tool for rapid prototyping alternative futures for public spaces

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Shortlist for The Pineapples 2024 awards announced

Shortlist for The Pineapples 2024 awards announced

The 2024 shortlist for The Pineapples awards for place has been announced with 88 projects in the running for a golden pineapple for their contribution to place
Childhood inquiry: Call for 20mph neighbourhoods, Child Impact Assessments, and a play sufficiency duty on all councils

Childhood inquiry: Call for 20mph neighbourhoods, Child Impact Assessments, and a play sufficiency duty on all councils

The government needs to take a coordinated, cross-departmental approach to deliver a built environment suitable for children, reads a joint statement supported by two dozen leaders in health, housing, child’s play and planning. Christine Murray reports
“It’s about feeling really good.” How social impact is being measured at Brent Cross Town

“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
Loophole in Future Homes Standard slammed by industry body

Loophole in Future Homes Standard slammed by industry body

Industry shock at opt-out clause that would allow future buildings to fall below Part L performance requirements
How can grassroots organisations thrive and grow in a fast-changing neighbourhood?

How can grassroots organisations thrive and grow in a fast-changing neighbourhood?

The crowdfunded Livesey Exchange 2 on London’s Old Kent Road provides a valuable case study of how we might assert existing communities in a landscape of large scale development, writes Teshome Douglas-Campbell
Net Zero: “Progress is being hindered by central government”

Net Zero: “Progress is being hindered by central government”

Local councils are leading on net zero in spite of a lack of power and clarity from central government, but with budgets in crisis, funding and regulation is needed

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