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
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
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
The Onion Collective came together to repurpose an old paper mill. They finished up tackling a chronic unemployment problem and the climate emergency. Lucy Anna Scott investigates
Lee Hallman, former Head of Design for Qatari Diar Europe, speaks in this podcast about Chelsea Barracks, the 13-acre development that found itself at the heart of a new style war, as revealed in the Prince of Wales’ Black Spider Memos.
James Heather, U+I’s development director for Mayfield in Manchester, talks about how they are drawing locals to their 24-acre site in the heart of the city
Philip Glanville explains why people who believe in active travel shouldn’t assume that the lockdown has created a new consensus for sustainable transport. It still needs to be fought for. Interview by Christine Murray
Citu has gone from straight-up developer to bringing the whole design and manufacturing process in-house. In this interview, managing director Chris Thompson talks timber, trades and system change