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“The healthiest places have spontaneous play engrained in their public spaces”

“The healthiest places have spontaneous play engrained in their public spaces”

Inspired by one too many episodes of Race Across the World, Josh Dickerson takes a whirlwind tour of play spaces across Europe and finds open-ended, non-structured play spaces in lieu of fenced-off playgrounds
"There's a real outdoor community. Everyone joins up and plays"

"There's a real outdoor community. Everyone joins up and plays"

"White Flats" is a powerful short film on how the design of a housing estate can create community and encourage independence and child’s play
Sidcup Storyteller: Retelling the tale of UK public libraries

Sidcup Storyteller: Retelling the tale of UK public libraries

At the end of a decade that has seen 800 library closures, the opening of a new one shows they can not only survive but also revive the high street, writes Teshome Douglas-Campbell. Photos by David Grandorge
'Third spaces' like markets provide an important social and entrepreneurial value to the neighbourhood 

'Third spaces' like markets provide an important social and entrepreneurial value to the neighbourhood 

The strategic renovation of Nag’s Head Market uses incremental change to bring existing and future traders together, writes Nyima Murry with photos by Jim Stephenson
Placetest: Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park

Placetest: Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park

Anthropologist Caroline Bennett speaks to locals with photography by John Sturrock
"This feels like a restorative take on social housing - a new Amsterdam School"

"This feels like a restorative take on social housing - a new Amsterdam School"

The Netherlands is facing a housing crisis. Spaarndammerhart in Amsterdam is part of a move by the city to reverse it. Words and photographs by Laura Mark
Search the Place Database for key information on UK places undergoing development

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

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Placetest: Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park

Placetest: Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park

Anthropologist Caroline Bennett speaks to locals with photography by John Sturrock
Placetest: New Poundbury

Placetest: New Poundbury

Its Royal patron makes Poundbury the focus of much attention, and the development is not even ...
Placetest: Nine Elms

Placetest: Nine Elms

What is the experience of this nascent place and its people? Anthropologist Caroline Bennett visits ...
Placetest: Liverpool One

Placetest: Liverpool One

In this exclusive placetest, anthropologist Rebecca Toop explores the user experience of L...
Placetest: King's Crescent Estate

Placetest: King's Crescent Estate

Placetest King’s Crescent Estate: A part-demolished estate in Stoke Newington is enjoying an ...
Placetest: MediaCityUK

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

Placetest King’s Cross: How does it work, who is there – and who isn’t? How does the masterplan ...

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

“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
In the fold: How does beauty arrive in a place?

In the fold: How does beauty arrive in a place?

Rival schools of beauty have been pulling from one extreme to the other for centuries, like a child’s idea of driving. One thing agreed on, writes David Henningham, is that beauty emerges from foundational beliefs about how matter behaves.
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
Patchwork provision: The reluctant rise of community libraries

Patchwork provision: The reluctant rise of community libraries

Local volunteers are stepping in to save public libraries from closure following sweeping cuts to council budgets. But some argue this provides facilities where they are less needed. Ella Jessel reports

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The C word: Did no-one tell Labour that a “radical plan” to build loads of new homes is bad for the climate?

The C word: Did no-one tell Labour that a “radical plan” to build loads of new homes is bad for the climate?

Industry fears that in the push for growth in housing numbers, the government is turning a blind eye to carbon – and quality. James Wilmore reports
Mothers suffer from long commute but not fathers

Mothers suffer from long commute but not fathers

Study finds that marginal commuting cost is about the same for men and women before the birth of a child, but after the birth, it is substantially higher for women with a 12km increase in distance equivalent to 20 per cent in wages. Christine Murray reports
“The healthiest places have spontaneous play engrained in their public spaces”

“The healthiest places have spontaneous play engrained in their public spaces”

Inspired by one too many episodes of Race Across the World, Josh Dickerson takes a whirlwind tour of play spaces across Europe and finds open-ended, non-structured play spaces in lieu of fenced-off playgrounds
"There's a real outdoor community. Everyone joins up and plays"

"There's a real outdoor community. Everyone joins up and plays"

"White Flats" is a powerful short film on how the design of a housing estate can create community and encourage independence and child’s play
Neighbourhood Renewal Fund is “useful blueprint” to boost employment, study finds

Neighbourhood Renewal Fund is “useful blueprint” to boost employment, study finds

New Labour’s early 2000s investment in employment advice, training and support for self-employment resulted in a statistically significant increase in employment and decrease in out-of-work benefits claimants

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