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
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
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
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
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
The RIBA finally published a follow-up to their women in architecture report and it only took 20 years. Will they take action on the recommendations this time? Asks Sarah Wigglesworth on behalf of Part W
BSR is failing to keep pace with a rising backlog of residential units awaiting approval, compounding the barriers to building homes in a challenged market as investors look elsewhere. James Wilmore reports
The affordability and supply problem are not the full story. The flats we’ve built could be uninhabitable by 2050. We need to talk about this more, writes Peter Apps
What is it like to live here – to be part of its history and its future? Anthropologist Dr Muriel Lamarque and writer Laura Mark speak to locals with exclusive photography by John Sturrock
At the Camden Inspire festival, people came together to make, repair and rethink their surroundings, with the BID acting as a convener rather than manager in an evolution of the BID model, writes Simon Pitkeathley
We must create a community of active bystanders to make our parks safer and more inclusive, writes Dr Anna Barker on the launch of a new campaign. Professionals in the built environment have a vital role to play