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The Pineapples 2021 awards open for entries

The categories and programme for the 2021 Pineapples has been announced, including five new categories and an amazing early bird rate for entries

The truth about poor doors

Who is to blame for poor doors and cores? Developers, architects, registered providers, local authorities, housebuyers? One thing is clear – it’s not a technical or regulatory requirement, writes Steve Taylor

“Street lighting and increased undercover police numbers will not overturn misogyny and racism”

Every single woman should be able to walk through any city, day or night, writes Part W founder Zoë Berman in this open letter

“Small cities, if we do them well, can be prototypes” – Reif Larsen

Reif Larsen, founder of the Future of Small Cities Institute, talks to The Developer Podcast about the rise of small cities in America, the challenge of going car-free, and the question of equity, displacement and gentrification

Urban logistics: We must plan for this new city-centre asset class

The increased demand for couriers is forcing logistics centres to move into urban centres. We need to proactively plan for this, writes Marco Fok

“15 minutes? I'm living the 15-second city”

All six elements of a successful place are within reach of where I’m sitting, bleeding into and infecting one another, writes Rachel Fisher

“When the places that made us are no longer made by us, how do we continue as an 'us'?” Omeasoo Wahpasiw

For the positive human need for identity, space and place matters, not only how it’s designed, but more importantly who designs it and who builds it, says Dr. Omeasoo Wãhpãsiw

The price of everything and the social value of nothing

In the quest to quantify the outcomes of regeneration, we have put a price on everything, writes Steve Taylor. But what value are we creating?

The Pineapples 2021 awards open for entries

The categories and programme for the 2021 Pineapples has been announced, including five new categories and an amazing early bird rate for entries

podcasts

“Small cities, if we do them well, can be prototypes” – Reif Larsen

Reif Larsen, founder of the Future of Small Cities Institute, talks to The Developer Podcast about ...

“When the places that made us are no longer made by us, how do we continue as an 'us'?” Omeasoo Wahpasiw

For the positive human need for identity, space and place matters, not only how it’s designed, but ...

“We see ourselves as social impact developers” Adam Higgins, Capital & Centric

When they started Capital & Centric, they wanted to create award-winning architecture, says co-...

David Cowans, Places for People: “Competing about climate change is a zero sum game”

Group chief executive of Places for People David Cowans on net zero, retrofitting homes and why the ...

Marvin Rees: “It's solving a problem we haven't got”

Mayor of Bristol Marvin Rees talks planning, protest, housing and why we need to tell the fuller ...

Leslie Kern: “The lockdowns have brought a whole new lens on our cities”

The crisis has revealed that our housing is not fit for purpose, our social safety-nets are full of ...

Both offices and people are migrating: Where are they going?

Working remotely, it turns out, is more focused, customer-oriented, supportive of professional ...

First Base: "Social-based outcomes help you sleep at night"

In conversation with Barry Jessup and Olaide Oboh from First Base, a mixed-use developer working ...

Radical rethink: How to run a radical business

You want to do things differently. You’ve written your mission statement. But how do you ensure ...

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films

Harlow homes: How PDR destroys local communities and builds Britain's worst housing

Permitted Development Rights allow developers to bypass community consultation and planning ...

Places for girls

With 80% of public spaces taken over by boys, how do we create spaces for girls? In this film, ...

Marmalade Lane

In this film, the designers, developers and residents reflect on the development of Marmalade Lane ...

placetests

Liverpool One: “Shopping centres provide a stage for people to explore their identity”

In this exclusive placetest, anthropologist Rebecca Toop explores the user experience of L...

Kings Crescent Estate: “There’s a feeling of life coming back”

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

MediaCityUK: “Imagine waking up in the morning and you’ve got some office man staring at you”

Placetest MediaCityUK: What is it like to live and work in Peel’s MediaCityUK and has it brought ...

King’s Cross: It's a ‘treat space’ – somewhere special or a destination

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

talks & events

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 MV...

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 ...

Winners of The Pineapples 2020 awards announced

King’s Cross, North Cator Park, Leeds Dock and more scoop golden pineapples at the virtual ceremony ...

Radical Rethink #6: The Front Garden City

Zoë Berman and Roland Karthaus outline their proposal for how neighbours might come together to ...

Radical Rethink #5: Gross Social Value

Christopher Arthey puts forward his Radical Rethink to create a new simple appraisal tool that will ...

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 ...

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