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Fiscal devolution: Chancellor puts “place at the heart of decision-making”

Budget promises funding and structural changes to support place-based investment into complex and flagship projects across the country

Designing for adolescents: Teen inclusion demands a redistribution of power

The city for adolescents is a landscape of restrictions. We must give them influence and agency, writes Benazir Noor Mohamed

Built Barriers: “Women’s needs are disfavoured, deprioritised, even endangered by our built environment”

Part W shares what they’ve learned from collecting images of barriers to inclusion in the built environment and what comes next in the campaign – including a free online event on 3 December

Deadline extended: Final entries due 28 November for The Pineapples awards 2026

Submit your contribution to making better places by 21 November for consideration by newly announced judges, chairs and sponsor partners

Family journeys to school: "It's life or death sometimes"

Parents Jasmine, Luke and Matt describe their concerns around their daily school journey with their children

Hot off the press: Next print edition of The Developer now on sale

Placetest: Birmingham’s Paradise takes centre stage in the next limited-edition issue of The Developer for Winter 2025

Teenage girls feel unwelcome in public spaces but we can help

Avoiding or changing routes remains an all-too-common part of girlhood. BDP senior town planner Antonia May argues that wider consultation and a more diverse built-environment profession can help deliver truly inclusive public spaces

Why women leave architecture: “Twenty years is a long time to let the issue drift”

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

opportunities

Development partner sought for delivery of 120 new homes in Penrhys

Trivallis seek to work alongside a partner to design and manage phases of the areas regeneration [Deadline 1 December]

Input sought on development of extra care housing for older people in Liscard, Wirral

Preliminary Market Engagement for provision of extra care housing on former site of Municipal Building [Deadline 28 November]

Developer sought by Wirral Council for two sites amid pressure for affordable housing

Scheme is part of the wider Wallasey Town Hall Masterplan along the Ceacombe River Corridor [Deadline 20 November]

Historic England seeks researcher for study into distribution of heritage attractions

Concerns on the economic viability and distribution of attractions has driven this examination into non-museum heritage attractions [Deadline 17 November]

Development partner sought for major gateway site at Forth Yards Newcastle

51-acre unused site to be transformed into a neighbourhood of 2,500 homes [Deadline 10 November]

SMEs sought for pilot project at three leafy sites along the River Roding

A key opportunity to combat obesity in Barking & Dagenham by supporting access to healthy green spaces [Deadline 3 November 2025]

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Judges announced for The Pineapples awards for place 2026

Previous winners, industry stars and who’s who of developers among 55 professionals to judge The Pineapples awards for place

podcasts

Design by AI: Why we need to hack the algorithm

Amid dystopian predictions, the fact that AI tends towards the typical, standard and normative ...

If we want to create inclusive, supportive and safe places, we can't ignore trauma

Olaide Oboh, director of mixed-use developer Socius, speaks about trauma-informed practice and why ...

Purple pounds: Designing for the deaf and disabled

Disability urban strategist Amanprit Arnold speaks about the growing role of technology in ...

Fighting for a Feminist City in Glasgow: How to move from activism to policy

Holly Bruce, Scottish Greens councillor for Langside in Glasgow on how the Scottish city became the ...

How do you develop a new town hall and civic hub in a context of mistrust?

“All you can do is listen,” says James Stockdale, Development Director at Muse, developer of Your ...

From the margins to lead consultant: Is this the year of the landscape architect?

As regulations on biodiversity net gain and sustainable drainage become mandatory, Carolin Göhler, ...

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films

Family journeys to school: "It's life or death sometimes"

A home to die for? We can do better

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

placetests

Placetest: Park Hill, Sheffield

What is it like to live here – to be part of its history and its future? Anthropologist Dr Muriel ...

Placetest: Folkestone

Investment in the arts, town and Harbour Arm has spearheaded the regeneration of this coastal town ...

Placetest: Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park

Anthropologist Caroline Bennett speaks to locals with photography by John Sturrock

Placetest: New Poundbury

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

Placetest: Nine Elms

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

Placetest: Liverpool One

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

Placetest: King's Crescent Estate

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

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

talks & events

“Don’t treat soils like dirt” say experts highlighting waste on construction sites

In one teaspoon of soil, there are more living organisms than people on the planet and yet we ...

A brand-new seafront for less than a footballer’s wages

It’s not an easy task to stretch the flood defence grants but with an integrated team, you can get ...

Rain gardens: “It's not just an engineering solution. It's also landscape. It’s biodiversity”

If the street is going to be dug up, then you should get as many positives out of the disruption as ...

Passivhaus social housing: “They don't have to choose between heating and eating”

The health and economic benefits of Passivhaus make it worth the increase in quality control and ...

“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 ...

“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 ...

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Caregivers and young children rarely consulted in community engagement despite representing a third of the population Sponsored by Van Leer Foundation

Gender and climate change: How addressing gender equality could help tackle the climate emergency Sponsored by WSP

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