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

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

Net Zero: “Progress is being hindered by central government”

Net Zero: “Progress is being hindered by central government”

We need to talk about SLOAPs: Sites Leftover After Planning

We need to talk about SLOAPs: Sites Leftover After Planning

Turds in the plaza: How do we fix public art?

Turds in the plaza: How do we fix public art?

Painting the town: What street art brings to public spaces

Painting the town: What street art brings to public spaces

100th episode: Food and the architecture of a good life

100th episode: Food and the architecture of a good life

Could the adventure playground hold the solution to the construction skills shortage?

Could the adventure playground hold the solution to the construction skills shortage?

More sheds please: Why London councils are heeding the call for industrial intensification

More sheds please: Why London councils are heeding the call for industrial intensification

Camden Highline: Inside the campaign to green the tracks

Camden Highline: Inside the campaign to green the tracks

Breaking the cycle of demolish, rebuild

Breaking the cycle of demolish, rebuild

Cultural compact: How to fund grassroots arts and boost wellbeing in deprived places

Cultural compact: How to fund grassroots arts and boost wellbeing in deprived places

Co-designing Horatio's Garden: "The planting is informed by different ways of seeing"

Co-designing Horatio's Garden: "The planting is informed by different ways of seeing"

Paul Monaghan on the Office for Place: Beauty is not shorthand for ‘traditional’

Paul Monaghan on the Office for Place: Beauty is not shorthand for ‘traditional’

The death and life of city trees: What's gone wrong?

The death and life of city trees: What's gone wrong?

Urban quilting: How Better Bankside BID stitched a place in time

Urban quilting: How Better Bankside BID stitched a place in time

A new almshouse for London: “We’ve never had pushback on stacking them up”

A new almshouse for London: “We’ve never had pushback on stacking them up”

“We want radiators, not drains” – How to foster community in an office space

“We want radiators, not drains” – How to foster community in an office space

Tom Chance on community land trusts: “It’s about giving communities ownership and power over the land”

Tom Chance on community land trusts: “It’s about giving communities ownership and power over the land”

Urbanistas: “It’s a playground to explore authentic leadership as a woman”

Urbanistas: “It’s a playground to explore authentic leadership as a woman”

Mount Anvil: “The cost-of-living issue is fundamental to our sustainability strategy”

Mount Anvil: “The cost-of-living issue is fundamental to our sustainability strategy”

Queer Spaces: “Flowers blossoming in the desert of Modernity”

Queer Spaces: “Flowers blossoming in the desert of Modernity”

Frasers Property: “We need to rise to these challenges”

Frasers Property: “We need to rise to these challenges”

Local Space: “Improving thermal efficiency is the best thing we can do to help”

Local Space: “Improving thermal efficiency is the best thing we can do to help”

Socius on Milton Keynes: “Why is anybody doing greenfield development?”

Socius on Milton Keynes: “Why is anybody doing greenfield development?”

"The centre of our communities don't need to die"

"The centre of our communities don't need to die"

What can people with dementia teach us about the liveability of our places?

What can people with dementia teach us about the liveability of our places?

Stockport’s Weir Mill: These buildings have stories to tell

Stockport’s Weir Mill: These buildings have stories to tell

Gentrification: What's the alternative?

Gentrification: What's the alternative?

The social value of good design

The social value of good design

Want to tackle representation? Here's what not to do

Want to tackle representation? Here's what not to do

Developers on climate: “We can’t change policy, but we can not make things worse”

Developers on climate: “We can’t change policy, but we can not make things worse”

With attacks on the rise, can we design public spaces to prevent hate crime?

With attacks on the rise, can we design public spaces to prevent hate crime?

“The office will be much more pay-as-you-go”

“The office will be much more pay-as-you-go”

“Councils spend more on dog waste than teenage girls”

“Councils spend more on dog waste than teenage girls”

“Greater Manchester is on the up, but not all of it”

“Greater Manchester is on the up, but not all of it”

“We hope to get people's unfiltered opinions” – Ascha Lychett Pedersen

“We hope to get people's unfiltered opinions” – Ascha Lychett Pedersen

“We're throwing away a thousand Boeing 747s every day” – May Al-Karooni

“We're throwing away a thousand Boeing 747s every day” – May Al-Karooni

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Radical rethink: How to run a radical business

Radical rethink: How to run a radical business

Radical rethink: Why now?

Radical rethink: Why now?

Chelsea Barracks: “The pendulum has swung back”

Chelsea Barracks: “The pendulum has swung back”

“We call it ‘worthwhile use’ because meanwhile feels a bit temporary”

“We call it ‘worthwhile use’ because meanwhile feels a bit temporary”

Mayor of Hackney: 'Don't assume that everyone thinks like you'

Mayor of Hackney: 'Don't assume that everyone thinks like you'

“Re-engineer from first principles: what and how you build”

“Re-engineer from first principles: what and how you build”

Glasgow: a tale of two cities

Glasgow: a tale of two cities

Proactive landscapes: Can urban design clean air and water?

Proactive landscapes: Can urban design clean air and water?

Selling with nature: Why the Berkeley Group committed to biodiversity net gain

Selling with nature: Why the Berkeley Group committed to biodiversity net gain

Made in Dagenham: the Ford-less future of £1bn Beam Park

Made in Dagenham: the Ford-less future of £1bn Beam Park

Flooding in Leeds: Martin Farrington on the moveable weir

Flooding in Leeds: Martin Farrington on the moveable weir

De Urbanisten: From drain to sponge city

De Urbanisten: From drain to sponge city

“It will be our homes that are flooded”

“It will be our homes that are flooded”

Portsmouth: “How do we get people to stay a little bit longer?”

Portsmouth: “How do we get people to stay a little bit longer?”

“Capital is at risk and people in finance do not like that”

“Capital is at risk and people in finance do not like that”

London’s Olympic legacy: “That feeling of normalness isn’t quite here yet”

London’s Olympic legacy: “That feeling of normalness isn’t quite here yet”

placetests

Placetest: New Poundbury

Placetest: New Poundbury

Placetest: Nine Elms

Placetest: Nine Elms

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

talks & events

“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

The Festival of Place 2023 launches with 2-for-1 offer

The Festival of Place 2023 launches with 2-for-1 offer

Leading with Nature

Leading with Nature

Watch the talk on net zero and inclusivity with Alexandra Notay

Watch the talk on net zero and inclusivity with Alexandra Notay

“White middle-class man stands in front of public housing and bellows about how it doesn't work”

“White middle-class man stands in front of public housing and bellows about how it doesn't work”

Winners of The Pineapples 2021 awards announced

Winners of The Pineapples 2021 awards announced

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