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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 L...

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

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 ...

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

Fast forward to summer - Tickets are now on sale for Festival of Place 2023. Bringing you brilliant ...

Leading with Nature

When it comes to masterplans and housing, some of the most successful projects are taking landscape ...

Watch the talk on net zero and inclusivity with Alexandra Notay

Watch the recording of this free taster Festival of Place event with Alexandra Notay, Placemaking & ...

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

Social housing and other Brutalist public spaces were cast as dangerous and antisocial by the media,...

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Allford Hall Monaghan Morris	HUB	shedkm
a-r-c-s	LDA Design	Socius
Are You?	LocatED	Stride Treglown
BDP	Morris+Company	Studio Egret West
Buro Happold	Muse	Sustrans
Cadogan	National Trust	Tibbalds
Civic Engineers	Notting Hill Genesis	Urban&Civic
Commonplace	Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation	Vestre
EPR Architects	Places for London	Whittam Cox Architects
Essex County Council	Poplar HARCA
Fathom Architects	Quintain
Furnitubes	Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park
Griffiths & Armour	Related Argent
Hawkins\Brown	Ryder Architecture