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

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 creative and maximise the benefits of the results, writes Kimberley France
Rain gardens: “It's not just an engineering solution. It's also landscape. It’s biodiversity”

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 you can, writes Kimberley France
Passivhaus social housing: “They don't have to choose between heating and eating”

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 investment, experts say, while cost of building the standard has decreased significantly, writes Kimberley France
“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

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
“How do we prove this is the right thing to do?” Making Impact in Wilton Park, Dublin

“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 Making Impact to evaluate the social, cultural, economic, and environmental value of their investment in Wilton Park, Dublin
Leading with Nature

Leading with Nature

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 
Watch the talk on net zero and inclusivity with Alexandra Notay

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 & Investment Director, PfP Capital, on investing in net zero and the changing shape of property and place, supported by PfP Capital and IE University School of Architecture and Design

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Toxic towns: What if the houses are built on contaminated land?

Toxic towns: What if the houses are built on contaminated land?

Brownfield and greybelt land has been presented as a solution to the housing crisis but it is often land awash with materials proven to harm human health,
writes Harriet Saddington
Building Safety Regulator delays “challenging, frustrating and costly”

Building Safety Regulator delays “challenging, frustrating and costly”

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

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 UK’s first feminist city and what comes next in the struggle to put policy into practice
Safer Parks: Design only goes so far – we need to tackle harassment

Safer Parks: Design only goes so far – we need to tackle harassment

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
Placetest: Park Hill, Sheffield

Placetest: Park Hill, Sheffield

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
Can the East Bank Urban Village revitalise Hull’s rundown riverside?

Can the East Bank Urban Village revitalise Hull’s rundown riverside?

The plan is for homes, offices, retail and leisure facilities on this long-neglected part of the city. But can they come to fruition where previous schemes have failed? Angus Young reports with photography by Jacquie Baron

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