Opportunities Hub: Enter the contests that get you noticed27 March 2025IntelligenceLatest: Parade float designLatest: Parade float designRegion: United KingdomMore: Architecture competitionsOpportunitiesContractsJulie ButterworthProcurement and contractsFrameworks
Imagination runs riot: Public Space Design Day reinvents the urban realm12 September 2023ProductsBeyond landscaping and conventional building: five ideas for car-free urban spacesBeyond landscaping and conventional building: five ideas for car-free urban spacesRegion: United KingdomMore: Marshalls Bricks & MasonryDesign construction & technologyPublic realmPublic Space Design DayTransport
How public art can enrich the urban realm17 January 2020CultureShoreditch street exhibition shows the wayShoreditch street exhibition shows the wayRegion: United KingdomMore: Shoreditch1-of-1 Art GroupMas·ter·wərksNewbuildUrban realm
Helensburgh Town Centre Public Realm, Helensburgh15 June 2016BuildingsNew public space ingeniously incorporating an outdoor museumNew public space ingeniously incorporating an outdoor museumRegion: ScotlandMore: Austin-Smith:LordHelensburghPublic realm
MacEwen longlist: Vauxhall Public Realm Framework21 December 2015BuildingsMaking a real connected place out of urban chaosMaking a real connected place out of urban chaosRegion: United KingdomMore: Public realmPublic spaceErect ArchitectsVauxhallLondon
Public space in the capital’s private heart6 September 2018CultureTrue public space is a people-watching arenaTrue public space is a people-watching arenaRegion: LondonMore: Public RealmDesign construction & technologyPlaces planning & communityCity of London
Keep out: Venice Biennale pavilion explores the decline of public space20 May 2021CultureThe ‘creeping epidemic’ of privatised public space is the subject of installations at the biennale's British PavilionThe ‘creeping epidemic’ of privatised public space is the subject of installations at the biennale's British PavilionRegion: EuropeMore: Venice BiennaleBritish pavilionUnscene ArchitecturevPPR ArchitectsPublic spacePublic realmPlaygroundsHigh streetsHieronymus BoschPubsPlaces planning & communityArchitecture for social purpose
Rethink: Covid-19 puts urban realm in the design spotlight21 August 2020IntelligenceArchitect experts on deliverable, characterful public spacesArchitect experts on deliverable, characterful public spacesRegion: United KingdomMore: Rethink2025Pippa GoldfingerTurner WorksTonkin LiuHilton BarnfieldPassivhausDesign construction & technologyJuliet Bidgood Architecture + UrbanismDesign West2030 Climate Challenge
LDA reshapes Strand/Aldwych into a people-centred space5 June 2023ProductsPublic realm snatches calm, green, sociable space from London’s wheezing trafficPublic realm snatches calm, green, sociable space from London’s wheezing trafficRegion: LondonMore: LandscapingStrandAldwychLDA DesignPamela BuxtonPublic realmUrban realmTraffic congestion
Skaters do a 360 on public space1 October 2021CultureThe Grove is a grassroots challenge to the privatisation of public spaceThe Grove is a grassroots challenge to the privatisation of public spaceRegion: LondonMore: The GroveCharlie EdmondsSkateparkPublic realmGrassroots actionPlaces planning & community
Does it matter if ‘public’ space is privately owned?23 February 2018IntelligenceOwnership may matter less than quality and accessOwnership may matter less than quality and accessRegion: United KingdomMore: UrbanismCitiesKing's CrossAlbert DockPublic realm
vPPR returns to the public space needs of teenagers12 September 2023ProductsA ‘family of little follies’ offers spaces to just be inA ‘family of little follies’ offers spaces to just be inRegion: United KingdomMore: Marshalls Bricks & MasonryPublic realmPublic Space Design DayDesign construction & technologyInclusionTeenagersvPPR Architects