Opportunities Hub: Projects to add to your bid list31 March 2025IntelligenceLatest: Cornish community hub and public realmLatest: Cornish community hub and public realmRegion: United KingdomMore: Architecture competitionsOpportunitiesContractsJulie ButterworthProcurement and contractsFrameworks
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
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
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
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
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
Make Space for Girls founders on making parks for all teenagers14 October 2021IntelligenceSusannah Walker and Imogen Clark want to make public space equitableSusannah Walker and Imogen Clark want to make public space equitableRegion: United KingdomMore: Make Space for GirlsSusannah WalkerImogen ClarkGender equalityTeenage girlsPublic spacePlaces planning & community
Space odyssey1 November 2013IntelligencePublic spaces are a critical component of the urban realmPublic spaces are a critical component of the urban realmRegion: United KingdomMore: ContextWhere people live
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
Croydon gets real about improving public space17 May 2017IntelligencePlanning ‘visions’ are easy to come by but achieving them is a lot more difficultPlanning ‘visions’ are easy to come by but achieving them is a lot more difficultRegion: United KingdomMore: University of WestminsterUniversity of Sao PauloEDAWWill AlsopJon RouseAOC
In association with KnaufGood Design of Spaces for Activity & Participation1 October 2018EventsSeminar 4: 11 October How Good Design of Spaces Encourages Different Types of Activity and ParticipationSeminar 4: 11 October How Good Design of Spaces Encourages Different Types of Activity and ParticipationRegion: United Kingdom
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