Opportunities Hub: Choose work that pays off for your practice2 April 2025IntelligenceLatest: New DfE construction frameworkLatest: New DfE construction frameworkRegion: United KingdomMore: Architecture competitionsOpportunitiesContractsJulie ButterworthProcurement and contractsFrameworks
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
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
Monochrome Barbican in glorious colour24 March 2021CultureMuseum of London, by Christopher Hope-FitchMuseum of London, by Christopher Hope-FitchRegion: LondonMore: Christopher Hope-FitchJan-Carlos KucharekBarbican CentreBrutalismBrutalism in ColourMuseum of LondonLighting
Spirit of inquiry6 October 2015CultureElain Harwood: 20th Century warriorElain Harwood: 20th Century warriorRegion: United KingdomMore: Elain HarwoodHistoric EnglandEnglish Heritage20th Century SocietyEngland's Post War Listed BuildingsSpace, Hope and BrutalismModernismBrutalismPost War Architecture
A taste of Belgian brutalism26 June 2019CultureAn exhibition about architect Léon Stynen’s surprising work in London DocklandsAn exhibition about architect Léon Stynen’s surprising work in London DocklandsRegion: United KingdomMore: BrutalismBelgiumLondon Docklands
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
Paean to brutalism8 August 2016CultureArchitecture's all time high watermark?Architecture's all time high watermark?Region: United KingdomMore: ConcreteBrutalismMaterialsModernismBarnabas CalderBook
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
But where’s the brutalism?2 November 2015BuildingsMakeover at Philip Larkin's libraryMakeover at Philip Larkin's libraryRegion: North EastMore: UniversityPre-RaphaeliteUniversity buildingsHullPhilip LarkinEducationSheppard RobsonDesigning & building itRefurbishmentBrutalismTraditionalism
In association with HäfeleThe hide it away toolkit for flexible spaces1 September 2023ProductsSpecify slide-and-pivot fittings to close off/open up spaceSpecify slide-and-pivot fittings to close off/open up spaceRegion: United KingdomMore: HäfeleSliding door gearArchitectural sliding doorsSpecificationInterior designSpace savingStoragePivot doorsFunctional spaces
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