To a More Ambitious Place: Is our view of place too short-sighted? Think piece #1
By Katy Hawkins Today we continue to see a trend of one mega structure replaced by another; we go from […]
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Posted on Feb 6, 2015
To a More Ambitious Place: Is our view of place too short-sighted? Think piece #2
By Cleo Newcombe-Jones If places are designed to be both people-centric and environmentally resilient it’s difficult to be too short-sighted. […]
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Posted on Feb 6, 2015
To a More Ambitious Place: Do the right people have power in place? Think piece #2
By Christopher Rowe I define power as the ability to mobilise resources to meet our needs. Since 2008 I have […]
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Posted on Nov 12, 2014
To a More Ambitious Place: Do the right people have power in place? Think piece #1
By Robert Johnson Do the right people have power in place? Who has the power to transform place? As a […]
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Posted on Nov 3, 2014
To a More Ambitious Place Think Piece Series: Does practice make perfect in place? #3
By Sandra Macaskill and Yasmin Ali People are instrumental to the effective use of places and space. Bridgend Inspiring Growth […]
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Posted on Sep 30, 2014
To a More Ambitious Place Think Piece Series: Does practice make perfect in place? #2
By Marion Preez and Liane Bauer, UrbanPioneers Bring a chair, table and cake Imagine yourself in Switzerland. The land famous […]
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Posted on Sep 24, 2014
To a More Ambitious Place Think Piece Series: Does practice make perfect in place? #1
By Diarmaid Lawlor There is no perfect place. There are only places. And each place is a map of the […]
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Posted on Sep 17, 2014
The Prefab Museum: A project to document and celebrate a unique form of British housing
By Jane Hearn The History of Prefabs in LewishamIn 1935 The London County Council purchased farmland north of Whitefoot Lane […]
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Posted on Sep 16, 2014
Place Potential Think Piece Series: Can housing be a catalyst for great places? #3
By Emily Read ‘We expect too much of new buildings, and too little of ourselves.’ Jane Jacobs As we know, […]
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Posted on Mar 10, 2014
Place Potential Think Piece Series: Can housing be a catalyst for great places? #2
By Leslie Barson and Lani Parker Can housing be a catalyst for great places? Let’s start by looking closely at […]
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Posted on Mar 7, 2014