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

Place Potential Think Piece Series: Can housing be a catalyst for great places? #1

By Grosvenor As well as enduring the slowest economic recovery in more than 100 years, Britain is suffering from a […]

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Posted on Mar 5, 2014