Place, poverty, inequality and possibility on the high street

By Myra Stuart The interplay between place, social networks and life chances is a crucial, and one that is frequently […]

Myra Stuart

Posted on Jul 26, 2019

Get inspired by Alder Hey in the Park

I recently visited Alder Hey in the Park, a new children’s hospital in Liverpool, and was hugely impressed by their […]

Sophia de Sousa

Posted on May 11, 2017

Place: a shared responsibility? Nottingham responds..

For our first ever debate in Nottingham, held on Wednesday 3 February, we discussed the question: ‘Place: a shared responsibility?’. […]

Louise Dredge Sophia de Sousa

Posted on Feb 4, 2016

How can we learn something from every experience with place?

The irony of it. The day after returning from our debate in Edinburgh exploring the relationship between place and health […]

Sophia de Sousa

Posted on Nov 4, 2013

Place Potential: Can we improve health through placemaking?

Last Wednesday, October 9th, we opened our 2013/14 Debate Series Place Potential by asking our Scottish audience to respond to […]

Louise Dredge

Posted on Oct 15, 2013

Place Potential Think Piece Series: Can we improve health through placemaking? #1

By Matt Bridgestock, Glass-House Enabler As part of the RIAS ‘Architect in the House’ scheme earlier this year, I visited […]

Guest Author

Posted on Oct 8, 2013

Place Potential Think Piece Series: Can we improve health through placemaking? #2

By Steven Tolson Travelling by bike will help your health and make better places People make PlacesStudents of place making […]

Guest Author

Posted on Oct 2, 2013

If crap places kill people, what can great places do?

“Crap places kill people.” Christopher Rowe, a Church of Scotland Minister and resident of one of Glasgow’s most impoverished areas […]

Louise Dredge

Posted on Oct 12, 2012

Debate round-up: How can great places create value for local people?

‘How can great places create value for local people?’ was the question posed at the first debate in our national […]

Louise Dredge

Posted on Sep 18, 2012