Do we accept the status quo in place? A round-up of our London debate
“We are both too ambitious and not ambitious enough” opened our first speaker, Alastair Donald on Wednesday at our fourth […]
Lucia das Neves
Posted on Mar 20, 2015
To a More Ambitious Place: Do we accept the status quo in place? Think piece #3
By Alexei Schwab The pressure is on for London to build more homes, and we are seeing a raft of […]
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Posted on Mar 16, 2015
Is our view of place too short-sighted?
Is our view of place too short-sighted? On Wednesday 11 February, we put this question to an engaged Bristol audience, […]
Maja Luna Jorgensen
Posted on Feb 13, 2015
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
Does practice make perfect in place? Glasgow debate round up
“Places are what happen when you’re busy doing other things,” Pauline Gallacher told us at our Debate in Glasgow titled […]
Lucia das Neves
Posted on Oct 6, 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
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