Generation Place was one of ten projects featured in the Ove Arup Foundation’s 2019 ‘Catalyst for Change’ exhibition, which celebrated thirty years of the Foundation during March – June 2019 at the Arup London Offices. This is one of ten short essays written to...
With the drive to deliver more homes across the country has come a loud call for those developments to be of a high standard of design in order to deliver high quality, liveable and sustainable environments for residents. Research has consistently shown that high...
The Place Alliance, which campaigns for place quality, today welcomed the new strong endorsement in the revised NPPF for the importance of design. The new policy leaves no doubt that design should be taken seriously by local authorities and developers alike and should...
New research demonstrates that independent design review improves the design of buildings and brings clear benefits to the quality of places. Research carried out by the Place Alliance, supported by the Mayor of London and Urban Design London, provides convincing...
Housing delivery under threat through a lack of design skills in planning The Government, both in its manifesto and in the recent Housing Green Paper, committed itself to a step change in the delivery of high quality new homes across the country. Research published...
