When designing neighbourhoods, the aspiration should be for everyone to live within a five-minute walk of ‘significant’ green space or a park and ‘never be more than 10 minutes’ from basic facilities. This is one of several recommendations set out in a report – Home...
Lockdown provided a unique opportunity to stress-test our homes and their immediate environments, and to gauge whether or not they have supported our everyday needs. Exploring this was the purpose of the Home Comforts survey, conducted by the Place Alliance, a...
Small size and lack of outdoor space made residents less happy with new properties, study by UCL finds Spending lockdown in a new-build home and neighbourhood has been more difficult than in houses built before 1919, according to a study of 2,500 homeowners. The...
This interviews were filmed during the UK Covid-19 lock down, and complement Urban Design London 4-part Urban Challenge initiative through which we hope to highlight and support ideas to change the way we design, manage our built environment. Covid Interviews: Will...
Lockdown shrank many of our worlds physically to our homes and their immediate neighbourhoods, yet the roles we needed to perform there expanded, from working from home, to home schooling, to shopping and exercise. Technology has helped to fill key gaps, leading some...
