Updates | Place Alliance

Place Alliance 5 Year Review

The purpose of this report has been to examine the work and impact of Place Alliance after five
years of work, between 2014 and 2019. The review aimed to answer the question – What has been
the impact of the Place Alliance on the place quality agenda in England (and beyond)?

Housing Audit: Keeping up the momentum

Following from the publication A Housing Design Audit for England and the Building Better Building Beautiful Commission report Living with Beauty, Place Alliance coordinated a joint letter to the Secretary of State for Housing Communities and Local Government, the Rt...

BIG MEET 10: National Housing Design Audit

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Podcast: Place Value and Place Quality

In this podcast by the Bartlett School of Planning, Professor Matthew Carmona explores the relationship between the quality of the built environment and its value, in health, social, economic and environmental terms. Listen here →

Place Alliance launches new report “Place Value and the Ladder of Place Quality”

At Big Meet 9 Place Alliance released a guide for decision making about the built environment, supported by the Design Network. Based on a systematic review of robust research evidence, the report demonstrates both how better-designed places deliver substantial...

BIG MEET 9: Leadership in Place Making

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Chair of Urban Rooms Network speaks at The Farrell Review, 5 years on event at RIBA

‘Every Town and City should have an “urban room” as an exhibition space, a learning space, a community space, exploring our past and planning our future.’ Read more about the event →

BIG MEET 8: Artists and the Arts in Place-Making

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BIG MEET 7: Engaging Communities in Place-Making

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BIG MEET 6: Healthy Places

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