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Place Quality Framework

Innovative purpose-led approach, method and system to embed health, social impact, inclusivity and equity into the design of new development

NATURE & EMOTION at Healthy Cities Design conference

Reorienting towards nature with new narratives of Life-Centred Design In these times of increasing stress, can new forms of natural,...

Health and Wellbeing must be Re-embedded into the Heart of Planning

Natasha Reid's piece for the Royal Town Planning Institutes publication - The Planner magazine - makes the case for integrating heath...

Spatial Justice and Systemic Change: For Equitable, Healthy and Sustainable Places.

Thought-piece by Natasha Reid for Sound Advice's "Now You Know", a publication challenging spatial and racial inequality in the built...

Urban Empathy: The Next Big Shift

Essay and call-to-action by Natasha Reid, published in the Quality of Life Foundation's collection of thought-leadership pieces here...

OUR SURROUNDINGS AS A TOOL FOR HUMAN HEALTH AND WELLBEING

In response to the current situation, and as are most in our industry, we are considering what the pandemic means for the design of...

A new framework for harnessing the emotional and social power of places

Research paper as part of the Conscious Cities Anthology 2019, which explore how science-informed design can create a healthier, more...

Re-humanising Housing: New models

HIGH DENSITY AT A HUMAN SCALE Much has been written on the housing crisis, but it is clear that many of those who make the city function...

Intimate Series: People-conscious development

How can we do High Density Development at a Human Scale? Can we make places to fit people, not the other way around? To coincide with the...

Intimate Neighbourhoods: NYC placemaking research grant

We are delighted to announce that we've been awarded funding from the British Council and Arts Council England for phase 1 of our major...

Re-imagining Poplar: Research commission for British Council

A research commission for the British Council's International Architecture Showcase to generate new thinking on regeneration in East London.