Campaigners argue that the designs for steward huts at the Heath’s much-loved swimming areas are out of keeping with the local environment

An old Territorial Army drill hall has been transformed into an inspiring mixed-used development for local people that’s more than the sum of its parts

A celebration of the carolling tradition based in pubs in the villages around Sheffield.

A decade ago, I quit my well-paid, well-pensioned, high-status job to set up a social enterprise in my dining room with no income, few pertinent connections and no relevant professional experience or…

It may only have been Broadhall Way on a Tuesday night but Sullay Kaikai’s second for Cambridge in front of 900 away fans produced an eruption of joy I will take to the grave

Kirsty MacColl's last television concert, filmed in Glasgow in March 2000.

YouTube video by Forked Dear

Welcome to the Summer 2024 edition of the AoU's Here & Now e-journal, reflecting on 25 years of the UTF Towards an Urban Renaissance report

In anticipation of the revised NPPF, which was published on 30 July, Sam Stafford invited some of the Shades alumni to discuss some of the policy areas of most interest to them and how the new Government could and should approach them. Eight conversations were recorded, elements of which formed part of Episode 128 of the podcast, but Sam is publishing them all in full here on the YouTube channel. This is the second of the eight, which is a conversation between Hana Loftus, Andrew Taylor, Pooja Agrawal, Vicky Payne and Ben Castell about design and placemaking. Hana is a Director at HAT Projects, chair of Creative Colchester, and co-chair of the Design South East Design Review Panel and the Suffolk Design Review Panel. Andrew is Group Planning Director at Vistry Group. Pooja is CEO and Co-founder Public Practice. Vicky is an Associate at Jas Bhalla Works and an Independent Consultant (and as you will see Vicky’s camera was not playing ball on the day this was recorded). And Ben is a Director at AECOM. Their conversation takes the need for leadership, national standards and the office for place; design as quality, as place and as aesthetics; stewardship, beauty and what it is to be provenly popular.

Camden and Islington Council are working in partnership to create a Healthy Neighbourhood for the Dartmouth Park area. We want to make the area greener, healthier and more pleasant to spend time in ...

362 days after the draft NPPF slipped out on the evening of what was for most of us the last working day before Christmas, the revised version has been released with more of a fanfare and much anticip...