Create Streets @createstreets.bsky.social · 27/04/2026Not many new developments do this. Architecture so good you put it on your advertisement. 120
Create Streets @createstreets.bsky.social · 13/04/2026And here is the manifesto www.rowennadavis.co.uk/mymanifesto?...rowennadavis.co.ukMY MANIFESTO | Rowenna DavisDiscover Rowenna Davis’s New Plan for Croydon. Explore key policies - from tackling crime to stopping fly-tipping - and learn how our campaign will deliver real change across the borough. 120
Create Streets @createstreets.bsky.social · 13/04/2026...We're energised by the recently launched manifesto, The New Plan for Croydon. It moves away from post-war cautionary tales toward a model of human-centred regeneration. Here's our Director, David Milner's blog on it www.createstreets.com/rebooting-th...createstreets.comRebooting the Soul of South London: Why Croydon’s New Plan is a Breath of Fresh Air - Create StreetsFor too long, Croydon has been the poster child for what happens when “traffic modernism” is allowed to rip the heart out […] 110
Create Streets @createstreets.bsky.social · 13/04/2026We’ve seen precious slices of the traditional street grid replaced by inward-facing shopping centres, monolithic, dull, office blocks, and land-hungry highways that sever the community. But is this starting to change .... ? 110
Create Streets @createstreets.bsky.social · 13/04/2026For too long, Croydon has been the poster child for what happens when “traffic modernism” is allowed to rip the heart out of a historic town. 111
Create Streets @createstreets.bsky.social · 31/03/2026Our founder Nicholas Boys Smith was in Rome last week, speaking on the ecology of everyday streets at the CNAPPC Conference on new paradigms of urban life: proximity, well-being in cities and territories. You can check out his talk over on our YouTube channel youtube.com/watch?v=_YAC...youtube.comNicholas Boys Smith - The ecology of everyday streets | CNAPPC Conference, RomeYouTube video by Create Streets 010
Create Streets @createstreets.bsky.social · 16/03/2026Join us this year for the Create Streets Foundation Urban Design and Architecture Summer School, and find inspiration with like-minded individuals in the beautiful setting of Sherborne, Dorset. Our early bird discount deadline ends April 1st! www.createstreetsfoundation.org.uk/creating-pla... 011
Reposted by Create StreetsCampaign for Better Transport @bettertransport.bsky.social · 13/03/2026Our latest report in partnership with @createstreets.bsky.social, funded by RAC Foundation & written by @freewheeling.info, examines if a French-style tram-enabled housing model could work here. Read the report👉https://bettertransport.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/2603-Towns-and-Trams-report.pdf 086
Reposted by Create StreetsLondon New Liberals @londonnewliberals.bsky.social · 16/03/2026Should YIMBYs Build Beautiful? Get your tix now for @robertkwolek.bsky.social of @createstreets.bsky.social Wednesday, 18:30; The Wheatsheaf, Fitzrovia www.eventbrite.com/e/robert-kwo... 011
Create Streets @createstreets.bsky.social · 02/03/2026Housing targets have doubled. New NPPF rules demand vision-led planning, new parking standards and better streets. Yet housing and transport still clash at adoption stage. Join our free webinar on delivering streets from vision to adoption. www.tickettailor.com/events/creat... 010
Create Streets @createstreets.bsky.social · 23/02/2026New planning rules. New obligations. Same question nobody's answering clearly: what actually is gentle density, and how do you make it? Saturday March 7th and Saturday March 21st. A couple of places left. www.createstreetsfoundation.org.uk/creating_gen...createstreetsfoundation.org.ukCreating Gentle DensityCreating Gentle Density A two-day urban design master-class Saturday March 7th and Saturday March 21st, 2026 A two-day urban design master-class taught over two Saturdays by Create Streets’s experi... 010
Create Streets @createstreets.bsky.social · 23/02/2026Our Create Streets Foundation Gentle Density master class returns, better value than ever thanks to kind support from generous donors. In our beautiful office in Lambeth Walk. ⬇️⬇️⬇️ 110
Create Streets @createstreets.bsky.social · 23/02/2026New English planning rules insist upon Gentle Density in brownfield sites & within 800m of well connected train stations. But what does that mean? And how do you make it? 110
Create Streets @createstreets.bsky.social · 20/02/2026Read on here www.createstreets.com/wp-content/u... 220
Create Streets @createstreets.bsky.social · 20/02/2026“After years of experimentation, Poundbury is becoming what the King and its designers always aspired for it: not a curiosity, but an excellent town.” “Not a sketch of the past but a hope for the future.” 120
Create Streets @createstreets.bsky.social · 20/02/2026"One of the delightful things about walking around Poundbury is picking out which architect designed what. The excellent houses around Wadebridge Square have the unmistakable characteristics of John Simpson such as his signature Doric columns and unique proportions." 110
Create Streets @createstreets.bsky.social · 20/02/2026“There’s truly excellent urbanism in the early phases with many outstanding homes.” “You can see and feel the care that has gone into the public spaces and into how buildings relate to each other.” 110
Create Streets @createstreets.bsky.social · 20/02/2026Create Streets' own Robert Kwolek recently visited Poundbury with his camera and "returned convinced that it is the best new place built in the UK in decades, bursting with lessons for a New Town programme.” 110
Create Streets @createstreets.bsky.social · 20/02/2026"Poundbury is exceptional. It also has faults. Of course it does. It is made by humans, after all." “It is a town, not a housing estate. This distinguishes Poundbury from any other development of the last 80 years... 121
Create Streets @createstreets.bsky.social · 09/02/2026Our Create Streets Foundation Gentle Density master class returns, better value than ever thanks to kind support from generous donors. In our beautiful office in Lambeth Walk. ⬇️⬇️⬇️ createstreetsfoundation.org.uk/creating_gen... 010
Create Streets @createstreets.bsky.social · 09/02/2026New English planning rules insist upon Gentle Density in brownfield sites & within 800m of well connected train stations. But what does that mean? And how do you make it? 110
Reposted by Create StreetsSamuel Hughes @scp-hughes.bsky.social · 05/01/2026New social housing in Islington from around 2010 (yes, really). 1143
Create Streets @createstreets.bsky.social · 06/02/2026Ps: this is Campo Sano Village in Florida designed by the effortlessly brilliant Duaney Plater-Zyberk 030
Create Streets @createstreets.bsky.social · 06/02/2026We can design, we can afford & we can create beautiful new streets & places. Observe how some gable ends, properly detailed windows & a brick floor make all the difference here. Little things. Modest costs. And yet they transform the loveless into the lovely. 370
Create Streets @createstreets.bsky.social · 03/02/2026Here's why it's SO good and SO popular: createstreets.com/projects/wil...createstreets.comWill Shoreditch Works make London better? - Create StreetsCreate Streets are today publishing our independent review of the Shoreditch Works development in Hackney, London. For full transparency, this report has […] 021
Create Streets @createstreets.bsky.social · 03/02/2026If you live or work in Hackney, here’s how can you help support this scheme: 1. Turn up to the planning committee meeting on 4 February 2. Write to hackney council planning committee councillors (here they are: hackney.moderngov.co.uk/mgCommitteeD...) 120
Create Streets @createstreets.bsky.social · 03/02/2026🚨Tomorrow. Hackney’s Planning Committee faces a choice that matters well beyond Shoreditch. Supporting Shoreditch Works would signal that London backs good growth in the right places, growth that strengthens streets, supports jobs and contributes to the long-term health of the city. 230
Create Streets @createstreets.bsky.social · 29/01/2026www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...telegraph.co.ukHow Britain banned beautiful architectureEngland adores Georgian-style homes, but 'ugly' new builds are everywhere. What will be the fate of Labour's new towns? 020
Create Streets @createstreets.bsky.social · 29/01/2026And read the full report on our website here www.createstreets.com/employees/ba...createstreets.comBanning Beauty - Create StreetsDownload here 020
Create Streets @createstreets.bsky.social · 29/01/2026How did we ban beauty by mistake? You can read our latest report Banning Beauty featured prominently in the @telegraph.co.uk 330
Create Streets @createstreets.bsky.social · 26/01/2026What a happy looking home and garden. Observe the details & coherence which lifts the house from a wall with nine holes to something worth looking at. 120
Create Streets @createstreets.bsky.social · 23/01/2026As the days begin to get longer, the countdown to the Create Streets Foundation Urban Design and Architecture Summer School begins! Will you be joining us? ➡️https://createstreetsfoundation.org.uk/creating-places-academy/summer-school/ #summerschool #urbandesign #architecture 130
Create Streets @createstreets.bsky.social · 16/01/2026- Street Designer - Policy Specialist (Transport and Urban Design) View full role details here: createstreets.com/front-page-2... - Policy Specialist (Create Streets Foundation) View role here: createstreetsfoundation.org.uk/jobs/ 020
Create Streets @createstreets.bsky.social · 16/01/2026We're growing the team! Are you passionate about designing streets and places that people actually want to live in? We're looking for talented people who care about creating beautiful, human-scale urban environments: 110
Create Streets @createstreets.bsky.social · 07/01/2026Trinity House, Trinity Square. 1941 and today. What is unmade may be remade. 030
Create Streets @createstreets.bsky.social · 07/01/2026Trinity House, Trinity Square. 1941 and today. What is unmade may be remade. 021
Create Streets @createstreets.bsky.social · 05/01/2026Check out our director Nicholas Boys Smith MBE on The Critic Show last week talking about the construction and restoration of the Palace of Westminster. You can watch it here www.outpoststudios.net/p/the-palace...outpoststudios.netThe Palace of Westminster is Falling Down.And other tales of architectural misadventure 010
Create Streets @createstreets.bsky.social · 05/01/2026Sure! Check out Of Streets and Squares - page 32 onwards issuu.com/cadoganlondo...issuu.comOf Streets and Squares 110
Create Streets @createstreets.bsky.social · 17/12/2025The best streets have enclosure & variety in a pattern. 1112
Create Streets @createstreets.bsky.social · 11/12/2025Struggling to think of a Christmas present for the urbanists & artists in your life? Check out the upcoming Create Streets Foundation short courses! Gentle Density Masterclass - www.createstreetsfoundation.org.uk/creating_gen... Dare to Draw - www.createstreetsfoundation.org.uk/dare-to-draw/ 020
Create Streets @createstreets.bsky.social · 10/12/2025This slice of Paris is new. Every mote of it. New homes & places don't need to be loveless. We chose to create ugly places because we don't ask: is this humane? Is this lovely? Is this kind? But we can afford to. If we dare to slip the surly bonds. Read more - www.createstreets.com/projects/com... 182
Create Streets @createstreets.bsky.social · 09/12/2025You can read the full survey results and alternative design here 👇 www.createstreets.com/projects/pub...createstreets.comPublic overwhelmingly prefer traditional design for new Christ’s College library - Create StreetsA new poll of over 2,000 members of the British public has shown overwhelming support for a traditionally styled design for the […] 010
Create Streets @createstreets.bsky.social · 09/12/2025The results? As with every Visual Preference Survey, it was clear. 📊 71% of respondents preferred the traditional alternative 📉 Only 21% chose the official design 🧍♂️ 8% weren’t sure This was a national sample. Not just local residents. Support was 100% consistent across income, gender and politics 110
Create Streets @createstreets.bsky.social · 09/12/2025We tested two designs for Christ’s Lane: A. The official assertive proposal by Christ's College B. A contextual alternative, developed by Create Streets designed to respond to the patterns that most people find more humane, reassuring & pleasing 110
Create Streets @createstreets.bsky.social · 09/12/2025CAMBRIDGE: New data. Clear preferences. The public want buildings that fit in, not stick out. A new poll by DeltapollUK Create Streets finds 71% of Britons prefer a traditional alternative to the current design for the Christ’s College library. 231
Create Streets @createstreets.bsky.social · 13/11/2025You can read @scp-hughes.bsky.social full blog here: createstreets.com/california-f... (~5 minute read) & join the conversation: how can we apply this model in the UK, with local conditions, smaller scale & tighter constraints?createstreets.comCalifornia Forever’s New City - Create StreetsIn economic terms, architectural beauty is a classic example of a positive externality. The owner of a building must bear all the […] 110
Create Streets @createstreets.bsky.social · 13/11/2025At Create Streets we believe in structured, attractive, walkable places with real character. California Forever demonstrates that even today, one landowner + one vision + good infrastructure can lead to better outcomes. Policy can learn from this... 100
Create Streets @createstreets.bsky.social · 13/11/2025Yes, the context in California is special: near the Bay Area, tons of investment, huge scale. But the underlying logic can apply in 🇬🇧: less about scale, more about ownership & ambition in planning the whole rather than just parts... 100
