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Participatory building: How community construction takes engagement to a new level

Working in collaboration with charity Global Generation, Jan Kattein Architects has been building community spaces with volunteers aged 6 to 76 on site – and redefining the role of the architect in shaping places

When London floods: “If you have vulnerable people living in basement flats, there's a huge risk”

No one knows exactly how many basement flats there are in London, or where they are located. And surface water flooding, like rain, can happen anywhere. It’s unpredictable, fast and a threat to life. Peter Apps reports

Biodiversity Net Gain: Government exempts sites under 0.2ha

Government pushes changes through despite calls from developers, investors, engineers and consultants defending policy

Participatory building: How community construction takes engagement to a new level

Working in collaboration with charity Global Generation, Jan Kattein Architects has been building community spaces with volunteers aged 6 to 76 on site – and redefining the role of the architect in shaping places

Kicking off for another year: Built World Cup 2026 launched

24 teams will go head-to-head in this charity football tournament with the goal of raising over £10,000 in support of Ukraine

Preview: Festival of Place 2026 10 June, Boxpark Wembley, London

Feminist cities, walking and cycling and behaviour change on the agenda at the only conference that examines the social impact of architecture, property and place

Will British Land and Southwark keep their promises at Canada Water?

They consulted over 5,000 people and wrote a Social Regeneration Charter promising 35% affordable homes – but now say they can deliver just 3%. What happens next is up to Mayor Sadiq Khan

Faking it: What if AI clogs up the system and slows planning down?

Is the future of planning and procurement to be found in machines speaking solely to other machines – or will that crash the system? Christine Murray writes

opportunities

South Oxfordshire District Council seek team for the decarbonisation of two leisure centres

Funding has been acquired from the Phase 4 Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme, Salix Finance grant award to partially cover delivery of the works [Deadline 9 January 2026]

Feedback sought on plans for residential development on the site of Feltham Barracks

Engagement prior to the launch of a competition to discover a development partner for the 30-acre site [Deadline 19 December]

Oxfordshire City Council seeks architect-led team for masterplanning project

New Banbury Vision for 2050 to be led by accomplished architecture practice [Deadline 17^th December 2025]

Shepton Mallet Town Council seeks design team for gateway into Collett Park

The park’s western gateway improvement should serve the growing and existing community [Deadline 12 December 2025]

Associated British Ports seeks developer feedback on plans for Solent Gateway 2 at Port of Southampton

Emerging proposals for Solent Gateway 2 to increased capacity and support Britain’s major shipping lane [Deadline 31 December]

Private sector partner sought by Cornwall Council for delivery of residential units

Preliminary Market Engagement feedback to discover potential providers for mobilising private investment [Deadline 12 December]

more opportunities

Judges announced for The Pineapples awards for place 2026

Previous winners, industry stars and who’s who of developers among 55 professionals to judge The Pineapples awards for place

podcasts

Participatory building: How community construction takes engagement to a new level

Working in collaboration with charity Global Generation, Jan Kattein Architects has been building ...

Neuroarchitecture: Design for the unconscious mind

Professor Nick Tyler discusses his experiments at UCL’s PEARL laboratory uncovering the hidden ...

Design by AI: Why we need to hack the algorithm

Amid dystopian predictions, the fact that AI tends towards the typical, standard and normative ...

If we want to create inclusive, supportive and safe places, we can't ignore trauma

Olaide Oboh, director of mixed-use developer Socius, speaks about trauma-informed practice and why ...

Purple pounds: Designing for the deaf and disabled

Disability urban strategist Amanprit Arnold speaks about the growing role of technology in ...

Fighting for a Feminist City in Glasgow: How to move from activism to policy

Holly Bruce, Scottish Greens councillor for Langside in Glasgow on how the Scottish city became the ...

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films

Family journeys to school: "It's life or death sometimes"

A home to die for? We can do better

"There's a real outdoor community. Everyone joins up and plays"

placetests

Placetest: Park Hill, Sheffield

What is it like to live here – to be part of its history and its future? Anthropologist Dr Muriel ...

Placetest: Folkestone

Investment in the arts, town and Harbour Arm has spearheaded the regeneration of this coastal town ...

Placetest: Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park

Anthropologist Caroline Bennett speaks to locals with photography by John Sturrock

Placetest: New Poundbury

Its Royal patron makes Poundbury the focus of much attention, and the development is not even ...

Placetest: Nine Elms

What is the experience of this nascent place and its people? Anthropologist Caroline Bennett visits ...

Placetest: Liverpool One

In this exclusive placetest, anthropologist Rebecca Toop explores the user experience of ...

Placetest: King's Crescent Estate

Placetest King’s Crescent Estate: A part-demolished estate in Stoke Newington is enjoying an ...

Placetest: MediaCityUK

Placetest MediaCityUK: What is it like to live and work in Peel’s MediaCityUK and has it brought ...

Placetest: King’s Cross

Placetest King’s Cross: How does it work, who is there – and who isn’t? How does the masterplan ...

talks & events

“Don’t treat soils like dirt” say experts highlighting waste on construction sites

In one teaspoon of soil, there are more living organisms than people on the planet and yet we ...

A brand-new seafront for less than a footballer’s wages

It’s not an easy task to stretch the flood defence grants but with an integrated team, you can get ...

Rain gardens: “It's not just an engineering solution. It's also landscape. It’s biodiversity”

If the street is going to be dug up, then you should get as many positives out of the disruption as ...

Passivhaus social housing: “They don't have to choose between heating and eating”

The health and economic benefits of Passivhaus make it worth the increase in quality control and ...

“It’s about feeling really good.” How social impact is being measured at Brent Cross Town

Brent Cross Town is using the Flourishing Index to demonstrate the cause and effect of placemaking ...

“How do we prove this is the right thing to do?” Making Impact in Wilton Park, Dublin

IPUT Real Estate Dublin shares their methodology for long-term social impact research project ...

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