All Designing Social Value articles
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Building StudyCompact living, big impact: Dovehouse Court’s lesson in sustainability and community
Designed by Mole Architects, Dovehouse Court is the UK’s first Passivhaus-certified almshouse scheme, demonstrating that a historic model for later-life living retains enduring relevance amidst the wider housing crisis
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OpinionPutting children and young people at the heart of housing design
Dinah Bornat explores how housing design can better meet the needs of younger generations
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FeaturesClosing the skills gap: Alison Watson on transforming built environment education
Alison Watson MBE is a woman on a mission to transform education in the built environment
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NewsChief Medical Officer’s report calls for active travel, improved housing, and cleaner air in cities
The annual report highlights how urban environments impact health
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NewsLondon School of Architecture launches new programme to support under-represented practices
Fully funded one-year pilot programme will provide mentorship, business development, and practical learning opportunities
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NewsTaskforce calls for cross-departmental unit to lead national older people’s housing strategy
Wide-ranging paper also calls for planning presumption in favour of later living housing and requirements on Homes England to support its expansion
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NewsSchool closures threaten London’s future as a city for families
Soho Parish Primary School’s financial struggles reflect wider demographic trends, including declining birth rates, post-Brexit migration, and the long-term impact of Covid-19, challenging the city’s multigenerational identity
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FeaturesBeyond the Box: delivering real social value in the built environment
For the latest in BD’s Boomers to Zoomers series, Mary Richardson talked to Neil Onions, head of Beyond the Box, a social enterprise with a reputation for finding innovative ways to empower underrepresented young people within the built-environment sector
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Features‘Because the spaces work for children, they work for everyone’ – how the Whittington estate fosters a community for all ages
Mary Richardson talks to two architects who have made a film about the child-friendly estate where they live, to find out what’s so special about its design
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OpinionCreating places and spaces where children and young people thrive
Gemma Hyde explains how the TCPA and its partners in the built environment sector have been working to reclaim space for children and young people
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FeaturesA crisis hiding in plain sight: how the UK’s built environment is failing children and young people
While housing supply and affordability dominate public debate, the lack of safe, accessible spaces for children and adolescents is a critical yet overlooked issue. Nora Redmond takes a closer look at why the built environment has left young people so underserved
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NewsBarr Gazetas earns highest B Corp rating for a UK architecture practice
Barr Gazetas joins a growing community of businesses championing environmental and social responsibility
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OpinionThe ethics of placemaking: Why people should be at the heart of every project
We should never forget about the safety and wellbeing of the people who will ultimately live in the places that we create, writes Martyn Evans
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FeaturesFrom the ground up: Ackroyd Lowrie on a mission to turn school leavers into architects with real work experience
With a focus on innovation and access, the east London studio is leading the charge in the architectural education revolution. Ben Flatman reports on how they are helping a new generation of architects to design the cities of tomorrow
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NewsBristol consults on plan to convert council homes into temporary homeless accommodation
Over a year, 216 homes could be made available as temporary accommodation
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FeaturesCreating communities for all: Jenny Buterchi on PRP’s vision for age-inclusive living
As part of BD’s Boomers to Zoomers series, Mary Richardson went to talk to Jenny Buterchi, partner at PRP and lead of the firm’s Later Living team, to learn more about her vision for design and placemaking that better serve the needs of an ageing population
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OpinionBuilding communities, not just homes: The case for intergenerational living
Satish Jassal on how innovative architecture and intergenerational living can help deliver solutions to the challenges of later life care and community cohesion
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FeaturesHow Essex teenagers are shaping their community with a little help from MATT+FIONA
Mary Richardson went to meet a group of young people in Colchester whose ‘inspirational’ input is helping shape the design of a new garden village. They spoke about the innovative ways they are being empowered to contribute to this new community with support from young peoples’ placemaking champions MATT+FIONA.
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NewsHousing providers and charities urge government to adopt accessibility standards for new-build homes
The Centre for Ageing Better says 250,000 more accessible homes could have been built if the previous government had adopted the regulations
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FeaturesMeet Fern the diplodocus, star of a Natural History Museum garden redesign
The golden dinosaur is the main attraction in a garden makeover that looks set to inspire young ecologists, Mary Richards writes