Boomers to Zoomers: Designing for the generations
Intergenerational housing scheme gives students cheaper rent in exchange for befriending older neighbours
A new intergenerational housing development by Levitt Bernstein offering students cheaper rent in exchange for being “good neighbours” to the older residents with whom they share the blocks
Book review: All To Play For – How to design child-friendly housing
Ken Worpole explores Dinah Bornat’s call for child-friendly neighbourhoods and asks why the UK continues to fall behind its European peers in providing them
Root And Erect’s new King’s Cross play area features sustainable construction, materials and lighting innovation
Double-helix play structures in the new sculptural playscape in Chilton Square are inspired by the nearby Francis Crick Institute
Designing cities for play: Why child-friendly spaces matter
Children are the benchmark of an area’s liveability. They tell us whether it is healthy and inclusive. If it does not work for them, it is failing, writes Lendlease’s Nick Watson
In pictures: Stanton Williams completes inaugural later living scheme next to Hampstead Heath
London complex built by contractor Kingscote features 46 apartments
This Stirling Prize winner is a model for how we can all live better
Witherford Watson Mann’s Appleby Blue scheme shows how thoughtful design can help us age well, strengthen communities and rethink how generations live together, says Ben Flatman
Break down the silos – young people won’t see the range of careers our sector offers unless we show them
If we want young people to join our industry, we must show them an industry worth joining, says Ashley Wheaton, vice chancellor at the University of the Built Environment
Carmody Groarke completes ArtPlay Pavilion at Dulwich Picture Gallery
Wider redevelopment includes a canteen and a sculpture garden designed by Kim Wilkie
Barratt Redrow commits to accessible playgrounds on all new developments
Housebuilder collaborates with child psychologist and play experts for new guidance
Report calls for national play strategy to reshape neighbourhoods for children
The Raising the Nation Play Commission recommends legislation to embed child-friendly design and planning principles across schools, homes and public spaces in England
Seventeen years on: why England needs a new National Play Strategy
Just over seventeen years ago, on 2 April 2008, the last Labour government launched England’s first, and only, National Play Strategy.
England is failing to plan for its ageing population – the spending review must put that right
The government’s spending review must treate housing for older people as core infrastructure and deliver targeted funding, writes Bruce Moore
The quiet revolution in built environment education and engagement – starting with children
As universities widen participation, Rosie Parnell explores how early engagement is opening new pathways into the built environment professions
The Coach: Why age isn’t the issue – it’s the life stage that counts
Louise Rodgers challenges the idea that age defines us at work – pointing instead to the impact of what’s happening in our wider lives
2,000 young people, one mission: Rethinking access to architecture at the Festival of the Future
Mary Richardson reflects on how last weekend’s Festival of the Future brought over 2,000 young people to RIBA’s 66 Portland Place, aiming to break down barriers to built environment careers
More than a masterplan: the people power behind Earls Court’s next chapter
For the latest in BD’s Boomers to Zoomers series, Mary Richardson went to meet the team of local people helping to shape the Earls Court redevelopment in west London as part of a wider programme of inclusive community engagement
The built environment belongs to everyone – so why are young voices so often excluded?
As the Festival of the Future takes place at Portland Place, Neil Onions challenges the industry to break down barriers and give young people a meaningful voice in architecture and urban design
Westminster’s public toilets get a designer makeover as Hugh Broughton Architects completes first upgrade in £12.7m programme
Westminster City Council has reopened the first of eight refurbished public toilet facilities as part of a wider £12.7 million investment
Designing workplaces that work for everyone
Investing in well-designed environments isn’t just a matter of preference – it’s a strategic advantage that enhances productivity and employee wellbeing, writes Sam Carey-Smith
The future faces of UK architecture
Mary Richardson meets three young alumni of Beyond the Box who share, in their own words, how the initiative shaped their paths into architecture
Paul Vick Architects secures planning for redevelopment of historic Chiswick care home
Plans for St Mary’s Convent and Nursing Home site aim to balance heritage conservation with sustainability and modern care provision
Youth-designed pavilion unveiled in Camden’s HS2 meanwhile garden
The six-metre-tall pavilion and performance space, ‘Reflect’, was co-designed by young people in collaboration with social enterprise MATT+FIONA and Fitzrovia Youth in Action
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