Boomers to Zoomers: Designing for the generations
Labour urged to address built environment’s role in young people’s lives
A new report calls on Labour to address the built environment’s critical role in raising the “healthiest generation in history”
Rowan Court: a blueprint for council housing that repairs the urban fabric and elevates its context
Satish Jassal Architect’s Rowan Court helps to restore a sense of place for an under-utilised edge site on an existing council estate, writes Ben Flatman
Taskforce 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
School 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
Beyond 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
‘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
Creating 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
A 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
A triangular community: how Author brings generations together at King’s Cross
The penultimate piece in the giant Stirling Prize-nominated jigsaw puzzle that is the King’s Cross masterplan has just been completed with the delivery of Related Argent’s build-to-rent development, Author. Mary Richardson went along to take a look
Teenagers collaborate on King’s Cross timber pavilion
Installation was designed over a series of summer schools with the support of architects and designers
Co-living: Where does it go from here?
The past few years have seen investors plunge cash into the co-living market. Will it live up to the hype and why is it leaving councils cold? Daniel Gayne went to a scheme in Manchester to find out
LDA and Matt+Fiona collaborate with youth group on HS2 ‘meanwhile use’ community garden
Local youth take centre stage in designing a new community garden near Euston Station
From 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
Creating 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
Building 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
How 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.
Housing 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
Meet 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
‘A glimpse of new horizons’: Cooke Fawcett’s reworking of Cockpit’s craft incubator
A new craft garden and expanded public space enhances visibility and access for makers and the wider community, writes Mary Richardson
In pictures: GPAD’s refurbished north London pavilion
Pavilion revamped for the London Festival of Architecture
V&A displays children’s visions of a London cityscape adapted to climate change
Works by hundreds of 9-10-year-olds will be shown as part of the Climate Change All Change programme
Uxbridge Bower: Reimagining the ‘granny annexe’
In Uxbridge, West London, Bureau de Change redefines the traditional annexe with Uxbridge Bower, a compact yet elegant pavilion that fosters intergenerational living
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