Re-humanising Housing: New models

Place Quality Framework

Innovative purpose-led approach, method and system to embed health, social impact, inclusivity and equity into the design of new development

Compassionate Spaces: Architecture that harnesses the emotional and social power of places

What would our built environment look like if we took our emotional, psychological and social needs today as the starting point for...

Urban Empathy: The Next Big Shift

Essay and call-to-action by Natasha Reid, published in the Quality of Life Foundation's collection of thought-leadership pieces here...

NATURE & EMOTION at Healthy Cities Design conference

Reorienting towards nature with new narratives of Life-Centred Design In these times of increasing stress, can new forms of natural,...

Health and Wellbeing must be Re-embedded into the Heart of Planning

Natasha Reid's piece for the Royal Town Planning Institutes publication - The Planner magazine - makes the case for integrating heath...

Spatial Justice and Systemic Change: For Equitable, Healthy and Sustainable Places.

Thought-piece by Natasha Reid for Sound Advice's "Now You Know", a publication challenging spatial and racial inequality in the built...

OUR SURROUNDINGS AS A TOOL FOR HUMAN HEALTH AND WELLBEING

In response to the current situation, and as are most in our industry, we are considering what the pandemic means for the design of...

Re-humanising Housing: New models

HIGH DENSITY AT A HUMAN SCALE Much has been written on the housing crisis, but it is clear that many of those who make the city function...

Intimate Series: People-conscious development

How can we do High Density Development at a Human Scale? Can we make places to fit people, not the other way around? To coincide with the...

Intimate Neighbourhoods: NYC placemaking research grant

We are delighted to announce that we've been awarded funding from the British Council and Arts Council England for phase 1 of our major...

Re-imagining Poplar: Research commission for British Council

A research commission for the British Council's International Architecture Showcase to generate new thinking on regeneration in East London.

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