Connecting with Central Manchester
Get a glimpse of how central Manchester is emerging from Covid through the eyes (and ears and noses) of GM Leaders Plus candidates as part of their “Connecting with Place” day out this spring.
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Get a glimpse of how central Manchester is emerging from Covid through the eyes (and ears and noses) of GM Leaders Plus candidates as part of their “Connecting with Place” day out this spring.
Future of London has unveiled its Building Recovery Recommendations report, containing strong, practical recommendations for creating a more inclusive city through recovery from the pandemic.
The Mayor’s recently launched Delivering Quality Homes Handbook summarises 50 ways in which developing councils and housing associations can improve their own teams and processes to get the quality they want.
As part of Building recovery: closing the gap, we interviewed Sara Hanrahan from Lewis Silkin to find out how city makers can maximise use of the planning system and current levelling up agenda to address urban inequalities
We take a look at the Friary Park regeneration scheme and the lessons we can learn to create affordable housing, informed by what residents want and need.
35% of Belfast’s population is aged 25 or under. With support from the Resilient Cities Network (previously 100 Resilient Cities), Arup’s award-winning Belfast Urban Childhoods Masterplan was created with and for Belfast City Council to support their aspirations to make the city centre attractive for families and young people. The Masterplan – winner of the Landscape Institute Awards 2020 ‘Excellence in … Read more
Launched today, the Building recovery: closing the gap insights report outlines the challenges of a fair recovery. Bringing together our research to date, it highlights the urgent priorities for city makers to address if we are to use recovery to create more equal urban environments.
In this Building recovery case study, we take a look at the award-winning Deptford Lounge transformation from Pollard Thomas Edwards and how this innovative approach to co-location is relevant in Covid-19 recovery as we seek to address widening inequalities within reduced budgets.
As part of our Building recovery: closing the gap programme, we surveyed our built environment network. The findings reveal the scale of our sector’s ambition for creating fairer cities and point to some key priorities for us to help reduce urban inequalities.
As part of our Building recovery programme, FoL took a trip Poplar HARCA’s Aberfeldy Estate regeneration to see how they’ve been working closely with the community to make regeneration work for them and to build a place that is welcoming, safe and secure for all.
A new data service from the GLA seeks to transform the way we use data to make the most of our high streets and town centre. We take a look at how access to good and affordable data can help our communities, and how the GLA is paving the way for a data-led recovery.
As part of our Building recovery programme, this roundtable aimed to highlight the key challenges facing the sector when it comes to prioritising fairness in recovery. Our multi-disciplinary panel gave their reflections on the sector’s urgent priorities with key themes around procurement, diversity and skills gaps.