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Park Hill wasn’t just a redevelopment — it was a conversation.Anthropologist Dr Muriel Lamarque and journalist Laura Mar...
03/06/2025

Park Hill wasn’t just a redevelopment — it was a conversation.
Anthropologist Dr Muriel Lamarque and journalist Laura Mark explore memory, identity, and life at a £1 estate.

🏗️ Featured in The Developer Issue 10 – Wellbeing.

What happens when 1,600 residents reclaim public art?On Regent’s Park Estate, The Story Trail shows how community-led cr...
02/06/2025

What happens when 1,600 residents reclaim public art?
On Regent’s Park Estate, The Story Trail shows how community-led creativity can reshape overlooked spaces.

🎨 Read more in The Developer Issue 10 – Wellbeing.

Only 1 in 10 high-risk “toxic sites” have been inspected in the UK.Harriet Saddington investigates why brownfield land i...
29/05/2025

Only 1 in 10 high-risk “toxic sites” have been inspected in the UK.
Harriet Saddington investigates why brownfield land is being used to solve the housing crisis — even when it risks public health.

⚠️ Discover the full story in The Developer Issue 10 – Wellbeing.

hildren don’t need instructions to play — just space, freedom, and time.In The Developer Issue 10, Harriet Saddington ex...
28/05/2025

hildren don’t need instructions to play — just space, freedom, and time.
In The Developer Issue 10, Harriet Saddington examines how neighbourhoods can centre play in planning and design.

👶 Let’s build cities where children can thrive.

What if economic success wasn’t just about profit — but about people?In Issue 10 of The Developer, we explore how housin...
27/05/2025

What if economic success wasn’t just about profit — but about people?
In Issue 10 of The Developer, we explore how housing and development can serve wellbeing — connecting social, economic, and environmental priorities.

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Pre-order your copy of the beautifully printed The Developer Magazine Issue 10 – Wellbeing, or join as a member now for ...
01/05/2025

Pre-order your copy of the beautifully printed The Developer Magazine Issue 10 – Wellbeing, or join as a member now for free copies.

What is the measure of progress when it comes to the redevelopment of homes and neighbourhoods? In this edition, we argue for ‘wellbeing’ as a benchmark for quality places.

Organisations will be featured in the magazine as a proud supporter. Show your team and the industry that you value independent journalism and research on what makes places where people and the environment thrive by joining now to get in the summer issue.

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Anthropologist Caroline Bennet speaks to locals at Folkestone to discover that investment in the arts, town and Harbour ...
30/04/2025

Anthropologist Caroline Bennet speaks to locals at Folkestone to discover that investment in the arts, town and Harbour Arm has spearheaded the regeneration of this coastal town which was once a thriving ferry port.

With exclusive photography from John Sturrock, read more about this small coastal town in eastern Kent with its recent developments, archaeology and geology that give it an interesting and varied past.

Read on: https://thedeveloper.live/places/placetest/placetest-folkestone

Want to discover more on the topic of seaside? Get your copy of The Developer Magazine, winter 2024, here: https://thedeveloper.live/purchase/an-uncommonly-beautiful-magazine

With six new frontages, historic landmarks and 10,000 homes and livelihoods to protect from a 1-in-200-year flood event,...
24/04/2025

With six new frontages, historic landmarks and 10,000 homes and livelihoods to protect from a 1-in-200-year flood event, the Southsea Coastal Defence project was never going to be simple.

Reflecting on the project at Festival of Place: Social Impact on 24-25 March, both Sophie Thompson, Director, LDA Design and Chris Koster, Southsea Coastal Scheme’s programme manager believe an integrated design team was critical to the success of the project.

🔗 Continue reading about the design teams co-working solutions: https://thedeveloper.live/film/talks/a-brand-new-seafront-for-less-than-a-footballers-wages

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The 2025 winners of The Pineapples awards for place have been announced with 23 projects scooping a golden pineapple for...
11/04/2025

The 2025 winners of The Pineapples awards for place have been announced with 23 projects scooping a golden pineapple for their contribution to place. The Pineapples awards for place recognise built and future projects and initiatives that make a positive impact on places and people. “It’s about taking a prosocial and proenvironmental approach to property development,” says co-founder of The Pineapples, Christine Murray.

Keep reading: https://bit.ly/4ieHMpH

Football stadiums must be made climate resilient and where possible, climate-positiveBy 2050, 42% of stadiums in English...
12/02/2025

Football stadiums must be made climate resilient and where possible, climate-positive

By 2050, 42% of stadiums in English football will face a high risk from climate hazards, but some clubs are leading the way in sustainable design, writes Jack Sallabank

Continue reading: https://bit.ly/3CuSf1g

How do we embed human rights into the fabric of cities? Every street corner is inscribed with seen and unseen rights. Wh...
10/02/2025

How do we embed human rights into the fabric of cities? Every street corner is inscribed with seen and unseen rights. Who holds these rights? What do they look like? And where do they manifest most powerfully? Between my roles in both practice and academia, I’ve been considering these questions and am trying to find the language that translates pedagogical theory into project delivery.

Thomas Aquilina from writes: Asking the right questions, especially the most difficult ones, becomes essential for a project to deliver justice. Spatial justice can be approached through a specific understanding and foregrounding of rights. It isn’t just about recognising rights but embedding them into the fabric of projects at a range of scales. Read more at thedeveloper.live

Flood and coastal risk management investment is not seen as economically viable or desirable along the East Yorkshire co...
10/02/2025

Flood and coastal risk management investment is not seen as economically viable or desirable along the East Yorkshire coast, reports Angus Young who uncovers the tough decisions being taken

Continue reading: https://bit.ly/3CBQZJK

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The Developer is a publication for enlightened real estate developers working in the private and public sector along with their investors, local government, architects, placemakers and project teams. It’s major event, the Festival of Place, brings its audience together to learn, inspire and debate the future of placemaking.

We inform and connect professionals working in the development and design of urban spaces through our journalism, podcast, films, magazine and live at the annual Festival of Place, breaking down silos to bring professionals together to define what makes a place worth living in; cities where people thrive.

We recognise the need to eradicate systemic racism and ethnic oppression from property development and urban planning. We are committed to amplifying the voices of black and ethnic minority professionals, citizens, writers and photographers, and to openly discuss and challenge racism in urban space, planning and property development.

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