The pandemic highlights the importance of walkable and wheelable neighbourhoods
The Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of neighbourhoods and how they fare in terms of walkability and wheelability.
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Public space
How design can help us connect to local green spaces
We’re out of lockdown (for now), but what does that mean for the local green spaces that were our saving grace during the pandemic?
Space invaders: How landlords can use arts pop-ups to reinvigorate commercial properties
The Covid pandemic has left a wake of destruction on people’s lives and made a ghost town out of many a high street. So as nations start to get back on their feet, can temporary arts ventures help heal communities and save commercial spaces?
Why David Hockney’s Piccadilly Circus is a great piece of public art
Though some might sneer, Hockney’s playful scribble is a testament to the optimism and humour public art can bring to cities.
Opinion: Wuhan’s freedom brings allure to lockdown brutality
Wuhan’s lockdown was brutal in the extreme but effective, allowing the city to reopen relatively quickly. Companies in the West may look upon it with envy, but would citizens?
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The show must go on: How CIOs helped live entertainment survive Covid-19
Technology leaders from the English Football Association and the National Ballet of Canada recall how they kept players and performers working safely in the pandemic.
Why swings are disappearing from UK playgrounds
Local authorities have been dismantling the most popular piece of playground equipment, potentially furthering inequities in access to outdoor recreation.
Cities embrace smoke-free public spaces
In the era of Covid, the effect of tobacco on health has proved to be even more dangerous. Some locales are responding by banning all smoking in public places.
How Covid is changing the curb
Cities that made it easier to adapt the space between street and sidewalk have learned lessons that could last well beyond the pandemic.
For more equitable parks, design them to be inclusive of homelessness
Cities can make parks feel safe and accommodating for housed and unhoused residents alike. A new toolkit shows what that looks like.
What makes a city feminist?
We live in places designed by and for men. In her new book, Feminist City: Claiming Space in the Man-made World, geographer Leslie Kern offers alternatives.
Building resiliency into the US’s front yard
Five landscape architecture firms present proposals designed to address the climate impacts facing Washington DC's Tidal Basin.
Public spaces are essential – but not yet equal
Recognising that not everyone experiences public space in the same way, this environmental neuroscientist is working to create more equitable urban environments.
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