As local bodies embrace a people-centred approach towards the design of urban areas, community inclusion is becoming a crucial part of the process. Patricia Moore reports on how councils are rethinking urban spaces.
The motor vehicle may still rule but when it comes to placemaking, the needs of pedestrians, cyclists and residents,...
Street furniture, mixed-use spaces, pop-up art installations and guerrilla gardeners are all part of the mix as smart councils work more collaboratively with communities to create better places and spaces. By Patricia Moore.
Small towns to big cities are all prime for placemaking. It’s the practice of involving local communities in...
In the first of our new series focusing on the future, Mary Searle Bell asks what local authorities should expect when it comes to placemaking and urban design.
For James Rosenwax, market sector director for cities at AECOM, great places in our cities are achieved when there is “a mixture of flexibility, spontaneity, diversity,...
