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Our Thinking on Shaping Better Places

By Catherine Harvey July 23, 2025
Restoring London's Status as a World-Class City
By Daniel Johnson July 14, 2025
Heat Waves Are the New Normal: This Requires a Revolution in Placemaking
July 6, 2025
Powering Places: What the UK’s New Solar and Wind Strategies  Mean for Placeshaping
January 30, 2025
Growth is essential because today's living standards are 23% below those of the USA and the gap continues to widen.
By Daniel Johnson January 29, 2025
Wellness at the heart of planning and design
By Daniel Johnson April 6, 2024
Our cities seem more challenged than ever before.
By Daniel Johnson January 27, 2024
Social value is rising towards the top of the agenda within the property and built environment industries. While social value is getting the attention it rightly deserves, is there a risk that it becomes the latest bandwagon and a box-ticking exercise?
By Daniel Johnson July 27, 2022
Standing on the roof of the Coliseum with its Chief Executive and the CEO of one of the world’s most successful Business Improvement Districts, we discussed what drives London’s global success.
By Elizabeth Kelly July 27, 2022
The government recently announced a stretching target to cut emissions by 68% by the end of 2030. Targets are critical to focus the mind, but delivery of carbon reduction projects is key to success.
By Daniel Johnson July 27, 2022
What does a Covid-19 recovery look like? How can it also address the Climate Crisis and deliver the better world we need and crave?

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