This is pretty thin gruel from M&S petulantly threatening to leave Oxford Street if they are not able to trash it. They really should stop digging.

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Building Design SAVEBritainsHeritage Robert Booth

Where did people speak to their neighbours most during lock down ? The results of our #LivingWithLockdown survey

The answer ? Good fences make good neighbours – terraced houses were the best COVID-beaters.

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It is impossible to imagine a building further removed from contemporary architectural taste than the Palais Garnier, Paris…

#WallsOnWednesday Clipston, Northamptonshire.

Absolutely this.

'M&S is a flagship brand that trades off its heritage & sustainability credentials. It has a unique opportunity to demonstrate these values are not simply window dressing but are embedded in all its operations.' From local Cllr Jessica Toale's powerful statement to M&S public inq

Ever heard of Toulouse as a city centre whose improved street design is revolutionising local prosperity?

It’s not normally lauded as a case study. But quality of the street design is staggering. The results are stunning. Literally no empty shops in town centre. How? A short 🧵

✅ Many doors. Narrow fronts
✅ Variety in a pattern
✅ Mix of uses
✅ Greening-Up
✅ Gentle Density done well

The building block for the #15MinuteCity by Oviedo, Asturias.

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Create walls and doors with faces.

Selene (or just possibly Artemis) on a Parisian wall and Medusa on a rescued door from Paris’s old Hotel de Ville, otherwise burnt to a crisp in 1871.

#AdoorableThursday Walking through The Horseshoe Cloister to the Library and Archives of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, there were some handsome doors & a carriage-way to captivate the visitor.

Also: brick chimneys! Aphra Pell Mark Rendell

Thornton-Le-Dale this afternoon. With tones of autumn creeping in.

Ben Judah Quite right. Here’s how by Ben Southwood

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Our deputy director, David Milner, will be speaking at the Walking and Cycling Innovations conference on 2 November at 9:30 am to examine how masterplanning can help to increase active travel. You can find out more here: cyclingandwalking.uk Active Travel England

This is new. Most people believe that new homes will make existing places worse. Let’s change that.

The loss of childrens’ liberty to walk through and play in streets is one of the great cultural changes in the last 100 years - slow, almost unremarked upon but profound nevertheless

The urbanism movement is evolving. Find out how in 'Beauty Strikes Back' webinar on 22/11. Sign up on
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Expect a lot more of this in years to come. It’s actually a win / win / win for cleaner air & more sociable streets as well as flood management. We’re supporting policy on this in a range of streets up & down the country

170. Fruit Trees

Plant small orchards of fruit trees on common land along paths and streets where groups may gather.

Preserving them is minimal work if tackled as a community and the trees tend to produce more than one house can consume.