City Centre Strategies
Various studies have shown that the numbers of workers moving away from our cities has been increasing year on year. In 2019 for every nine adults moving into London for …
urban design
Flood resilient developments approved in York’s Castle Gateway
Plans for the regeneration of York’s historic Castle Gateway area have taken a major step forwards following the City of York Council’s decisions to grant full planning consent for two …
DLA completes £21M community project in Hackney
DLA Architecture has completed and handed over a significant new collection of buildings comprising community space and housing in Hackney. The £21 million project was an enabling development between developer, …
Adapting to the outdoor economy? Don’t set yourself up for a fall!
With the COVID-19 pandemic leading many of us to rethink our relationship with outdoor spaces, the value of outdoor space on any public or commercial premises is probably greater than …
Rediscovering life and work in our town centres
Our high streets and town centres are a focal point for our culture, communities and our everyday economy. Our marketplaces are for living and working. In the wake of the …
BDP designs UK’s first carbon neutral bus station in Leicester
Leicester St Margaret’s bus station is set to become the UK’s first carbon neutral bus station as efficient new building designs by leading architecture and urban design practice, BDP, have …
Creating a great in and ‘out’ store experience
How can retailers attract customers back to their physical stores while maintaining safety as the Covid-19 pandemic prevails? Consumers’ shopping behaviour may have understandably changed during 2020 to shift online …
Why design for adaptability is crucial in uncertain times
The Covid-19 pandemic has resulted in many citizens valuing the parks and outdoor spaces in their local neighbourhood more than ever before. And with Manchester about to get its first …
Sustainability and green building credentials met with Mobilane LivePanel
A splash of green and gold foliage Sports giant Decathlon extended its stores into Ireland in June 2020 with the new opening of its impressive Sports Hub in Dublin at …
How changing urban streetscapes reflect post-COVID 19 outdoor cultural trends
Could a lasting legacy of 2020’s coronavirus pandemic be vastly different looking outdoor urban spaces designed around socialising? A recent article by the World Economic Forum predicts so, as planners, …
Green cycle shelter benefits Belgian college students
The addition of a cycle park in the renovated courtyard of the St Lievens College in Antwerp, Belgium has been transformed with a healthy layer of green roof. This simple …
Bailey Street Furniture Group introduce Sanitisation Point
In light of the current COVID-19 global pandemic, Bailey Street Furniture Group have been prompted to design and bring to market a new Sanitisation station to their portfolio of products. …
The Importance of Educational Play and the Outdoor Space
Our children are immersed and exposed to varying stressful environments, both at school and at home. It is of no surprise that we are reading negative headlines referring to the …
Living wall symphony of foliage at Nottingham Trent University Music Centre
This 38 square metre bespoke living wall takes majestic prominence on The Music Centre frontage at Nottingham Trent University. Installed in Autumn 2019 and pictured here in its February 2020 …
Space saving cycle stands installed at student accommodation – Leeds
Street Furniture Direct have recently supplied and installed high quality, durable space saving cycle stands at two new student development sites in Leeds city centre. Everest Double Decker Cycle Stands …
Planet Smart City signs university partnership as it develops a global network to promote intelligent affordable neighbourhoods
Planet Smart City, the global leader in smart affordable housing, has formed an international partnership with the Polytechnic University of Turin (PoliTo). The agreement is the most comprehensive of its …
The only way is up
Sam Cannon looks at plans to take the London skyline higher Anyone who’s walked through London in the past year will notice cranes still continue to be a prominent feature …
Thurrock Council approves major £1bn Purfleet town centre regeneration
Thurrock Council has given the green light for Purfleet on Thames, a £1bn regeneration project that will see thousands of new homes created in Purfleet and a new town centre …
Bath’s Forest of Imagination wins top award for temporary landscape
Forest of Imagination, the Bath based pop-up contemporary arts event, has been crowned best Temporary Landscape at the 2018 Landscape Institute (LI) Awards. Created by landscape architect Grant Associates and …
Southampton’s Watermark Westquay wins 2018 Prix-Versailles World Architecture Award
Watermark Westquay, a major mixed-use scheme in Southampton by architect ACME with landscape design by Grant Associates, has won a coveted 2018 Prix-Versailles World Architecture Award. The scheme for developer Hammerson won the …
Green light for residential-led regeneration scheme at Icknield Port Loop, Birmingham
Birmingham City Council has approved plans for the first phase of a major residential regeneration scheme at Icknield Port Loop, Birmingham. Working closely with Glenn Howells Architects, Maccreanor Lavington Architects and …
Natural Elements Range from Marshalls
Marshalls is pleased to announce the latest edition to its Street Furniture portfolio. The Natural Elements range is a modular, coordinated range, inspired by biophilic design and elements from the …
Bailey Artform expands its portfolio of cast concrete site furniture with the STRATA Beam Bench
Bailey Artform is pleased to announce the introduction of STRATA Beam bench, the latest addition to its STRATA family of Meldstone™ Ultra High Performance Concrete (UHPC) products. Our new benches …
The Cado Corpus Range of External Seating By Bailey Streetscene
Bailey Streetscene is pleased to announce the launch of the award winning Cado Corpus series of seats and benches. The Cado Corpus is part of an extensive collection of modular …
Exclusive new range of modular urban furniture announced by Bailey Streetscene
Bailey Streetscene has launched an exclusive co-ordinated range of modern public seating and table systems as part of their continued growth plans. The launch of the “Westeifel” range coincides with …
You don’t need to think lateral or big to green urban spaces
In its 2012 report on health indicators of sustainable cities, the World Health Organisation recommended 9 square meters of green space per inhabitant of urban spaces. Of course, the WHO …
BAILEY ARTFORM LAUNCHES ‘LANDSCAPE FORMS’ DESIGN-LED STREET FURNITURE
An inspiring new collection of design-led street furniture from Landscape Forms has been launched in the UK, by Cheshire-based Bailey Artform. Aimed at helping landscape architects and specifiers to enrich …