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New homes in England to have bird-friendly swift bricks in planning reform

December 18, 2025 Amy Peacock 0

The UK government has announced reforms to the National Planning Policy Framework, which will require new builds in England to be fitted with swift bricks for nesting birds. The proposed policy changes, which will be open for consultation until 10 March 2026, include a section on improving the natural environment, stating that new houses should

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“We don’t want to develop like Europe” says Suriname’s architect minister

August 19, 2024 Nat Barker 0

Suriname’s Marciano Dasai is possibly the only government minister in the world who’s also an architect. In this exclusive interview, he discusses the challenges facing the tiny rainforest nation. Dasai has been Suriname’s minister of spatial planning and environment since last year, having previously spent 20 years practising and teaching architecture. “I was never into

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“The best climate activist is a good urban planner”

June 6, 2024 Hélène Chartier 0

Planning’s importance in meeting the challenges of climate change in our cities should not be underestimated, writes Hélène Chartier. The best climate activist is a good urban planner. Unlike buildings, transport or waste management, urban planning is not an emissions sector per se – therefore, when reporting greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and climate actions, local and

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The UK’s new biodiversity net gain rules explained

December 19, 2023 Nat Barker 0

New planning legislation that aims to boost biodiversity in development projects will come into effect in England in January. Here, Dezeen explains what architects need to know. What is biodiversity and why does it matter? In this context, biodiversity usually refers to the variety of all species living within a certain area or ecosystem, including

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Does London need the Sphere?

December 13, 2023 Helen Barrett 0

Following recent controversy over proposals for an MSG Sphere in London similar to Las Vegas’s new light-up venue, Dezeen examines the arguments on both sides of the debate. Should London build a Sphere? The colossal Las Vegas venue – not spherical, more like a ball sliced in half with an exoskeleton of light-emitting diode (LED)

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Create Streets proposes building housing on Britain’s “needlessly wide” roads

September 15, 2023 Amy Peacock 0

Architecture task force Create Streets is calling for Britain’s multi-lane roads to be replaced with homes to aid the housing crisis and protect the country’s green belt. In a paper titled Moving Towards Growth: Why it’s time to build on Britain’s roadbelt, the organisation argued that building on existing roads could create narrower streets with

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“I have a confession to make: I have no idea what placemaking is”

September 11, 2023 Reinier de Graaf 0

Discussions about planning and urbanism are awash with talk of “placemaking” but the term remains strangely and troublingly opaque, writes Reinier de Graaf. UK housing secretary Michael Gove is backing the creation of a new “School of Place”; the city of San Francisco has adopted a placemaking ordinance called “Places for People”; Edinburgh Council has

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Paris reinstates skyscraper ban following Tour Triangle backlash

June 6, 2023 Lizzie Crook 0

Paris has reimposed a height limit for new buildings in the city, following the controversial construction of Tour Triangle tower designed by Swiss studio Herzog & de Meuron. The height limit, announced yesterday, will limit new buildings in the French capital to a height of 37 metres or 12 storeys. It reinstates the same Parisian

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Watch a talk exploring the challenges of designing buildings in historic settings

April 5, 2023 Amina Amber 0

Dezeen teamed up with World Monuments Fund to present a talk exploring the legacy of architect Christopher Wren and the challenges of developing cities while retaining their historic characteristics. Called Wren Conversations: Building Cities, the talk is the second in a series of conversations exploring the life and legacy of the British architect to mark

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“Are we ready to see public housing’s beauty and suburbia’s impoverishment?”

July 26, 2022 Dana Cuff 0

Decades of harmful policymaking mean America exclusively associates public housing with squalor, but an influx of subsidized homes would make the suburbs infinitely better, writes Dana Cuff. At the June 2022 American Institute of Architects convention in Chicago, former president Barack Obama admonished architects to listen more carefully to the people around us. Listening closely

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