Our built environment world is an exciting, confusing, conflicted and uncertain one right now. We are about to leave the EU (perhaps), we will have a new government before Christmas (maybe) and we have no idea what’s going to happen to our economy.

What this will mean for our industry is anyone’s guess. What we do know, though, is that whatever happens to our political environment and the economy it shapes, our contribution to life in our country remains one of the most important for its future.

Much is debated in studios, at conferences and seminars, in books and online about what this means. A clear thread that runs directly through it all is the one that tries to identify and enrich the social impact that our work delivers to communities where we build.

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