All young people articles
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Features
How Essex teenagers are shaping their community with a little help from MATT+FIONA
Mary Richardson went to meet a group of young people in Colchester whose ‘inspirational’ input is helping shape the design of a new garden village. They spoke about the innovative ways they are being empowered to contribute to this new community with support from young peoples’ placemaking champions MATT+FIONA.
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News
V&A displays children’s visions of a London cityscape adapted to climate change
Works by hundreds of 9-10-year-olds will be shown as part of the Climate Change All Change programme
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Features
Boomers to Zoomers: Designing for the Generations
As BD launches its new campaign, Ben Flatman sets out the challenges and themes that it will explore
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News
We are neglecting the needs of young people, planning experts tell MPs
Only 6% of housing developments involve architects, parliamentary inquiry into young people and the built environment is told
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Opinion
The inquiry into young people and the built environment is our chance to deliver for future generations
Built environment professionals need to seize this opportunity to influence the public debate, writes Dinah Bornat
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News
Parliamentary inquiry into young people and the built environment starts hearing evidence
First witnesses highlight importance of access to outdoor space and need for joined-up planning policies
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News
Report highlights collapse in students studying design at school
Lords committee finds restrictive curriculum has reduced opportunities for creative learning and led to sharp decline in students studying design subjects
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News
Parliamentary committee to explore relationship between built environment and young people’s health and wellbeing
LUHC Committee calls for evidence as part of inquiry into young people and built environment
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Opinion
Why we need foundational change in how we engage young people with the built environment
Youth centres have been closed across the UK and fewer and fewer children are studying design for GCSE. Fiona MacDonald and Matt Springett make a rallying cry for change