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Press play: How designing for children could revitalise British housing
UK housing developments typically neglect the needs of children and families, negatively impacting health and quality of life. But it doesn’t have to be this way
Tag: Children
Reimagining Great Ormond Street Hospital entrance with AI
Ling Tan and Usman Haque, of emerging design studio HAQUE TAN, discuss the possibilites of AI and how they collaborated with children to co-create a new entrance for Great Ormond Street Hospital
Consider younger couples and children in planning policy, government urged
Young people and children should be better served by national planning policy, architects are telling a government planning inquiry
Child-friendly B&B resort, GuangShan
An open international ideas contest – featuring a £16,600 (150,000 RMB) prize fund – is being held for a new child-friendly holiday resort in GuangShan, China [Deadline: 31 January 2024]
Summer calls for a reimagining of street life
Architects have a pivotal role to play in transforming streets into inclusive spaces suitable for children’s activities, interaction, and play, says Cristina Monteiro
RCKa wins approval for Children’s Trust teaching centre in Surrey
RCKa has won approval for a new 3,035m2 teaching and therapy centre at the headquarters of the UK’s leading charity for children with brain injuries
Baghere Children’s House, Senegal
An open international contest – judged by Benedetta Tagliabue – has been announced for a new €30,000 children’s centre in Baghere, Senegal [Deadline: 15 May 2022]
AJ Climate Champions podcast: Harry Paticas on low-carbon retrofit of primary schools
Harry Paticas explains why he left architectural practice to focus on retrofitting schools, and how he educates schoolchildren on the climate emergency
Competition: Karin Dom children’s centre, Bulgaria
An international contest has been launched to design a €1.45 million centre for children with special needs in Varna, Bulgaria
Nelson Mandela Children’s Hospital: a healing role in a nation torn apart by politics
Sheppard Robson with John Cooper Architecture have led the design of this modern state-of-the-art paediatric facility in Johannesburg, writes Hannah le Roux