Creative placemaking – necessary, not just nice to have, Matt Baker
I WANT to start by saying something about creativity, in general. When I use using the word, ‘creativity’, I’m meaning a way of working that…
Tag: The Friday Column
Scottish can-do approach to Passivhaus, Sarah Lewis
AT the start of this year, Scottish Government minister, Patrick Harvie, announced to parliament plans (here) to “introduce new minimum environmental design standards for all new-build…
Tollcross maybe first, but how exactly?, Mike Wilson
HE was a fellow passenger on the overnight bus from Edinburgh to London. If I clocked his name at the time, I have long since…
The challenges and opportunities of ‘greening’ vacant and derelict land, Mike Batley
IT sounds seductively easy, instituting a nationwide programme that seeks to convert each and every plot of vacant and derelict land into a nature reserve.…
Coworking to build community, Claire Carpenter
WEDNESDAY was an auspicious day for people in my line of work. It was the first European Coworking Day – here – and it couldn’t…
Time for a national institution to take the lead in placemaking?, Prof Stuart Gulliver
THERE’S a reasonable case to be made that, in Scotland, we have undergone two ‘built environment’ revolutions since the Second World War. The first, immediately…
Shifting from consultation to co-production with communities, Nick Wright
IF there is broad consensus that it is fundamentally a good thing to include communities in delivering ‘good’ neighbourhoods (and that this is preferable to…
Scotland’s empty homes, Andy Moseley
SCOTLAND is facing a housing emergency. A chronic shortage of housing is leading to increasing numbers of people in temporary accommodation and longer housing waiting…
Litter: the solution is in everyone’s hands, Laura Watson
PRIOR to joining the charity, Keep Scotland Beautiful, last year, I spent the better part of the previous decade travelling to various location across Britain…
Why heat networks are the answer, Simon Kerr
IT is a welcome move, indeed, the Scottish Government’s request of every local authority in the land, that they submit plans (by the end of…