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The Big
Conversation
2022
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Progressive Places
Climate change, rapid urbanisation, digital disruption and demographic shifts, together with a worldwide health pandemic and economic fluctuations, are challenges facing the global community. It is our ethical responsibility as designers to find creative solutions to meet these challenges – for our clients and society.
Harnessing an interdisciplinary mindset, our Progressive Places campaign is intended to stimulate ideas about the future of our cities, towns and communities where quality of life is pre-eminent. Four global themes address the current challenges and provide a framework for future thinking and progressive design.
Inclusive
Communities
Resilient
Places
Innovative
Cities
People-Centred
Placemaking
Inclusive Communities
Playing Fair
Town Planner Fiona Sibley argues we should be paying more attention to the social outcomes of development.
The Story of
an Equal City
Vicky Casey
Design for All
Jesse Klimitz
Enabled by Design
Lili de Larratea
Resilient Places
Why Build New When We Can Repurpose the Old?
Architect Nick Durham asks just because ‘we’ve always done it that way’ does that mean it’s best?
A Light Touch Reveals a Fresh Identity
Rob Stevens
Why London Floods
Herta Gatter
In the Middle
of Our Street
Rodrigo O’Malley
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Innovative Cities
Achieving Net Zero Labs
Architect Keith Papa, Civil and Structural Engineer John Roycroft and Building Services Engineer Steve Pardy take an interdisciplinary approach to collectively rise to the challenge of achieving net zero carbon labs.
Protecting Acoustic Heritage
Gavin Stevenson
All Systems Go
Paul Zheng
After the WaterSHED
Jonny Day and Mike Riley
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People-Centred Placemaking
The Ultimate Stadium Experience
Pattern Design joined BDP in 2021. Dipesh Patel explains how his team designs stadia that guarantee the best fan experiences across the world.
A Light Touch Reveals a Fresh Identity
Rob Stevens
The Retail Revolution
Mileni Pamfili
Overground
Underground
Peter Jenkins
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Foreword
Chris Harding
Chief Executive’s
Review of the Year
Nick Fairham
Award Wins
