Practice
Public Practice was established to supply design thinking to local authority planning departments. As the first cohort of associates completes its placement, Tom Fox reflects on the experience
My Kind of Town
Malmö's Folkets Park is the perfect place to think about a better future
Exhibition
Winners and shortlisted entries on show at the Soane Museum
Viewpoint
Charles Saumarez Smith, Royal Academy of Arts chief executive, suggests that Richard MacCormac's newly-listed Shadwell Basin reveals him as 'postmodern’
My Kind of Town
Edinburgh is a place to lose yourself, exploring, pausing and speculating
Learning From
A lifetime’s experience in housing design, underpinned by steely rigour and gentle humour, has been a constant inpiration, says Jo McCafferty
Exhibition
Renzo Piano is the subject of a major monographic show at the Royal Academy
Events
A two-year programme of lectures, discussion and debate kicks off this autumn
Installation
Alex Chinneck’s latest artwork is an unzipped office building in Kent
Book
A richly detailed study of design for childhood provides both inspiration and warnings for those working in the field, finds Barbara Kaucky
Books
A timely and affectionate study of how an earlier UK government set about solving the country's housing crisis
