Create Streets Foundation

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Create Streets Foundation

Create Streets Foundation

@CreateStreetsFN

Charity supporting urban design research, neighbourhood planning and community-led design across the UK.

London, England Katılım Mayıs 2017
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Nicholas Boys Smith
Nicholas Boys Smith@boys_nicholas·
The knot of Britain’s problems grows ever more Gordian. We are millions of homes short. Our neighbourhoods fracture. Mutual trust erodes. Productivity growth stagnates. We need to tread more delicately upon the planet. Nationwide, town centres are shuttered & forgotten...
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Who are we? Where are we from? Where are we going? The dystopia of dislocated housing estates, urban dual carriageways & drive-to-retail box land has no answer. If the bad news is that there is no one ‘quick fix’ to productivity & sustainability, the good news is that a key part of the solution is not just good for the planet but good for our souls argues @boys_nicholas in his essay for @TheCriticMag & @CEN_HQ
Nicholas Boys Smith@boys_nicholas

The knot of Britain’s problems grows ever more Gordian. We are millions of homes short. Our neighbourhoods fracture. Mutual trust erodes. Productivity growth stagnates. We need to tread more delicately upon the planet. Nationwide, town centres are shuttered & forgotten...

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The public are perfectly willing to support new homes when they are attractive, predictable, and fit into the street they already know and love…
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Nicholas Boys Smith
Nicholas Boys Smith@boys_nicholas·
Train shed. Porch. Mobility storing. Air duct. No function NEEDS to be ugly. We just stopped caring.
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Nicholas Boys Smith@boys_nicholas·
People don’t oppose new homes. They oppose ugly developments which scar their sense of home. They're willing to support gentle density which is attractive, predictable & fits the street they already know & love. New development should make old places better, not worse. Here's how
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The public are perfectly willing to support new homes when they are attractive, predictable, and fit into the street they already know and love…

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During the twentieth century, most British cities declined in height, beauty, intensity, detail, joy & ornament, as demonstrated here in Glasgow. After a century’s failed “traffic modernism” it is time at last to revive the city.
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Happy semi-quincentennial to our dear American friends. Our friendly advice - Create Row Homes and Town Houses ! Do it beautifully and...
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Two new buildings in central London. Only mind-forged manacles (& and the government regulations which are downstream of them) prevent us from re-intensifying and re-beautifying our city centres.
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Kitty Thompson🐿@kittyraethomp·
Severe lack of adequate binfrastructure at Borough Market today
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Nicholas Boys Smith
Nicholas Boys Smith@boys_nicholas·
Well that was fun. Who could be at the business end of a queue like this? THANK YOU @ChalkeFestival for the opportunity to talk about my history of London’s streets ….
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Britain is baking. As our summers get hotter, we need to stop regulating against the simple, proven ways of keeping homes and streets cool. As outlined in @Telegraph, here are six simple reforms to help Britain adapt 👇🧵
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Think the government shouldn’t ban AC? It’s even worse than you think. Building regulations, planning & highways law also make it harder to use the traditional methods of cooling streets and houses like external shutters, sash windows and street trees. When it comes to keeping cool in Urban Britain, you’re damned if you do and damned if you don’t. More here in our latest report …. Read it and weep. 👇👇👇
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Britain is baking. As our summers get hotter, we need to stop regulating against the simple, proven ways of keeping homes and streets cool. As outlined in @Telegraph, here are six simple reforms to help Britain adapt 👇🧵

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