Ladywell Playtower: step on-site (just for one day)
Mark Morris attended Ladywell Old Baths community open day on 4th October and found some unexpected sights.| Salamander News - Community, climate and nature for Lewisham.
Lewisham council announced the award of levelling-up funding to restore the library in 2023 and the library has been closed ever since. Construction has finally started.| Salamander News - Community, climate and nature for Lewisham.
Mark Morris attended Ladywell Old Baths community open day on 4th October and found some unexpected sights.| Salamander News - Community, climate and nature for Lewisham.
The Pillars blends retail and community in a high-profile Newark debut backed by Audible and the city’s leadership.| Jersey Digs
About 200 residents attended Thursday's meeting, which they hope will be the start of deeper engagement with Lewisham council. Councillor James-J Walsh outlined project timescales and explained how the council aims to avoid the pitfalls encountered last time.| Salamander News - Community, climate and nature for Lewisham.
After years of consultation, the council has cancelled its proposal. The opposition campaign had a late surge, linking the plans to "accelerated gentrification".| Salamander News - Community, climate and nature for Lewisham.
News of a string of talks and workshops in Perth, Melbourne, Adelaide, Canberra, Sydney and Brisbane in October 2023. Continue reading →| Rethinking Childhood
Hear leading designers, developers, politicians, play champions and officials from London and around the world discuss my new book Urban Playground at 2 public online panel events on 24 and 25 Feb. Continue reading →| Rethinking Childhood
News of a festive offer, and a sample of page spreads to whet your appetite. Continue reading →| Rethinking Childhood
With its booming population of young parents, Tel Aviv is giving its parks a playful makeover, and investing in cycling and public transport. But will it fix its congested streets, and can it reach the poorest neighbourhoods? Continue reading →| Rethinking Childhood
It feels like countryside, but we are in London and only nine miles from Trafalgar Square.| Salamander News - Community, climate and nature for Lewisham.
It’s easy to connect the politics behind axing The Late Show with Stephen Colbert; it’s less straightforward to join the dots on why so many Australian talk shows are gone.| ESTHER ANATOLITIS
This new exhibition at the Design Museum takes an optimistic, exploratory approach to designing in a climate crisis. Taking us on a journey through three sections, it aims to shift our human-centred mindset by the time we come out the other end.| Salamander News - Community, climate and nature for Lewisham.
Plans to reroute the South Circular were first mooted in 1987. After the latest consultation in 2023, Mark Morris finds more delay and uncertainty.| Salamander News - Community, climate and nature for Lewisham.
Throughout his prolific career, artist Luchezar Boyadjiev has addressed the power dynamics of systems of belief, whether political, religious, or artistic. Long inspired by the public works of Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Boyadjiev explores the social conditions of public space and the urban environment through speculative projects – in the form of photographs, digital collages, temporary installations, performances, and public dialogues – that question traditional symbols of power and serv...| ARTMargins Online
Landscape architect Sharon Wright on doing less, with love.| Wonderground
The third section of New York's iconic High Line was opened at the weekend. The High Line is a 1.45 mile (2.33 km) long public park created on an old raised rail freight line. Following the opening of the High Line at the Rail Yards, it now stretches from Gansevoort Street to West 34th Street.| New Atlas
A figure-ground diagram is a mapping technique used to illustrate the relationship between built and unbuilt space in cities.| MORPHOCODE
