CABE News - June 2009

Thousands go green for the day
Building for Life awards - last call

Leeds on frontline of climate response

‘Architecture of the everyday’ makes PM’s shortlist

Twenty four public building projects, including streets, schools, bridges and stations, have been shortlisted for the 2009 Prime Minister’s Better Public Building Award – demonstrating that the “architecture of the everyday” is generating some of the most imaginative and beautiful design in Britain.

Latest news

Schools go green for the day

More than 100,000 young people in towns and cities across England have been taking part in Green Day 2009, CABE’s one-day event for schools about climate change. Our Green Day activity kit offers ideas and resources.

Building for Life awards - last call

There are just a few days left to enter the 2009 Building for Life awards – entries close on 30 June. The awards, open to anyone, celebrate well-designed homes and neighbourhoods.

Leeds on frontline of climate response

Cities will put sustainability at the heart of everything they do, insists Leeds City Council’s joint leader Richard Brett – but they need freedom and the resources to get on with it. Read the exclusive interview on our Sustainable Cities website.

Managing urban heat islands

Find out how trees are being used to control higher urban temperatures in Chiswick Park, London, and in Chicago, USA, and how Victoria, Australia, is responding to extreme heat events.

Design reviews

London 2012 media centre

We welcome the revised proposals for the London 2012 media centre, which offers facilities for 20,000 broadcasters and journalists during the Games and a business workspace afterwards.

Trinity South, South Shields

We are broadly supportive of the outline application for Trinity South, a mixed-use development featuring 400 homes and part of a wider masterplan for South Shields Riverside.

British Museum, Camden

We commend the design quality of this proposed extension to the British Museum, which will provide a new exhibition gallery and improved museum facilities.

Places we love

Suna-Wase Park

A spa town in Japan revitalised by a new public space.

Manabi-No-Mori

Attractive new spaces in Kakamigahara City shaped by residents.

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Publications

360° magazine

The summer edition features the new construction and built environment diploma and a student design competition in San Francisco.

World class places

CABE-backed government report setting out how and why quality of place matters and the plan to create more world class places.

Successful school design

Explaining what secondary school design teams should consider and how to present effectively to the schools panel.

Open space strategies

Guidance for local authorities and stakeholders on preparing, delivering and reviewing open space strategies.

Making the invisible visible

CABE Space research backing a new approach to valuing parks and open spaces.

Events

Designing vibrant public space

1 July, Birmingham

Seminar run by the Institute of Local Government Studies, University of Birmingham and CABE.

Designing outdoor play environments

20 July, Durham
3 August, Sheffield
7 September, Sheffield
14 September, Exeter

Learn about the design, standards, risk and benefits of natural play environments.

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Planners

Local authority policy planners, development management planners, private sector planners and developers all play a fundamental part in creating and delivering good quality design for successful and sustainable places.