We need more community-led and grassroots initiatives for nature recovery. We also need collaborative governance structures that bring together bottom-up actors with private sector, state, technological, and scientific research institutions to drive innovative partnerships.

In case you're wondering, this manhole cover from Chandigarh was sold a couple of years ago in London for £10,800 (£12,960 or c.14 lakhs with fees). Lots of these Le Corbusier-designed covers, which lined the streets of Chandigarh, have been stolen & replaced with concrete ones.

The mighty Odysseus guarding the gates to #CambridgeUniversityLibrary 🐾 #Caturday #CambirdgeUniversity

We’ve opened the call for The British Academy Visiting Fellowships 2025! As part of our commitment to international engagement we will give up to £40k for academics to spend 3-6 months to be based at a UK higher education or other research institution thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/visiti…

NEWS // The extraordinary Egyptian-style Sphinx Hill house in Oxfordshire has been Grade II* listed, following an application by C20. Designed by John Outram Associates in 1998-99, the designation makes the Post-Modern property the youngest listed building in the country. ➡️

Article on “Improving neighbourhood quality of life through effective consultation processes in the UK” by Dr Ruchit Purohit 🌈 et al. of Arch Cambridge has been accepted! #Cities4Health Register & sign up for new content alerts at tandfonline.com/journals/rcah20

The book 'Doughnut Economics' opens with the story of Yuan Yang who, as a young economics student back in 2008, was challenging the outdated theory she was being taught. Last night she was elected as the first-ever MP for Earley & Woodley. Huge congratulations Yuan Yang !

NEWS // C20 has backed the campaign to save the unlisted Art Deco Picturehouse in Bromley from imminent closure. Designed in 1936 by George Coles, it has remained in continuous use as a cinema, and underwent a £4.5 milllion refurbishment in 2019. ✍️🏻Sign the petition:

#EvidenceReview published! Happy urban public spaces: a systematic review of the key factors affecting citizen happiness in public environments. Sahar Samavati, Pieter M. A. Desmet and Ehsan Ranjbar; 2024. doi.org/10.1080/237488… #UrbanHealth #Cities4Health #HealthyCities

#OpenAccess #EvidenceReview published! The design of neighbourhood open spaces to improve mental health: a critical review of restorative spatial characteristics and their applicability in design practice. Anne J. J. Grave, Louis Neven and Masi Mohammadi; 2024.

social housing we designed for people in stratford

Fantastic step by Cambridge University to support Early Career Researchers (e.g. PDRAs) coming to the UK on a skilled worker or global talent visa: "Payment of visa and NHS surcharge fees for all new starters who are employed on a Skilled Worker or Global Talent Visa" from October 👏

So delighted to finally get our paper on Community Consultation for Quality of Life published in Cities and Health. Well done Dr Ruchit Purohit 🌈 for your excellent leadership. @qualityoflifeuk AHRC Design Research doi.org/10.1080/237488…

Who is entitled to talk about disability? Does the direct experience of disability entitle self-identified disabled researchers more than non self-identified researchers to talk about disability? Brown, Leigh et al. discuss. Free download: uclpress.co.uk/products/12320… #Education #HE

Rare job opportunity. We are hiring. Please spread the word RIBA South/South East Design Teaching Fellow at University of Cambridge jobs.ac.uk/job/DJC080/des…

#OpenAccess #Empirical paper published! Improving neighbourhood quality of life through effective consultation processes in the UK: learnings from the project Community Consultation for Quality of Life. Ruchit Purohit, Flora Samuel, John Brennan, Lorraine Farrelly, Saul Golden

Who is doing research into neurodivergence and architecture? Is anyone trying to define what "good" architecture might be for divergent brains? Or, conversely, is anyone trying to show that there is no such thing as a single type of good architecture for everyone's brains?

📰 ‘Hot on the heels of modernity: how our heritage buildings are catching up with us.’ C20 Chair Hugh Pearman for The Modern House Journal on the recent listing of Sphinx Hill house, and how the Society is knocking on the door of the 21st century. themodernhouse.com/journal/twenti…

The government agency that gives awards for unsuccessful projects govinsider.asia/intl-en/articl…

‘This is the building which often prompts the response “I can’t believe it’s not listed”. Our message for DCMS and the heritage minister, Chris Bryant MP, is: do the right thing.’ C20 in The Guardian on the Southbank Centre campaign.   theguardian.com/culture/2025/f…