Developing a Method for the Analysis of Public Space in Kuwait’s Residential Neighbourhoods Kuwait’s urbanisation patterns are leading to higher levels of motorisation with negative impacts on individual health and the environment. As a consequence, re-evaluating urban development mechanisms becomes extremely vi…

Bathrooms are a public health issue and a basic human right. Teddy Siegel, a New Yorker armed with a TikTok account, is trying to open more bathrooms for all. A public bathroom crisis is mounting around the U.S. as cities struggle with how to meet a basic human need. And while cities are exploring options to help…

The Report on UN-Habitat’s COVID-19 Response covers a range of immediate response and longer term recovery activities at the corporate, regional and country levels from March to August 2020. During that time, UN-Habitat supported the overall response to the pandemic in 37 countries and more than 250 cities, benefiting…

A new public space in the London Borough of Brent designed by young people for young people Samovar Space, the first of the four public spaces conceived and designed by young people involved in the LSE Apprenticeship Programme in City Design, was officially opened on Saturday 22 October. The scheme, located at the…

The authors of this paper refer specifically to public space as that of the town square.According to Italian tradition town squares have been clearly recognised since the Renaissance period.There are several studies about meaning, perception, and the shape of public spaces such as squares but there is no researc…

The ambiguous nature of the word “design” offers up a complex dialectic dialogue for the architectural studio lecturers to impart to their students. Discussing the “design”, more commonly referred to as the programme or scheme, is quite a different beast to the process or design methodologies the students use to…