Since launching Build for Health a year ago , I’ve been impressed with the quantity and quality of practitioners from across the built environment and health sectors that are actively exploring links between our built environment and our individual and collective health. Our first workshop in July demonstrated the breadth and depth of experience that these people bring to the challenge of building for health, and their commitment  to seeing ideas made manifest.   It's been

News about data centres seems to be everywhere in recent weeks and months, reflecting a spectrum of views ranging from their absolute necessity as critical infrastructure to their inherent threats to our environment and wellbeing .     There are   approximately 500 data centres in the UK , with growth projected at 20% over the next five years , driven by AI and cloud computing.   The Times reported last weekend that nearly 100 centres are currently going through planni

One of the reasons for launching Build for Health earlier this year and holding its first workshop in July was to work with a collective of built environment practitioners to forge consensus on practice in developing places that support good health.   During this workshop and through our LinkedIn group we’ve shared and explored frameworks ,   tools , data , and design codes that have been developed to support practitioners in building for health.     Implementation ha

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Does objecting to a new housing development in your local community, on the basis that no provision is made for new or expanded GP...

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It wasn’t long ago that these words would look out of place in the same sentence. Why should property developers care about health, or...

On April 15, 2019 the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris was severely damaged in a devastating fire – and this week, five years on, its...

Since my return last month from Uganda and my blog about  how participation in music making has impacted the health of local communities...

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There’s an ad going round social media this week by the city of Oslo, presented with irony by a droll Norwegian who asks if Oslo is “even...

Over the last year I’ve seen more and more reports of the tensions in local communities created by new housing development and the...

Earlier this month, Asda unveiled plans for a “transformational Mixed-Use Redevelopment of its ten-acre Park Royal site in North West...