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CityChanger Deborah Saunt: Decent City-making with Social Value

Karl Dickinson - December 8, 2025

Co-founder of DSDHA, Deborah Saunt, explains how social value optimises the investment in public spaces, and why redevelopment projects are improved by random conversations. When Deborah Saunt was asked to design a landmark building for...

Retrofitting

Green Finance Institute: Accelerating Retrofits Through Investment

Karl Dickinson - February 6, 2024

Retrofitting Europe’s built environment would drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions and position us closer to climate goals. It’s a tantalisingly tangible but costly outlook, and progress is slow. To change this, the Green Finance...

Revitalising Districts

Young Leader Luis Obregon: Unlocking Urban Regeneration in Truro

Karl Dickinson - October 8, 2024

In cities struck by economic downturn and decay, we might hear the term ‘urban regeneration’ bandied round as a catalyst for improvement. But it’s about more than just throwing money at a problem. Young...

Retrofitting

Investigating Investment: How to Pay for Retrofitting

Karl Dickinson - September 27, 2021

Even knowing retrofitting will improve our standard of living and save us cash in the long run, finding the money upfront to pay for it can be a challenge. In this article, we prove...

Construction

CityChanger Max Schade: Building a Future of Straw, Wood & Clay

Karl Dickinson - September 4, 2023

With public demand for sustainability snowballing, it’s inevitable every sector will undergo a green transformation. Construction, however, may not be as advanced as we thought. Max Schade from STROHBOID acts as our guide today,...

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