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We're Building Beautiful Cities Again - with The Aesthetic City
YouTube video by Create Streets
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Everywhere people are rejecting places that are heartless, ugly and soulless. Find out where, how and why... We were delighted to work with our good friend The Aesthetic City voyaging around the urban renaissance now underway.
Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mn9V...
Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mn9V...
What a happy looking home and garden. Observe the details & coherence which lifts the house from a wall with nine holes to something worth looking at.
January 26, 2026 at 10:05 AM
What a happy looking home and garden. Observe the details & coherence which lifts the house from a wall with nine holes to something worth looking at.
As the days begin to get longer, the countdown to the Create Streets Foundation Urban Design and Architecture Summer School begins! Will you be joining us? ➡️https://createstreetsfoundation.org.uk/creating-places-academy/summer-school/ #summerschool #urbandesign #architecture
January 23, 2026 at 4:41 PM
As the days begin to get longer, the countdown to the Create Streets Foundation Urban Design and Architecture Summer School begins! Will you be joining us? ➡️https://createstreetsfoundation.org.uk/creating-places-academy/summer-school/ #summerschool #urbandesign #architecture
We're growing the team!
Are you passionate about designing streets and places that people actually want to live in?
We're looking for talented people who care about creating beautiful, human-scale urban environments:
Are you passionate about designing streets and places that people actually want to live in?
We're looking for talented people who care about creating beautiful, human-scale urban environments:
January 16, 2026 at 5:06 PM
We're growing the team!
Are you passionate about designing streets and places that people actually want to live in?
We're looking for talented people who care about creating beautiful, human-scale urban environments:
Are you passionate about designing streets and places that people actually want to live in?
We're looking for talented people who care about creating beautiful, human-scale urban environments:
These are both train stations.
January 13, 2026 at 10:18 AM
These are both train stations.
Trinity House, Trinity Square. 1941 and today. What is unmade may be remade.
January 7, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Trinity House, Trinity Square. 1941 and today. What is unmade may be remade.
Trinity House, Trinity Square. 1941 and today. What is unmade may be remade.
January 7, 2026 at 11:49 AM
Trinity House, Trinity Square. 1941 and today. What is unmade may be remade.
Check out our director Nicholas Boys Smith MBE on The Critic Show last week talking about the construction and restoration of the Palace of Westminster. You can watch it here www.outpoststudios.net/p/the-palace...
The Palace of Westminster is Falling Down.
And other tales of architectural misadventure
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January 5, 2026 at 6:47 PM
Check out our director Nicholas Boys Smith MBE on The Critic Show last week talking about the construction and restoration of the Palace of Westminster. You can watch it here www.outpoststudios.net/p/the-palace...
The best streets have enclosure & variety in a pattern.
December 17, 2025 at 10:05 AM
The best streets have enclosure & variety in a pattern.
Struggling to think of a Christmas present for the urbanists & artists in your life? Check out the upcoming Create Streets Foundation short courses!
Gentle Density Masterclass - www.createstreetsfoundation.org.uk/creating_gen...
Dare to Draw - www.createstreetsfoundation.org.uk/dare-to-draw/
Gentle Density Masterclass - www.createstreetsfoundation.org.uk/creating_gen...
Dare to Draw - www.createstreetsfoundation.org.uk/dare-to-draw/
December 11, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Struggling to think of a Christmas present for the urbanists & artists in your life? Check out the upcoming Create Streets Foundation short courses!
Gentle Density Masterclass - www.createstreetsfoundation.org.uk/creating_gen...
Dare to Draw - www.createstreetsfoundation.org.uk/dare-to-draw/
Gentle Density Masterclass - www.createstreetsfoundation.org.uk/creating_gen...
Dare to Draw - www.createstreetsfoundation.org.uk/dare-to-draw/
This slice of Paris is new. Every mote of it. New homes & places don't need to be loveless. We chose to create ugly places because we don't ask: is this humane? Is this lovely? Is this kind? But we can afford to. If we dare to slip the surly bonds. Read more - www.createstreets.com/projects/com...
December 10, 2025 at 11:25 AM
This slice of Paris is new. Every mote of it. New homes & places don't need to be loveless. We chose to create ugly places because we don't ask: is this humane? Is this lovely? Is this kind? But we can afford to. If we dare to slip the surly bonds. Read more - www.createstreets.com/projects/com...
CAMBRIDGE: New data. Clear preferences. The public want buildings that fit in, not stick out.
A new poll by DeltapollUK Create Streets finds 71% of Britons prefer a traditional alternative to the current design for the Christ’s College library.
A new poll by DeltapollUK Create Streets finds 71% of Britons prefer a traditional alternative to the current design for the Christ’s College library.
December 9, 2025 at 4:59 PM
CAMBRIDGE: New data. Clear preferences. The public want buildings that fit in, not stick out.
A new poll by DeltapollUK Create Streets finds 71% of Britons prefer a traditional alternative to the current design for the Christ’s College library.
A new poll by DeltapollUK Create Streets finds 71% of Britons prefer a traditional alternative to the current design for the Christ’s College library.
Is this best news for city creation for over a century? In Solano County, California (California Forever) is attempting something fascinating: a unified-landowner model to build what might become “the finest piece of urbanism at that scale” for over 100 years .... 🧵
November 13, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Is this best news for city creation for over a century? In Solano County, California (California Forever) is attempting something fascinating: a unified-landowner model to build what might become “the finest piece of urbanism at that scale” for over 100 years .... 🧵
What a joy to behold. Gloucester's 26 Westgate ('Old Judges House'), and England's largest timber-framed townhouse has been repaired thanks to a grant from Historic England. Approaching 500 years old, it's now home to the Gloucester Antiques Centre. Long may she thrive...
November 11, 2025 at 4:58 PM
What a joy to behold. Gloucester's 26 Westgate ('Old Judges House'), and England's largest timber-framed townhouse has been repaired thanks to a grant from Historic England. Approaching 500 years old, it's now home to the Gloucester Antiques Centre. Long may she thrive...
Much that once was is lost, for none now live who remember it. But, what was destroyed may be reforged as our friends in glorious Dresden are demonstrating. This is new. Every gold stone of it.
November 10, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Much that once was is lost, for none now live who remember it. But, what was destroyed may be reforged as our friends in glorious Dresden are demonstrating. This is new. Every gold stone of it.
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Have just seen this great little article on German trams by @robertkwolek.bsky.social of @createstreets.bsky.social
www.createstreets.com/the-country-...
www.createstreets.com/the-country-...
The Country That Never Tore Up Its Tracks - Create Streets
By Robert Kwolek Germany may be the land of Autobahns and Audis, but its true urban workhorse is the Straßenbahn, or ‘street […]
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November 5, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Have just seen this great little article on German trams by @robertkwolek.bsky.social of @createstreets.bsky.social
www.createstreets.com/the-country-...
www.createstreets.com/the-country-...
Our generation’s gift to London. YES, YES, YES to new homes but this is not loving or respectful to places or their people. Meanwhile, less manacled by group think, Paris in the same decade is building…
November 3, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Our generation’s gift to London. YES, YES, YES to new homes but this is not loving or respectful to places or their people. Meanwhile, less manacled by group think, Paris in the same decade is building…
Many of Britain’s 6,116 villages and small communities have an A-Road running through them. Fast roads like these are slicing British villages in two, creating Highway Halves. So, how do we fix it?
October 31, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Many of Britain’s 6,116 villages and small communities have an A-Road running through them. Fast roads like these are slicing British villages in two, creating Highway Halves. So, how do we fix it?
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Northdown Road, Islington, 2008 to 2019.
August 5, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Northdown Road, Islington, 2008 to 2019.
New Gentle Density emerging in London. A lot is admirable here. Curves. Arches. Texture. Reeding. Implied pilasters. Slowly, pace by pace we are winning.
October 23, 2025 at 4:18 PM
New Gentle Density emerging in London. A lot is admirable here. Curves. Arches. Texture. Reeding. Implied pilasters. Slowly, pace by pace we are winning.
Great to be included among many other informative and transformative groups and people in the urban design sphere!
NEW STARTER PACK! This time I’m hoping to encourage and support global urbanists from OUTSIDE North America here on Bluesky, so hopefully this will help! Who’ve I missed? Just joined? Let me know! I’ll keep updating, so please keep checking & sharing this pack! And let’s try using #GlobalUrbanists.
Urbanists OUTSIDE North America Worth Following!
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October 3, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Great to be included among many other informative and transformative groups and people in the urban design sphere!
If you seek hope, looks at some of the marvellous Gentle Density happening in Britain right now. From the always marvellous work of Ollier Smurthwaite in Altrincham to....
October 3, 2025 at 11:40 AM
If you seek hope, looks at some of the marvellous Gentle Density happening in Britain right now. From the always marvellous work of Ollier Smurthwaite in Altrincham to....
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🚨NEW BLOG
How can rail contribute to a more prosperous, better connected and more equitable Britain? Find out in our latest blog: bettertransport.org.uk/blog/making-...
How can rail contribute to a more prosperous, better connected and more equitable Britain? Find out in our latest blog: bettertransport.org.uk/blog/making-...
Making the connection
How can rail contribute to a more prosperous, better connected and more equitable Britain? Find out in our latest blog
bettertransport.org.uk
October 3, 2025 at 9:17 AM
🚨NEW BLOG
How can rail contribute to a more prosperous, better connected and more equitable Britain? Find out in our latest blog: bettertransport.org.uk/blog/making-...
How can rail contribute to a more prosperous, better connected and more equitable Britain? Find out in our latest blog: bettertransport.org.uk/blog/making-...
The Road to a Proportionate System report, released today by Pocket Living, highlights both the challenges and opportunities for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in housebuilding. These small builders once delivered 40% of new homes, but now build barely 12%...
September 15, 2025 at 11:48 AM
The Road to a Proportionate System report, released today by Pocket Living, highlights both the challenges and opportunities for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in housebuilding. These small builders once delivered 40% of new homes, but now build barely 12%...