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Leadenhall Market has “survived plagues, great fires and two world wars”

September 25, 2020 Lizzie Crook 0
Leadenhall Market in London's financial district

One of the oldest marketplaces in London, Leadenhall Market, is the focus of this short film published in collaboration with Open House London. The documentary, filmed by Jim Stephenson of Stephenson/BishopFilms, is one of a series of video tours spotlighting unusual places in the city as part of the festival’s 2020 programme. Leadenhall Market is

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Urban Acupuncture: Regenerating Public Space Through Hyper-Local Interventions

September 25, 2020 Andreea Cutieru 0

Urban acupuncture is a design tactic promoting urban regeneration at a local level, supporting the idea that interventions in public space don’t need to be ample and expensive to have a transformative impact. An alternative to conventional development processes, urban acupuncture represents an adaptable framework for urban renewal, where highly focused and targeted initiatives help regenerate neglected spaces, incrementally deploy urban strategies, or consolidate the social infrastructure of a city. 

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Urban Acupuncture: Regenerating Public Space Through Hyper-Local Interventions

September 25, 2020 Andreea Cutieru 0

Urban acupuncture is a design tactic promoting urban regeneration at a local level, supporting the idea that interventions in public space don’t need to be ample and expensive to have a transformative impact. An alternative to conventional development processes, urban acupuncture represents an adaptable framework for urban renewal, where highly focused and targeted initiatives help regenerate neglected spaces, incrementally deploy urban strategies, or consolidate the social infrastructure of a city. 

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Brick Observation Tower – Elephant World / Bangkok Project Studio

September 25, 2020 Hana Abdel 0

Kui, the ethnic people of Surin Province in north-eastern Thailand have been elephant keepers for centuries. Elephants are considered family members, and living with elephants has been an inseparable part of their long heritage. But following the economic growth and extensive deforestation, they suffered droughts, shortages of food and medicinal plants the forest once provided. The last decades saw the two displaced to many tourist towns across Thailand, living in elephant camps, some with unsuitable living conditions and routine.