10 places where we've had an impact

Buildings, space and projects where we've made an impact

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  Liverpool One – regeneration, not just shopping

  The redevelopment of 17 hectares at the heart of a city centre offers a rare opportunity to create a genuinely new place. CABE was involved with the Liverpool One project for six years.

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  London 2012 – supporting good design and getting value for money

  London 2012 is the largest, most high-profile regeneration project in Europe right now. Expectations for the Olympic and Paralympic Games are huge, both at home and abroad.

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  Cranfields Mill, Ipswich: giving the council confidence

  Cranfields Mill is an ambitious project right on the dockside at Ipswich. The scheme features 300 homes, restaurants, shops, offices and a theatre for regional arts agency Dance East.

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  Royal Arsenal, Woolwich: perseverance wins the day

  The Royal Arsenal, on the Thames at Woolwich, south-east London, is one of the capital’s most important heritage sites.

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  Schools: better learning about buildings and spaces

  Architecture shapes young people’s lives. But they’re often unable to analyse or articulate what they think about where they live and learn. Engaging Places has helped schools all around the country.

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  Waltham Forest: the value of expert advice

  The London Borough of Waltham Forest, north-east London, is using the £50 million investment it is receiving through BSF to transform schools across the borough.

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  Stamford Gateway – history and modernity

  Bringing a historic town square into the 21st century at the same time as respecting its sensitive surroundings is no simple task. Yet that’s exactly what the Lincolnshire market town of Stamford has achieved.

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  Bristol: a good plan means good parks

  The city of Bristol has one of the highest ratios of green space per head in the country. But until 2008 it also had one of the lowest spends per head on improvements.

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  Birmingham: holding a climate change festival
  

  The debate about global warming is usually framed in profoundly unhelpful ways. If you want to change behaviour, the issue needs to be defined in terms of opportunity and well-being, not doom and scolding.

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  St Neots Creative Exchange: sustainable building for entrepreneurs

  Some kinds of project would never have been thought of 10 years ago. Creative Exchange in St Neots, Cambridgeshire, is one of them.