Combining techniques devised while working with communities in the UK, for both young and old, Andrew Stuck from Rethinking Cities, conducted a series of workshops with officers from local authorities in and around Coburg, in Melbourne, Australia.         Some 30 local authority community engagement officers joined Andrew to explore the applicability of […]

Just what do we mean by playfulness, certainly more than just children’s play in formal playgrounds.  Playfulness is something for everyone of all ages, but how can you spread a little playfulness across a whole borough? Tower Hamlets leads London as a healthy borough, with a green grid strategy that focusses developers on creating new […]

The bright chilly weather drew paticipants into the picturesque residential streets of Scheveningen, the seaside resort and suburb of Den Haag the historic capital city of the Netherlands.  Two walkshops (mobile workshops) on consecutive days revealed a range of elements that contribute to the warm feelings of romantic love of a city. Scheveningen has some […]

AMAZING LONDON  – a project to make London more playful, was a finalist in an NHS London Social Innovation competition to encourage physical activity for all ages.  In part it is a play on words: A-maze-in-London, and Rethinking Cities has been spearheading the search for partners to develop the concept. Matt Wilson from Barking and […]

AMAZING LONDON Making London more playful! An activity that will appeal to children and adults alike. Greater London lies across 2012 one kilometre squares, so create a maze in each square – each provides an opportunity for fun, intrige and play that will get people out and about, as families and and as individuals at […]

Just launched is a new place dating site where you can recommend urban places, spaces and streets that inspire romance. Find out where you can discover romance. Linking up with national charity Living Streets, we have created the perfect place dating website.  And just what is place-dating? Place dating is when you recommend one place […]

Surely no one needs reminding that Valentine’s Day is all about romance? Rethinking Cities has teamed up with America’s leading advocates for better public space, the Project for Public Spaces, and together we are in search of all those places, spaces and walks that make us feel romantic. We are launching Romantic Ribbons America with […]

Rethinking Cities Ltd teamed up with the Urban Design Group to co-sponsor a romantic postcard competition during  Urban Design Week 2008 – people were asked to write a postcard enticing readers to visit an urban place, space or walk that they recommended as being romantic. We were delighted with the response – some wonderful places were […]

To help celebrate Walk’tober 2008, Rethinking Cities teamed up with Talking Walking to offer visitors a light hearted quiz to tease out those walking brain boxes amongst us.  Talking Walking & Rethinking Cities Ltd. created this quiz – we hope you enjoyed it. 1. Sylvain Dorvan of Landes walked from Paris to Moscow in 1891, […]

Urban Casanovas know it’s on their doorstep, but do you know where to find it? Did you know there are 38 streets in London that include the word love?  Still doesn’t really help though does it? So, where are all those special places that touch our gentler souls, soften our hearts, enhance our romantic moments […]