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Six examples of joyful social housing
Together with housing charity Shelter, we’re showing how social and public housing can be so much more than just bricks and mortar. Here they highlight homes designed to help people feel safe, connected and proud of where they live...
Views
Bare minimum is not enough: why where we live matters
The look and feel of where we live matters for people, and for our health, argues architect and campaigner Jay Morton.
Views
Will anyone love it? Dispatches from UKREiiF
Reflections on a Humanise panel about how to make our towns and cities more joyful.
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Shortlists
Six joyful Brazilian buildings
Designer and filmmaker Marina Willer shares her pick of joyful Brazilian buildings.
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Campaign news
The Joy Factor: making cities feel good again
Humanise is hosting an industry event which explores how mayors and city leaders can resist the blandification of our towns and cities – and why joy is a serious weapon in the fight against soulless design.
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Inspiration
Giving more than taking: generosity and publicness at The BuStop House
The thinking behind the brilliant reimagining of a family home in Cambridgeshire, UK.
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Views
Healthier buildings, healthier brains, healthier economies
How can buildings and cities support and boost the ‘brain economy’?
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What’s more important: buildings that fulfil our basic needs or nurture our spirit?
A healthy society needs both functional infrastructure and places that nurture our spirit.
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Research
Seven studies, one story: why we must build more joyful cities
What we’ve learned this year about how the outsides of buildings affects our health and wellbeing – and why we need more than ever to build for joy.
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