Topic: #urbanfamilies

A common sight on Dutch streets- children as young as five, who begin their training in preschool, cycling without adult supervision. (Credit- Modacity)

We’re at a fork in the road: do we choose neighbourhoods to live, work and play in?

Living, working and playing in the one neighbourhood has often been touted as the ideal outcome for well-planned cities. Yet this goal has been elusive. For most of us, our daily activities are segregated into...Read more

09-06-2020|Comment|author: Halvard Dalheim

The City at Eye Level for Kids

Dutch urban design firm STIP has produced a book for children which takes a look at the city landscape from their eyes. The City at Eye Level for Kids is the result of close working between...Read more

09-12-2019|Comment|author: Simon Weedy

Keeping our cities child-friendly as society ages

Who do we design our cities for? As fertility rates plummet, and the majority of our population moves into older age brackets, are we still thinking about how developers, architects, councils and town planners accommodate...Read more

22-08-2019|Comment|author: Shannon Roberts

Apartment life for families means living at close quarters – but also often isolation

Newer high-rise developments in Australia’s inner-city areas are increasingly home to parents raising young children. In the 2016 Census, family households represented nearly half of apartment residents. Close to one in ten children aged 0-4...Read more

20-08-2019|Comment|author: Elyse Warner