@CreateStreetsFN

Charity supporting urban design research, neighbourhood planning and community-led design across the UK.

 London, England
createstreetsfoundation.org.uk
Joined May 2017
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createstreets@createstreetsOct 24
All new buildings should merit signing & dating ✍️ 📅
Londonist
@LondonistOct 24
This new build near Holborn continues the old tradition of putting the construction date on the drainpipes.
A black drainpipe with '2026' written on it, mounted on a brick wall

ALT A black drainpipe with '2026' written on it, mounted on a brick wall

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createstreets@createstreetsOct 24
Function & beauty. Security & the space for enlivening pot plants!
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createstreets@createstreets7h
The curse of Street Scars strikes again...
James Melville 🚜
@JamesMelville8h
York cobblestones. 2006 vs 2026. Well maintained in 2006. Can’t be arsed to maintain properly and just plaster with tarmac patches in 2026. British civic pride decay in a nutshell.
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Nicholas Boys Smith@boys_nicholasOct 24
… in the @createstreets prize-winning submission to the Wolfson Economics Prize on hospital design. createstreets.com/employees/…
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Nicholas Boys Smith@boys_nicholasOct 24
Unironically, every new hospital should have a beautiful one of these at it’s heart. That would be provably good for the physical & mental health of patients and staff. You can read more about how and why…
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Nicholas Boys Smith@boys_nicholasOct 24
No function, not one, not ever, is an excuse for loveless design. Create harmonious detail & coherent & biomorphic complexity for better places & happier people.
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Nicholas Boys Smith@boys_nicholasOct 24
Even with scaffolding & recent rain, even with a thousand photos & a hundred online posts, nothing quite prepares you for Florence’s Duomo suddenly slicing into view. Cliches are cliches for a reason.
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Nicholas Boys Smith@boys_nicholas22h
Uffizzi ceilings! Trickery everywhere. Dishonesty abounds. Thank heavens.
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createstreets@createstreets7h
Come rain or shine, trees serve the street ☔️
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createstreets@createstreetsOct 19
Come & Dare To Draw with the marvellous @shepherdmg on the next & much-loved @CreateStreetsFN one day drawing course …
Mark Shepherd 📐📷@shepherdmgOct 19
A newly finished piece, a house in Gualta, Spain, drawn with ink, watercolour and coffee. If you're interested in learning to draw buildings, streets and places, the next @CreateStreetsFN Dare to Draw course in scheduled for 30th Jan 2027 . createstreetsfoundation.org.…
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createstreets@createstreetsOct 19
Is the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, in Paris (1913) one of the world’s most enjoyable Art-Deco buildings? Yes argues @boys_nicholas in @Telegraph “As Classical as it is proto-art deco. The architect, Auguste Perret, pioneered concrete architecture, perhaps unsurprisingly as his family firm specialised in reinforced concrete construction. A concrete building in central Paris may sound heretical, but do not be deterred. It is an elegant building with deeply recessed windows, coffered pilasters, a sinuous bay window, an overhanging cornice and bas-reliefs of Apollo.” You can …
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createstreets@createstreetsOct 20
Thank God the Victorians created our railway stations and hurrah for the seamless experience of arriving back in Britain by train.
David Milner@djjmilnerOct 20
Arriving into St Pancras does make you a bit proud. Eurostar train to the underground in about 5 minutes and unlike arriving into many airports the elegant building, bustle of the station and attractive public realm must give a great first impression of Britain.
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createstreets@createstreetsOct 22
Walking is good for you! Who knew?
Mobility Behaviour 👨‍🎓@davidlois_unedOct 21
Cuatro experimentos demuestran que caminar aumenta la creatividad tanto a corto como medio plazo, especialmente pasear al aire libre.
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Nicholas Boys Smith@boys_nicholasOct 18
What should Limoges do with their town hall? 1 Rebuild it as was? 2 Rebuild as an 'honest' modernist building? 3 Leave it as an 'honest' ruin (the National Trust approach) 4 Rebuild it even bigger & better & more beautiful?
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Nicholas Boys Smith@boys_nicholasOct 18
‘Good things,’ wrote Roger Scruton ‘are easily destroyed, but not easily created.’ He had in mind the ‘collective assets’ of ‘peace, freedom, law, civility, public spirit and the security of property’ but he might equally have been writing about architecture. Yesterday...
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Nicholas Boys Smith@boys_nicholasOct 20
Why is the Chrysler Building so great I ask for @Telegraph? The Platonic ideal of an art deco skyscraper & a temple to the motor car. Stylised hubcaps, fenders and hoods encrust the façade. American eagles, new-world gargoyles, glare out protectively at the 61st floor. Above …
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Nicholas Boys Smith@boys_nicholasOct 21
The Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II is the world’s greatest shopping arcade. It gets everything right: location, innovation & beautification. Linking Milan’s Duomo with her opera house, La Scala, it brilliantly deploys Victorian glass & iron know-how to span soaring distances…
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createstreets@createstreetsOct 15
Come and draw with us ... The @CreateStreetsFN much loved "Dare To Draw" course with @shepherdmg returns in the new year and we also launch our first Classical By Design two day course into drawing the orders. Still a few places left
Create Streets Foundation@CreateStreetsFNOct 13
'Dare to Draw' is back in the new year along with our new 'Classical by Design' masterclass ✏️ Learn more and reserve your place here ⬇️ createstreetsfoundation.org.… createstreetsfoundation.org.…
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createstreets@createstreetsOct 17
In case you missed it, SOME GOOD NEWS !!!
createstreets@createstreetsOct 7
Approved! The Mayor of London has greenlit Shoreditch Works, delivering an important symbolic win for urban regeneration, jobs, beauty and new homes. Huge credit to Linea Properties Ltd for pushing this forward and we dare to hope that we at Create Streets helped with our groundbreaking Visual Preference Survey. This proved that the public overwhelmingly backs beautiful, dense design. Our research with @DeltapollUK showed an undeniable 76% to 78% public approval rating—demonstrating that the public support architecture that is public-friendly. From features in City A.M. to deep-dives in the Wall Street Journal, the press has highlighted this scheme as the blueprint for how British capital can grow while keeping the public firmly on its side. This is how we build a better London! 🚀🏙️ You can …
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createstreets@createstreetsOct 17
Yes.
The City Mentor
@TheCityMentorOct 17
Berlin's new architecture Is this how we could go forward?
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Nicholas Boys Smith@boys_nicholasOct 18
... or so I argue in @unherd today after yesterday's shocking and upsetting events. Please do read and share ! unherd.com/newsroom/destruct…

Destruction of France’s beautiful buildings is a civic tragedy

“Good things,” wrote Roger Scruton, “are easily destroyed, but not easily created.” He had in mind the “collective assets” of “peace, freedom, law, civility, public spirit and the security of...

unherd.com
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