Past Programmes

Places Matter! programme archive of training, events, research and learning promoting best practice and improving the quality of design in the Northwest.

Building for Life

In 2009 with support from the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE), Places Matter! offered accredited training in Building for Life for representatives from every local authority in the Northwest.

Building in Context

Building in Context is a training programme that gives decision makers the tools to recognise how projects can respond well to their surroundings.

Creating Inspirational Spaces

The publication of Creating Inspirational Spaces: A Guide for Quality Public Realm in the Northwest was the first step towards raising aspirations for creating the highest quality external environments in the Northwest.

Economic Value of Design

In 2009 Places Matter! commissioned new research into the economic value of good design during the recession.

ixia - Public Art Professional Development Seminars

In Winter 2009/10 Places Matter! partnered with ixia, the public art think tank, to deliver a series of public art seminars in the Northwest.

Urban Design – An Introduction

Successful Urban Design deploys a number of tools for a variety of people involved in shaping individual places whether as clients, designers, funders or users.

Urban Design Graphics Summer School

Places Matter! is offering a beginners guide to Urban Design Graphics as part of it’s contribution to AF2011, the Northwest Architecture Festival