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30/03/2026
Do you live, work or spend time in Blackpool?
We want to know what would make its streets and public transport work better day to day.
Share your views with us here https://communities.createstreets.com/BetterBlackpool
📢 The deadline for the early bird discount is fast approaching (applications approved before April 1st!). Here is a taste of what to expect at the Create Streets Foundation Urban Design and Architecture Summer School...
You can secure your place here
https://www.createstreetsfoundation.org.uk/creating-places-academy/summer-school/
Module 1 - Urban Design: 10 - 14 July 2026
Craft day: 15 July 2026
Module 2 - Architecture: 14 - 19 July 2026
20/02/2026
"Poundbury is exceptional. It also has faults. Of course it does. It is made by humans, after all... It is a town, not a housing estate. This distinguishes Poundbury from any other development of the last 80 years"
Create Streets' own Robert Kwolek recently visited Poundbury with his camera and "returned convinced that it is the best new place built in the UK in decades, bursting with lessons for a New Town programme.”
“There’s truly excellent urbanism in the early phases with many outstanding homes.”
“You can see and feel the care that has gone into the public spaces and into how buildings relate to each other.”
"One of the delightful things about walking around Poundbury is picking out which architect designed what. The excellent houses around Wadebridge Square have the unmistakable characteristics of John Simpson such as his signature Doric columns and unique proportions."
“After years of experimentation, Poundbury is becoming what the King and its designers always aspired for it: not a curiosity, but an excellent town.”
“Not a sketch of the past but a hope for the future.”
Read on herehttps://www.createstreets.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Impressions-of-Poundbury_R-Kwolek-2026.pdf
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