This important regeneration project in Edinburgh shows how shared space brings together all street users, including drivers, as part of the social world. The deliberate integration of traffic with other social activities reduces speeds and improves the relationship between pedestrians, cyclists and traffic. Precast concrete paving plays a key role – used to define areas and reduce speeds without signage – making external surfaces integral to the architectural design.

Great Western Park is being developed on 160 Ha of essentially greenfield land to the immediate west of Didcot. Once complete, it will increase the urban area of Didcot by around 20%, eventually providing 3,000 new homes and related facilities. The use of concrete block permeable paving is an essential part of an intergrated sustainable drainage system (SuDS) management train throughout this major new development.

Interpave has published a new case study exploring the public realm at Trafalgar Place London, shortlisted for the 2016 Stirling Prize.

An expanded and updated case study looking at how the first stages in the regeneration of the Craigmillar area of Edinburgh – previously the fourth most deprived area in Scotland – are developing on the ground.