1st Edition

All to Play For How to design child-friendly housing

By Dinah Bornat Copyright 2025
192 Pages
by RIBA Publishing

192 Pages
by RIBA Publishing

How can we meet the needs of children and young people? Just over 20% of the UK population is under the age of 18, yet they remain largely ignored when it comes to designing the places where they live. In this book, leading architect Dinah Bornat shows how we can shape communities for and with children and young people, as well as the benefits this can achieve. It combines compelling... Read more

About the author

Dedication

Preface

Chapter 1: Changing landscapes: children, housing and play

Chapter 2: What makes a good place for children to grow up?

Chapter 3: Participation

Chapter 4: Low-density housing that works for children and young people

Chapter 5: High-density housing that works for children and young people

Afterword

References

Index

Image

Credits

Biography

Dinah Bornat is an architect and co-founder of ZCD Architects, a practice based in East London. She has worked in architecture practice for over 35 years, starting at Edward Cullinan Architects and then setting up ZCD Architects in 2013 with Zoe Smith and Cordula Weisser.