The Scottish planning system is soon to undergo reform following an independent review. The proposals under discussion suggest an increasing recognition that...

Affording children's freedom to Play, Learn and Discover by adopting a Child-Centric focus in Planning and Design.

In September 2015, the Scottish Government announced an independent review of the Scottish planning system. With this, they had the opportunity to address so...

If we accept that there is more to life than existence, work and everyday functioning, and we acknowledge the role ‘playing’ has in our development as indivi...

On the 29th September ‘The City of Play’ Founder, Grant Menzies, traveled to Mexico City to give a lecture at the #SimposioPapalote to a crowd of local Gover...

We recently spent 48 hours in Amsterdam and Delft, in the Netherlands, to experience their famous bicycle culture and infrastructure in our efforts to better...

Woeste Westen is an exceptional natural ‘playscape’ a short bike journey west of Amsterdam City Centre. Natural playgrounds are not uncommon in the country h...

The City of Play is looking for keen individuals to assist at the ‘Mazing Memory Museum event for Glasgow Doors Open Day 2015. The City of Play will create a...

The Invention of V-Ball! We recently invented an amazing new game called 'V-Ball' as a means of engagement. 'V-Ball' was our response to a problem, posed to...

Places of Play, Health and Wellbeing We were at Saracen House in Possil Park after being kindly invited to attend a conference on 'Places & Spaces for Health...

HARAPPA UNIVERSITY: An education in Play! While in Tokyo, we had the pleasure of attending a creativity hub, where Akira Tsukakoshi introduced his new social...

Play Safari: On an adventure to discover 'Play' in Tokyo. We reported in our first blog post that our design lead, Grant, had travelled to Tokyo Japan as a f...

Introducing our ELEVATE Fellows: As announced earlier in the year ‘The City of Play’ are very pleased to be represented in Japan as a fellow of the British C...