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Shocking art project spotlights ‘insidious’ anti-homeless spikes and hostile architecture
Homelessness

Shocking art project spotlights ‘insidious’ anti-homeless spikes and hostile architecture

Artist Stuart Semple covered spikes designed to stop people sleeping on the street with photos of rough sleepers in a shocking campaign to uncover ‘insidious’ designs

Council’s £200,000 plan to block off arches used by rough sleepers slammed as ‘tarting up’ city
Homelessness

Council’s £200,000 plan to block off arches used by rough sleepers slammed as ‘tarting up’ city

The budget for covering arches used by rough sleepers near Bradford’s Forster Square station could reach £200,000, the Big Issue can reveal

How gentrification and hostile architecture have pushed out the working class
Urban design

How gentrification and hostile architecture have pushed out the working class

Gentrification has pushed out poor and working-class residents from Manchester’s city centre, concealing the consequences of hostile design

5 ways anti-homeless architecture is used to exclude people from public spaces
Homelessness

5 ways anti-homeless architecture is used to exclude people from public spaces

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