In this episode of the A is for Architecture Podcast, architect, urban designer and founder-director of ZCD Architects, Dinah Bornat, discusses her new book, All to Play For: How to Design Child-Friendly Housing (RIBA Books 2025). Drawing on research and real-world case studies, we discuss the crucial role of design in shaping inclusive, playful cities, and sustainable communities.

Dinah describes why child-friendly housing that makes spaces for imaginative, creative play – essentially urban design for children - benefits everyone, the impact of car-free communities, and how policymakers, architects, and residents can work together to prioritize children’s – and therefore everyone’s - needs in housing and public spaces. 

How can we create cities where children can truly thrive? By making family-friendly architecture, of course. What other option is there?

🎧 Listen to Dinah, find out. 

Dinah/ ZCD can be found on Instagram, LinkedIn and on her ZCD Architect’s website, above. The book is linked above too.

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Music credits: ⁠Bruno Gillick