Quick links to features and articles
2010
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May 2010
Why no city needs a big transport project
Good urban design: never more important
Shared space: a proper Peer review
April 2010
March 2010
Managing activities, harnessing opportunities
Giving places an identity check
Where’s the evidence that time savings from new roads deliver tangible economic benefits?
Meanwhile…no more lifeless streets and spaces
A space filled with possibilities
Remaking Places 2010: Places in transition - presentations
Feb 2010
Papers in rare accord on political importance of ‘Climategate’
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2009
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Dec 2009
Shared space: the final frontier?
Nov 2009
Oxford Circus diagonal pedestrian crossing opens
Oct 2009
Small, and simple, is beautiful
Is Swansea’s Kingsway fit for one?
Guard-rails: problem or symptom?
Forecast modelling: a question of confidence
Sept 2009
Reaping the neighbourhood dividend: smarter travel means better places
‘Smarter choices’ – so what’s the evidence?
Every revolution needs a catalyst
People, places and movement: multimedia presentations on pedestrian modelling
July 2009
Shared surface plan for Exhibition Road axed in favour of ‘safe space’
Measuring participation at a local level: be careful what you ask for!
Traffic: can we have our cake and eat it?
June 2009
A place for words: the role of writing and group poetry in placemaking
A new future for The Liberties in Dublin
May 2009
Learning from place: Kings Cross
Resilience, risk and the future of place
Every revolution needs a catalyst
Remixing place: young people get hands-on
RIBA's Building Futures: workshop at Oxford Brookes
China’s grand plans for eco-cities now lie abandoned
The future of urban planning is open source
April 2009
Why are we still making places we don’t like?
Tuning in to the sound of the suburbs
National reach, local ambition
Victorian Quarter, Leeds: The regeneration ripple standing the test of time
Elephant & Castle regeneration
Sexy sustainability: a default setting ofr designers
March 2009
The acceptable face of multi-storey car parks?
Shared space: noun or adjective?
Feb 2009
GIS-based analysis uncovers the diversity of our suburbs
Norbert Lechner - designer of the Heliodon Sun Emulator at Oxford Brookes University
Jan 2009
Closing the energy design and performance gap: the road to effective monitoring
Remaking Places II: solutions to economic, social and environmental challenges
Dec 2008
Rome can be (re)built in a day.. .
3D modelling above and below ground
Transport planners come out of the railway station
Understanding, describing and communicating ‘place’
Pictures speak louder than words…
Will imagery take over from the vector map?
Playing the game: a low carbon transport future
Oxford Circus: Communicating place through technology in public consultation
Technology, space and place: mapping, monitoring, mash-ups and models
Can communities plan? Yes we can…
Bringing the European 3D community together
The GeoWeb: changing how we view the world
Spotting spatial hotspots: capturing measures of centrality
A personalised urban transport service via a mobile phone
Technology is powering a car-sharing revolution
Digital masterplanning: streamlining the design cycle
Bluetooth in the city: creating a user network
Leave the number crunching to the software
From forecast to performance emissions data via a new online platform
The socio-economic value of urban layout
Making space for mapping place
Digital technology contradicts the very essence of masonry construction, says Alex Haw of Atmos
The future of spatial information
Mind the gap: bridging the CAD/GIS divide
Big screens: digital wallpaper or cultural exchange?
November 2008
Is the future of journey planning trapped in the present?
June 2008
Community ownership of social housing in Glasgow: building more sustainable, cohesive communities?
Fairy tale or horror story - join the debate
Streets for people; streetscapes for engineers?
Cities as machines for living: emergent orders which arise from the bottom-up
End the highly restrictive planning laws that constrain housing development, says LSE author
Fairytale or horror story... Urban designer and artist collaboration: what value does it bring?
Personalised cities: sustaining suburbia
Technology, people, place and space: ideas for urban modelling, mapping and liveability
May 2008
The best schemes are not necessarily the biggest or the most beautiful
April 2008
Cities beat suburbs: compact communities are so much better than sprawling ones
Creating the slums of the future today...
Eco towns: the best way forward
March 2008
Residential parking: give up giving in
Does Vision Zero spell trouble for street designers?
Strategic urban design: the key to future development plans
Feburary 2008
Density reduces driving: how North America is learning to love living downtown
Carbon neutral cities: what will work – and what will not
Change to survive: creating a 21st century sustainable built environment
The accessibility tool that can hinder good design
Link and place: powerful (but complex) street design
January 2008
Team work means more than sitting at the same table
It's time to treat cyclists as legitimate road users
December 2007
The problem of appropriate parking provision
November 2007
The designers role in creating identity: - Georgia Butina Watson interview
September 2007
Rethinking sub-urban areas: design, density and space
Renaissance in Birmingham: Eastside (part two)
August 2007
Designers need to create healthier, more walkable, neighbourhoods
July 2007
Urban design: a developmental approach
Transforming Derby's public realm
Adapting spatial planning for a changing climate
Successful design for the public realm: a new professional certificate
The Cool Sea: a waterfront regeneration toolkit
June 2007
Putting a price tag on good design – how to prove better streets lead to higher prices
We need to improve the spaces between housing to end the neglect
A bright and colourful new style of urban design emerges in Albania
Looking for new strategies for creating a successful public realm
May 2007
Power to the people? How should we approach community engagement in placemaking?
Will urban beaches become the norm?
Re:Invigorate Tottenham, north London
Urban Design London (UDL) The value of urban design: Design guidance and design statements
Getting the most out of places & spaces The 12th annual Quality Streetscapes conference
Shifting Sands: how do we reverse the decline of our seaside towns?
April 2007
How many reports does it take to make housing affordable and energy efficient?
Discover the true value of public spaces: QSS 2007
Let go Mr and Mrs Balls, because here comes Superbia
March 2007
Everybody’s opinion is worth listening to
Progressive thinking from an unlikely source
It’s good to get up close and personal
It may be award-winning, but does it work?
Tell people about buses so that they can use them
If the design is good enough, everybody wins
February 2007
Civic pride could be the key to creating inclusive societies, says report
Housebuilding, levels and quality of development: an overview
Tall buildings: call for guidance for designers and planners as UK skyscrapers proliferate
January 2007
The development and regeneration game: planning for winners and losers
December 2006
Knowledge-sharing and common priorities: RUDI's first networking event sets the agenda
November 2006
Can urban designers help us to tackle the rise of mega-projects and take back our cities?
October 2006
Transport in urban design: transport professionals need to design for people, not cars
The healthy city: creating sustainable urban environments
Bristol Legible City initiative
September 2006
Designing with renewables: the challenges ahead
Design champions: promoting good urban design in the planning process
Eco-designs: people-friendly places, spaces and products inspired by nature
August 2006
Housing still topping the agenda across the UK
London's skyline: tall, iconic or lo-rise? Take a peek into the future...
Tree roots and the built environment
July 2006
Promoting green roofs in the UK
2006 South Coast Towns conferenceGreen roofs: interest grows in their potential across the UK
June 2006
Creating Places for Everyone: Developing approaches that deliver successful multi-use public spaces
Art to humanise cities: Sonic Forest comes to the UK
2015: No excuse! The world must be a better place: Towns and Cities Campaign
Planning and the fear of crime
Llewelyn Davies Yeang win competition for new ecological bridge project linking east and west
May 2006
The fight for the future of built heritage: bringing the sectors together to find new uses
Creating a civic realm: the future of design codes
Droughts, development and sustainability
Green zones and slum cities: Mike Davis on cities, slums and urbanism
Heritage Lottery Fund and its parks programme
April 2006
Don't let too little become too late: considering development and climate change
February 2006
1st Annual Public Art Conference
Transport in urban design: Good design needn’t cost the earth
Transport in urban design: Creating places that people want to live in
Transport in urban design: Why build schemes that are patently absurd?
Transport in urban design: Streets should be for pedestrians and vehicles
Transport in urban design: A short-sighted solution to urban traffic problems
Public spaces for people: lessons from abroad
January 2006
The Kiwi Urban Design Renaissance gathers pace
Coastal urbanisation: the meeting of land and sea
The London Plan - the Spatial Development Strategy for London
Coastal urbanisation: the meeting of land and sea">
December 2005
Today's housing could fail future generations
2020 vision: who will drive the urban design agenda?
November 2005
The power of the post-it - getting down to community planning with the experts
Urban Design - common, sacred and disputed ground
October 2005
Affordable Housing in Mixed Use Developments: Does it Really Work?
Do our urban designers need more skills?
Urban design enters London's council chambers
Beauty and play in the cityscape
September 2005
July 2005
Put place making first: a wake up call from RIBA
June 2005
Better places and spaces: hospitals
Re-fabulous and Pre-fabulous Homes: Revamping the Terrace
A £60,000 sustainable house - more than a pipe dream?
The tenth annual quality streetscapes conference: Taking risks, reaping rewards
May 2005
The tenth annual quality streetscapes conference: Taking risks, reaping rewards
February 2005
January 2005
2004
Astounding Areas and Spectacular Spaces!
Clarity or confusion over cultural clustering
From Main Roads to mixed-Use Streets: Redesigning traffic arteries in urban areas
New design philosophy needed to create sustainable communities
New design philosophy needed to create sustainable communities
Soul in the city: cultural tourism and urban spaces
STREET party for young urban designers best attended UDG event for 25 years
Turning back the tide of decline: design and the changing image of English seaside resorts
Virtual London: a truly multi-dimensional model
2003
Cities face collapse without radical changes to public transport
Creative Cities and Renegade Paradises: New Strategies in American Urban Revitalization
James Dark went to the CABE Space launch on 12 May
Livingstone urges boroughs to join him in designing 'Barcelona on Thames'
London Boroughs must push planning reform
Partnership working to reduce crime in a residential environment
Putting urbanism back into British cities: lessons from the USA
Shopfronts - their impact on the total street scene: an introduction
Strategic urban Lighting - placemaking in the 24 hour city
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Urban Design Centers - an idea taking root?
2002
Brownfield sites - the role of urban design
Successful streets: are home zones the answer
Legislation review: the Planning Green Paper et al
