quick links to features and articles

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?

 

May 2008

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

The street as platform

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

Birmingham renaissance

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

Re: Invigorate Bristol

Let go Mr and Mrs Balls, because here comes Superbia

The great density debate


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

Why do we keep building places we don’t like? How transport professionals contribute to poor housing design


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

Urban picture conference

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 conference

Green roofs: interest grows in their potential across the UK


CABE health week 2006


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

Two more firsts from Dubai

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
Redefining suburbia

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

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

What can we do about cars?

Developing Dubai

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

Pride of Place
Did the Summit deliver?

January 2005

New urbanism, new towns and sustainable communities: Avoiding past mistakes and making sustainability real

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
Urban Design in Chelmsford
Virtual London: a truly multi-dimensional model

2003

Children and young people
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
Omagh - A Town Regenerated
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
From open spaces to public realm
Tall buildings

Secure Residential Layout, Taiwan