city centres

Remaking places: nine leading urbanists discuss new thinking about design, density, functionality and sustainability Free to all

All across the UK there are areas of our towns, cities and suburbs that are unsuitable for modern styles of life. Such places are in need of re-engineering and re-designing to turn them into vibrant, liveable places that cater for current needs and a sustainable future. Nine leading urbanists discuss ideas for remaking places: video, audio, presentations and papers can be downloaded

The Power of Place: a lecture by George Ferguson Free to all

The Power of Place: a lecture by George Ferguson
The Power of Place by George Ferguson: Chairman, Acanthus Ferguson Mann Architects, past president of the RIBA and a founder of the Academy of Urbanism

The Power of Placeis a lecture given by George Ferguson as part of the Martin Randall Travel Lecture Series, in January 2008

The 1hr plus talk is available to view in 20-plus minute sections

The Power of Place: a lecture by George Ferguson, parts two and three Free to all

The Power of Place: a lecture by George Ferguson, parts two and three
The Power of Place,a lecture given by George Ferguson as part of the Martin Randall Travel Lecture Series, in January 2008.

The Power of Placeis a lecture given by George Ferguson as part of the Martin Randall Travel Lecture Series, in January 2008

The 1hr plus talk is available to view in 20-plus minute sections

Parts two and three

Manchester city centre regeneration (EDAW) Free to all

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The EDAW Masterplan was announced as the winner of the International Design Competition back in November 1996. Supplementary Planning Guidance was then formally adopted to underpin the masterplan and to give a spatial definition and statutory basis to the vision, which was completed years later

The reconstruction programme for Manchester’s City Centre was guided by a strong vision of the kind of place local people would like to see emerge from the devastation caused by the bomb. That vision embodied in the masterplan builds strongly upon the aims and objectives of the ‘City Pride’ Prospectus and other strategic priorities of the City

Bristol, UK Free to all

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Bristol is growing; by 2026 there are likely to be 30,000 more people living in the city. In the area surrounding Bristol (the former county of Avon), the population will increase by some 100,000. As a result of changes to the planning system in 2004, work has already begun on the Bristol Development Framework, which will guide the significant growth that will be occurring in Bristol over the next 20 years

Rising high: as London Mayor calls for tall buildings, designers and planners seek guidance RUDI subscribers only

Rising high: as London Mayor calls for tall buildings, designers and planners seek guidance

With newly developing cities such as Dubai and Hong Kong following where New York, Tokyo and Taiwan have led, skyscrapers are becoming an issue across the UK. By 2010 London''s skyline will be dominated by the London Bridge Tower, which at 310 metres (1,017ft) will take over from Canary Wharf''s 235-metre structure at No 1 Canada Square as the tallest building in Europe. Yet the rapid surge in planning applications for skyscrapers has left some authorities unprepared and seeking design guidance...