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November 5, 2008 - The Home Office has agreed to support the development of new and innovative designs in an initiative to design out crime.The programme will develop new and innovative design solutions to help prevent robbery, to crime-proof 'hot new gadgets' and to embed public safety in the design of new public spaces and housing was agreed today by the Home Secretary and the Design and Technology Alliance. O... more >
The ‘Re-making Places’ exhibition offers you a perfect opportunity to carefully target the marketing of your products and services to those within this industry. This year top decision makers will attend this one day event - Exhibitors will make contact with potential new clients and meet up with many existing ones too.
August 20, 2008 - As the Olympic Games reach a climax in Beijing, CABE is challenging every local authority across the country to create public spaces fit for 2012.Launching its annual report for 2007/08, Richard Simmons, chief executive at CABE, said: “2012 will be a massive test of the quality of our public space. more >
August 16, 2008 - A new guide has been published by the Government that provides examples of initiatives councillors can take to create quality public places. It reflects the new powers and responsibilities councillors have and supports them in taking effective action on cleaner, safer, greener and quality of life issues. more >
August 4, 2008 - Plans to transform London's urban realm through the mayor's 100 Public Spaces programme have been abandoned and the 18-month-old organisation Design for London subsumed into a larger 'and and infrastructure' directorate. more >
August 4, 2008 - Plans to site giant screens in towns and cities across the UK to show coverage of the Beijing Olympics and other material, and which will remain in place until after the 2012 London Olympics, have run into criticism from the Government's design adviser.The Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE) has warned that the 'Live Sites' project could have a serious impact on the public... more >
John Rigby , Director of Economy & Development, Exeter City Council John Rigby , Director of Economy & Development, Exeter City Council
John discusses: Managing vehicles; permeability/connectivity; effective design of spaces; local distinctiveness; limited palette of materials; public art and lighting
Paul Davis, Chairman, Paul Davis and Partners Paul Davis , Chairman, Paul Davis and Partners
Duke of York Square is a pedestrianised square off the King's Road, London, linking a series of interconnected public spaces
John Dales is committed to certain principles: namely, that big isn't necessarily beautiful and that beautiful isn't necessarily good. Yet still, somehow, there's a nagging thought that unless the urban transport schemes are visually impressive in some way then people simply won't be, well, impressed. Here he ponders the value of schemes featuring fancy paving materials, shiny stainless steel and exquisitely manicured landscaping presented to me as examples of good urban design practice when, to be honest, they're no more than 'lipstick on a gorilla'
Dick Gleeson , Chief City Planner, Dublin City Council, explains in detail what makes the redeveloped O'Connel Street, Dublin, a great placeO’Connell Street, Dublin, is a current holder of an Academy of Urbanism Great Place award
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