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A collective and continuing legacy

Author: Bright Pryde-Saha The Young Urbanists – or YUrbs as they were colloquially called in the early days – were the result of an off-handed..

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A View and an Agenda

Author: Odysseas Diakakis I’ve been a member with the Young Urbanists for the last 6 years, and I can only praise the wide range of..
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Porous Boundaries

Author: Jekaterina Ancane A simplified definition of public space might sound like ‘accessible for all’ and private space as ‘accessible for owners or selected individuals..
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Urban Heat Islands

Author: Raymonde Bieler Currently, around two-thirds of the global population face exposure to extreme heat for 20 or more days each year (C40). According to..
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Mallwalkers

Author: Leyla Moy In the early 2010s, Westgate Mall was a shell on the near-west side of Madison, Wisconsin. Flanked by a Hy-Vee which continues..
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Measuring the social impacts of regeneration across London

Author: Simeon Shtebunaev The presumption in favour of sustainable development underpins decision-making across the built environment sector in the UK. The three objectives of sustainable..
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Are we thinking rural enough?

Author: Carlos Soto In a world with multiple challenges, where both environmental and public health have risen to the top of our priorities, the interplay..
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The Minotaur

Author: Andreas Markides I have often wondered how and why certain myths continue to exert a hold on us, even thousands of years after they..
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Living Intentionally; where does cohousing fit in our vision of the future? 

Author: Harrison Brewer According to a very unreliable source, the British housing market is the UK’s 24th most popular conversation, pipped by football, Love Island,..
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THE URBAN IDIOT: Social Value

In the world of the built environment most of the policies that do harm were conceived with the best of intentions. Social value is now..
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Ljubljana to Trieste – Annual Young Urbanist Cycle Trip

By Benton Meador and Julie Plichon After a three-year hiatus induced by Covid, the Young Urbanist cycle trip took place between 8-12 June, taking a..
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How Big Things Get Done: The Surprising Factors Behind Every Successful Project, from Home Renovations to Space Exploration – Bent Flyvbjerg and Dan Gardner

Macmillan, 2023 , £18.00 Reviewed by Nicholas Falk The critical importance, cost and longevity of infrastructure makes strategic planning vital. As it crosses professional fields,..
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The Other City Tour

Author: Harrison Brewer The 2023 Congress began with a series of tours through Cambridge, each uncovering a lesser-known facet of the ancient university town. As..
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The Earth Transformed: The Untold History – Peter Frankopan

Bloomsbury Publishing 2023, 695 pages, £30 hard cover Reviewed by Nicholas Falk This weighty and fundamentally depressing book deals with the impact of climate on history..
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England’s Future

In his new book Nigel Moor explores the impact of politics on shaping the environment. Nicholas Falk finds much to agree with in his analysis..
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Glasgow Museum of Modern Art

Graham Campbell: City Councillor It’s called GOMA these days but those in the know call it what it was and is … William Cunninghame’s Mansion...
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Malton Brewery, N. Yorks

Harry Kinder: Partner It’s not a beer to make Yorkshire puddings with, it’s Yorkshire pudding beer! There is half a Yorkshire pudding in each pint...
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Strathpeffer

Karen Anderson: Architect This is me in a snowball fight in the village I now live in – Strathpeffer. After a life in the city..
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Skara Brae, Orkney

Iain Rollitt-James: Steward I am a full time steward with Historic Scotland and work at the neolithic village of Skara Brae here in Orkney. I..
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Any park, Anywhere

Nicola Wilkinson: Holistic Health & Fitness Specialist After graduating with a first-class degree in Art History from The University of Manchester, I worked at Urbis,..
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Black Mountain College Museum & Arts Center, Asheville NC, USA

Mary Holden Thompson: Founder I grew up ten minutes from Black Mountain, North Carolina, but only learned about Black Mountain College (1933-57) in the 1980’s..
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Queen Charlotte Sound, Picton, New Zealand,

Chris Howells: Garden DesignerMy passion for nature has been with me for as long as I can remember. I grew up surrounded by natural countryside,..
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Shetland Isles

Alex Malcolmson: ArtistI was born and brought up in the Shetland Isles, the most northerly point in the United Kingdom, a place of wild landscapes, wild seas and wild..
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Railway Viaduct, Berwick-upon-Tweed

Rebecca: School Student This picture shows me with Robert Stephenson’s Royal Border Railway Viaduct in Berwick-upon-Tweed. For hundreds of years Berwick has changed hands between..
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Riga, Latvia

Michael Diamant: Design Champion. Since my teens I felt confused that the architecture and urban planning of yesteryear is so great while that of today..
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Paleokastritsa, Corfu

Hannah Gardner: Personal Assistant & Illustrator Like most people I have a myriad of places I am fond of and where I enjoy whiling away..
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Slemani, Kurdistan Region-Iraq

Berivan Omer: Architecture Teacher & Advocate for Child-friendly Cities and Communities. The high mountain in front of our house has my history because, whenever I..
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