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July 22, 2021

Wilberforce House Museum, Hull

Robin Diaper, Curator of Maritime & Social History I never paid much attention to careers advice at school, and after leaving school with A-levels in..
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July 22, 2021

Ripley Castle

Sir Thomas Ingilby: Owner My family has lived at Ripley Castle for 714 years. It was given to us as a dowry – a wedding..
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July 22, 2021

The Civic in the Suburbs

Civic spaces are fundamental to urban life. Kathryn Firth asks how we can reintegrate the civic into suburban exurban spaces like malls and business parks. “Difference”..
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July 22, 2021

Rapid Transport and Urban Recovery

The AoU recently organised a virtual study tour of four tram systems seeking to learn from those involved in their finance and construction. Nicholas Falk..
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July 22, 2021

Millhouses Park – Sheffield

Harshada Deshpande: Urbanist I work as an Urban Designer within the Planning Service of Sheffield City Council. My main role is as a design advocate..
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July 22, 2021

Herceg Novi – Montenegro

Aleks Milentilevic – Urbanist I studied Architecture and Planning at Nikola Tesla University in Belgrade, then I did my Master’s in Spatial Planning at Oxford..
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July 22, 2021

The Buzz of Urban Life

Following the article by Martin Crookson last month Steve Bee reviews his book ‘Why Face to Face Still Matters’ written with Jonathan Reades. I remember..
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July 22, 2021

SOUNDING-OFF: Can you name a second famous female planner from history?

Vicky Payne argues that it’s time to celebrate some of the lesser-known pioneers of planning. Can you name a famous female planner from history? Of..
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June 15, 2021

Everything Flows

Everything Flows: What the philosopher Heraclitus can teach us about urban planning. Andreas Markides reflects on change and 35 years of planning.
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June 15, 2021

Paradise Lost?

Hilary Kolinsky reviews a new book on lessons from the British and French New Towns edited by David Fée, Bob Colenutt, Sabine Coady Schabitz From..
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June 15, 2021

Face to Face Still Matters

Are cities really so vulnerable to the long-term effects of Covid-19? Martin Crookson argues that reports of the death of the city are exaggerated. Based on his book written with Jonathan Reades he argues that face to face still matters.
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June 15, 2021

Planning without end

The Urban Idiot’s law of planning states that the level of objections raised by a planning authority to a submitted plan is a constant and..
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May 13, 2021

Children will save the city

Marketa Nosalova reviews Tim Gill’s new book Urban Playground: How Child Friendly planning and design can save cities.
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May 13, 2021

Brixton – London

Lia Ghilardi – Urbanist I was born in Lombardy in Italy and moved to London in 1982 after completing my degree in Sociology. As well..
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May 13, 2021

Clarence Dock, Leeds

Gordon Carey – Architect I was born in Leeds and went to primary school in the city. I always loved drawing as a child and..
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