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November 19, 2023

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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November 19, 2023

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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November 19, 2023

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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September 1, 2023

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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September 1, 2023

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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September 1, 2023

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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September 1, 2023

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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September 1, 2023

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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September 1, 2023

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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September 1, 2023

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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September 1, 2023

The Cambridge (Urban) Room

Author: Professor Flora Samuel When I applied for the role as ‘The Professor of Architecture (1970)’ here at Cambridge, I stated what seems very obvious..
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September 1, 2023

Threads of Time

Artist: Selena Scott CategoriesArticles Designing for the Future
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September 1, 2023

The Agora

Author: Andreas Markides During the Academy’s recent Congress in Cambridge I met new and old friends and saw exemplar developments with sustainable living as their..
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September 1, 2023

How do you grow cities like Cambridge?

Author: Nicholas Falk A few weeks after the AoU’s Congress on Designing for the Future in the centre of historic Cambridge, Michael Gove MP was..
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September 1, 2023

Designing for the Future: Chair’s Insights from the Cambridge Congress

Author: Jas Atwal Introduction The vibrant city of Cambridge recently played host to a thought-provoking AoU Congress on Designing for the Future, where experts and..
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