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June 9, 2022

A Science Superpower needs Knowledge Freeports

The UK Government’s Levelling Up White Paper wants to create a 21st century Medici effect, with high levels of innovation and growth beyond the golden..
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June 9, 2022

In the city, everyone’s an urbanist

This special issue of the Journal is published to coincide with our Belfast Congress. The local team of Academicians in the city that has worked..
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June 1, 2022

The Story of My Place

The death of Richard Rogers, one of the twentieth century’s ‘starchitects’ and a great supporter of My Place led John Mullin to reflect on sixteen..
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June 1, 2022

MY VIEW IS: Tranquility

In the third of his series on urbanism and philosophy, Andreas Markides asks why we have lost the art of being tranquil When I first..
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April 11, 2022

My own view is: Greed

Having explored urbanists’ relationship to Happiness in a previous issue, Andreas Markides turns his attention to a darker force that shapes our cities – Greed...
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April 6, 2022

All Change at the Academy of Urbanism

The Academy is about to embark on a new chapter in its life as major changes take place within our management structure with two long-serving..
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April 4, 2022

Caledonian Road, London

Angela Brady OBE: PPRIBA, Architect and Design Champion. For years we wanted to build our own office, or create it as part of a development..
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April 4, 2022

Venice, Italy

Steffen Lehmann: Urbanist My choice of place had to be Venice! The Italian city is simply too unique and memorable not to rank at the..
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April 4, 2022

Almanzora Spain

Rob Ramwell: Former Estate Management Officer Hulme in Manchester holds a very special place in my heart. I moved into the (usually preceded by infamous..
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April 4, 2022

Aultbea on Loch Ewe

Willie Watt: PPRIAS, Architect This is one of those places up near the North Coast 500, which folk have no doubt been longing to visit for..
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April 4, 2022

Jodhpur, India

Shruti Hemani: Urban Designer & Illustrator This illustration was made for the book “Are your emotions like mine?” published by Adidev Press. It is part..
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April 4, 2022

No Place Left Behind

James Gross talks to Toby Lloyd, Chair of the Commission into Prosperity and Community Placemaking on the publication of their findings in the Create Streets..
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April 1, 2022

Can you survive in the city without your smartphone?

As part of the YU Small grant scheme 2021, Cécile Poullain and Pauline Niesseron have explored how smartphones influence our ability to perceive our urban..
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February 21, 2022

No more Levelling Down

As the government launches its Levelling Up white paper, John Montgomery argues that many towns and cities struggle to sustain meaningful work and prosperity and..
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February 21, 2022

The Importance of Markets

Following the AoU’s successful markets event on 27th January one of its co-organisers Anwar Akhtar describes how his time as a youth, working on market..
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