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May 1, 2023

Great Towns and Small Cities

We are used to seeing strong leadership when visiting European towns and cities. Tim Challans and Steve Bee celebrated the three towns shortlisted in this..
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April 21, 2023

Cities

The shortlisted cities for the current AoU Awards were Malaga, Mechelen and Trieste with the latter emerging as a narrow winner. AoU Director Victoria Whenray..
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April 21, 2023

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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April 21, 2023

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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April 21, 2023

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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April 21, 2023

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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April 21, 2023

The Crown Bar, Belfast

Alan Jones  Architect I was born and grew up in Northern Ireland and studied Architecture at Queen’s University Belfast. After seven years with Royal Gold..
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April 21, 2023

What are we going to do with Highway Engineers?

Is the profession of Highway Engineering dead? It is a question that Andreas Markides AoU, past president of the Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation..
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April 21, 2023

Is productivity the highest urban metric?

Productivity is not just the preserve of economists. New AoU Board Member Harry Knibb argues that it is a concept with a strong and often..
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January 19, 2023

Communities and Historic Buildings

The Architectural Heritage Fund is changing. Kelcey Wilson-Lee, Head of Programmes and Impact, describes its change of focus from pure aesthetics and the celebration of..
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January 19, 2023

Lima Superblocks

The coastal Peruvian capital is renowned for both its gastronomy and its congestion. Following a recent trip to Lima Julie Plichon and Giovanni Zayas take..
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January 19, 2023

In memory of John Thompson, 1944 – 2022

We are hugely saddened to learn of the passing of our Honorary President and Founding Chairman, John Thompson, after a long illness. In the coming..
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January 19, 2023

The Urbanism Awards 2022

We were delighted to be able to run our awards last year for the first time since COVID. Over the next few editions of Here..
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January 19, 2023

Great Places

This years the great places assessment team visited three places that have been restored, re-vitalised or repurposed in the 16 years since the Urbanism Awards..
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January 19, 2023

Kinderdijk

Marcia Whitney-Schenck: Author I am based in Chicago but visited the UNESCO World Heritage site Kinderdijk in the South Holland Province of The Netherlands twice..
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