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November 4, 2022

Time for Urban Design

Our ongoing inability to create good places is, at least in part, a failing of urban design. Ombretta Romice, David Rudlin and Husam Al Waer..
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August 15, 2022

Choosing layers, making places

One sunny lunchtime in July, Lorenza Casini and Morag Rose met for a walk through Lincoln Square in Manchester site of the relocated Manchester Peace..
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August 15, 2022

Wrong side of the Tracks

Increasingly stations are seen as an engine for growth and development. But their history means that they are often located in areas that are neglected..
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August 15, 2022

Message from the Chair

Academy of Urbanism Chair Andrew Burrell provides an update on a busy spell at the Academy over these past few months which has seen changes..
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August 15, 2022

REVIEW: Why Travel?

A collection of essays edited by Matthew Niblett and Kris Beuret seeks to understand our need to move and how it shapes our lives. Nicholas..
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August 15, 2022

Barrenjoey Head, Sidney, Australia

Geoff Haslam AoU: Director, Local Agenda Ltd. I sailed with my dad as a kid. He set up Liverpool Sailing Club, which I re-built not..
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August 15, 2022

The Krushi Bhavan, Odisha, India

Ar. Apurva Bose Dutta: Author, Architectural Journalist, Curator, Editor Born and brought up in Chandigarh, India, I realised the city’s global architectural value in 2000..
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August 15, 2022

Orchard Gardens Estate, Lewisham

Kwame Lowe: Founding Director, Kin Structures Alongside Arman Nouri, I co-founded Kin Structures, to explore new approaches to building and sustaining community infrastructure. Orchard Gardens..
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August 15, 2022

Stevenson Square, Manchester

Laurie Mentiplay: Urban designer, Arup The Northern Quarter is the creative, independent heart of Manchester. I lived there for five years after ‘emigrating’ to England..
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August 15, 2022

Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park

Meg Johannessen: Landscape Architect, Advisor to Natural England This park is one of the only places in London where I can forget I’m in London. I..
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August 15, 2022

Castle Howard, Yorks

Owen Hopkins: Director, FarrelI Centre I first discovered Hawksmoor when I was studying at the Courtauld Institute in London. I remember flicking through the pages..
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August 15, 2022

Poynton, Cheshire

Professor Rachel Cooper OBE: Distinguished Professor, Lancaster University I have lived in Poynton for 46 six years. Despite spending periods in the USA for sabbaticals..
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August 15, 2022

Palm House, Kew Gardens, London

Anna Liu & Mike Tonkin: Tonkin Liu Architects We met in Hong Kong in 1994 with an interest in dismantling current myths and creating our..
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August 15, 2022

MY OWN VIEW IS: Atlantis

In the fourth in his series on philosophy and urbanism Andreas Markides unpicks the myth of Atlantis The myth of Atlantis is probably known by..
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August 15, 2022

Greenford Quay, London

Sandy Morrison: Partner, HTA Design. I painted this oil painting for the charity Article25 and their 10×10 fundraising auction. I love oil paint and its..
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