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November 19, 2023

A collective and continuing legacy

Author: Bright Pryde-Saha The Young Urbanists – or YUrbs as they were colloquially called in the early days – were the result of an off-handed..
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November 19, 2023

A View and an Agenda

Author: Odysseas Diakakis I’ve been a member with the Young Urbanists for the last 6 years, and I can only praise the wide range of..
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November 19, 2023

Porous Boundaries

Author: Jekaterina Ancane A simplified definition of public space might sound like ‘accessible for all’ and private space as ‘accessible for owners or selected individuals..
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November 19, 2023

Urban Heat Islands

Author: Raymonde Bieler Currently, around two-thirds of the global population face exposure to extreme heat for 20 or more days each year (C40). According to..
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November 19, 2023

Mallwalkers

Author: Leyla Moy In the early 2010s, Westgate Mall was a shell on the near-west side of Madison, Wisconsin. Flanked by a Hy-Vee which continues..
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November 19, 2023

Measuring the social impacts of regeneration across London

Author: Simeon Shtebunaev The presumption in favour of sustainable development underpins decision-making across the built environment sector in the UK. The three objectives of sustainable..
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November 19, 2023

Are we thinking rural enough?

Author: Carlos Soto In a world with multiple challenges, where both environmental and public health have risen to the top of our priorities, the interplay..
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November 19, 2023

English National Ballet

Connie Dales: AoU Comms + Events Planner When the new AoU team, myself included, got settled in the office, we had a clear out, during..
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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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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

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 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

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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