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What is urban design?

New projects, new skills

What is an urban designer?

We are all urban designers now

Interested in becoming an urban designer?

What motivates you?

How can I find out more?

 

How can I find out more?


Professional bodies

See the websites of the individual professional bodies to find out about those particular specialisms:

Institution of Civil Engineers
www.ice.org.uk

Institution of Highways and Transportation
www.iht.org.uk

Institute of Historic Building Conservation
www.ihbc.org.uk

Landscape Institute
www.l-i.org.uk

Royal Institute of British Architects
www.architecture.com

Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
www.rics.org.uk

Royal Town Planning Institute
www.rtpi.org.uk

Institute of Highway Incorporated Engineers
www.ihie.org.uk


Urban Design Alliance

See the websites of the Urban Design Alliance and its other members (in addition to the professional bodies listed above):

Urban Design Alliance 
www.udal.org.uk

Civic Trust
www.civictrust.org.uk

Urban Design Group
www.udg.org.uk


The Urban Directory 2009/10

The Urban Design Directory provides a list of the main urban design courses in the UK as well as details of around 40 practices specialising in urban design (this section is also available online here).

To obtain the Directory (price £10.00), please send a cheque payable to Urban Design Group to:

Urban Design Group, 70 Cowcross Street, London EC1M 6EJ

for further information, please contact 020 7250 0892 or admin@udg.org.uk.

Other urban design links

Resource for Urban Design Information (RUDI)
www.rudi.net

CABE
www.cabe.org.uk

CABE Space
www.cabespace.org.uk

Dictionary of Urbanism
www.urbanwords.info

Council for European Urbanism
www.ceunet.org


Architecture centres

Architecture centres present a wide range of information about issues relating to urban design. Contact your local centre, if you have one:

Architecture Centre Network
www.architecturecentre.net

London Open House
www.londonopenhouse.org

MADE (West Midlands)
www.made.uk.net

Northern Architecture
www.north.org.uk

SHAPE Cambridge
www.shape-cambridge.org.uk

The Architecture Centre, Bristol
www.arch-centre.demon.co.uk

The Architecture Centre, Kent
www.architecturecentre.org

The Architecture Foundation
www.architecturefoundation.org.uk

The Building Exploratory, Hackney
www.buildingexploratory.org.uk

The Lighthouse, Glasgow
www.thelighthouse.co.uk

The RIBA Architecture Gallery, London
www.architecture.com

 


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