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14 January 2020
BBBC– Living with Beauty – One Page UDG Briefing Sheet available
New UrbanNous videos
– Housing Design Quality Audit
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31 January 2020
BBBC Report Published – Living with Beauty
Best urban design to reduce traffic injuries;
Design for children
Building for a New Urban...
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23 January 2020
75 percent of housing development in England “mediocre or poor”
– is the NPPF being ignored?
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6 January 2020
Fully updated events listing for the New Year
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Urban Climates – 9 January – fully booked with long waiting list –...
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27 November 2019
· Next Event – Central London Walking Network
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8 November 2019
· Next Event – Urban Design and Neuroscience – understanding navigation, mental maps, and sense of...
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25 October 2019
Report on the National Urban Design Conference 2019 – Making People-friendly Places
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15 October 2019
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Towards a Humanising Urbanism...
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30 September 2019
· Climate Change Crisis – Greta Thunberg’s Empty Words speech in full
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30 September 2019
· Climate Change Crisis – Greta Thunberg’s Empty Words speech in full
+ The law on...
The National Urban Design Conferenceopens on Thursday next week in Birmingham, and there is still time to join the 40+ speakers and 200 delegates drawn from private and public sectors and from all...
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Parking in towns and Cities
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5 September 2019
· Climate change crisis
Local authorities across England threatened with legal action unless they...
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9 August 2019
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19 July 2019
Windowless Permitted Development exposes Visionless Planning System
Building Better, Building Beautiful – Interim Report published
Design guidance for bus...
National Urban Design Conference 2019
Making People-Friendly Places
Birmingham 26|27|28 September
The annual not-for-profit making event for all professionals and politicians dedicated...
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3 June 2019
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14 June 2019
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AoU Congress – Eindhoven
Margate Study Trip – Free – Saturday 22
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24 May 2019
First call for presentations for the 2019 National Urban Design Conference – deadline Sunday Night!
Framework for Towns and Cities – Next UDG London...
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17 May 2019
Growing concern over climate change and global eco-system damage
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22 May 2019 - London
People Friendly Big Streets
How better approaches to street design can complement low traffic neighbourhoods
Most councils now accept that the need to provide people...
Canada
Sidewalk Labs unveils design for neighbourhood in Toronto "future city"
China
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New public pissoirs in Paris...
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'No regard for design and beauty': Why Bondi Junction is an eyesore
Final vision for major inner Melbourne urban renewal precinct released
Holistic landscape architecture...
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Australia
Australian cities are lagging behind in greening up their buildings
Local government eyes social media for feedback
Canada
More Burnaby demovictions to be...
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Australia
To design safer parks for
women, city planners must listen to their stories
Flat-townhouse complex draws
14 objections in a...
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The Delivery Process
26th June 2018 Morning
Housing experts share knowledge of delivering housing
in partnerships with others including the...
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Australia
‘World first’ development in Melbourne’s east has farm on shopping centre roof
After the Griffins: reclaiming Canberra’s...
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Australia
Is Brisbane a Walkable City?
Canada
In Vancouver, a Housing Frenzy That Even Owners Want to End
Mom-and-pops and human-scale streets don’t...
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Housing affordability: Taking a more creative approach to new homes
“Design for Liveability”- Leading international experts...
Australia
Airbnb: who’s in, who’s out, and what this tells us about rental impacts in Sydney and Melbourne
India
Citizens’ group raises objections to Mumbai Development Plan...
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Australia
Place Design Group's 'Future Street' takes out Urban Challenge award
Canada
Leave Toronto’s old Bank of Canada building alone...
Laura Alvarez writes about The Legacy of the Urban Design Conference 2014
“Every town and city should have a physical space where people can go to understand, debate and get involved in...
Australia
After 30 years, does Parliament House serve politicians and people?
Republic of Ireland
To compete and prosper, our cities need fewer cars
UK
Barton Willmore: Glasgow ‘...
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Australia
Good design threatened by Sydney’s rapid development, leading architects say
Canada
Critics say new Vancouver policy will change city skyline...
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Australia
To fix the public transport crisis it must be brought back into public hands
Canada
Deco, modern and what's next? The historic home of CIBC could get a...
India
‘GEF-UNIDO Sustainable Cities: Integrated Approach Pilot’ integrates sustainability strategies into urban planning and management
Indonesia
Jakarta should not turn to mass evictions...
Healthy High Streets - Public Health England Report
Public Health England has just released a report on Healthy High Streets
The report reviews evidence of the factors that lead to an...
India
Space-starved urban villages are fire hazards waiting to happen
Italy
Rome to create sandy beach along banks of the Tiber
South Africa
Urban-Think Tank develops low-cost housing for South...
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The push for rental-only zoning in Vancouver
Strategy to deal with land price escalation and pressure of condo market
Vancouver developers fear 'alarming' land prices hinder profit...
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Australia
Athletes’ village tops podium at the 2017 Gold Coast Urban Design Awards
Canada
Golf courses: The only option that's out of...
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Butterfly wing inspires photovoltaics: Light absorption can be enhanced by up to 200 percent
Urban trees are growing faster worldwide
Movement
NASA and...
Healthy City Design Conference Report
This was a two-day conference organised by Salus at the Royal College of Physicians, London last month
Global urbanisationpresents major health challenges but...
Australia
Australia - Infrastructure and Housing Investment Must Prioritise Urban Design
Planning Institute Of Australia: We Don’t Need An Urban Design Trigger
Entries open for...
Australia
Brisbane property: Greenfield sites and inner-city bear burden on 80 per cent of new homes – “figures unsustainable”
What Melbourne can learn from...
Humans, Health, Society
Air pollution continues to be “News” and it is a serious problem; however, it is by no means the only health problem in the built environment. It is...
Canada
Bringing Indigenous principles to development in East Vancouver
Indigenous design is an emerging and growing concept in the world of urban planning and architecture. The 110-year-old...
Australia
60 tall buildings set to change Perth City skyline
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Toronto: Charting a Path for Unprecedented Growth
China
China’s Newly Imagined ‘Green’ City Gets Its First $19...
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2016 hottest year on record 1.1C above pre industrial era - World Meteorological Organisation
Climate breaks multiple records in 2016, with global impacts.
Record-...
Built Environment
How smarter urbanisation can help us meet the challenges of rapid growth - Nicholas Falk – The Planner
Bulldozer: Demolition and Clearance of the Postwar...
Built Environment
Are cities too big or too small – should we live in fewer, larger cities? – CityLab
Quiz: guess the city from its skyline - Guardian
Alfred Place park to...
The purpose of a tax is first and foremost to raise revenue. A second purpose can be to influence behaviour by taxing goods or services that society wants people to use less. A third...
Built Environment
Quiz: guess the city from its skyline - Guardian
Alfred Place park to be central London's first new park in over 100 years - LI
Parks Without Borders: Creating a...
Urban Design Directory - Featured Practice
Amec Foster Wheeler
Defence College for Technical Training, Lyneham
PROJECT SUMMARY
Masterplanning and design of new Defence College for...
LUC - Bishopric, HorshamThis project is an opportunity to redefine the Bishopric’s significance and role within Horsham town centre.The opening of John Lewis at Home in 2015 and the...
Environment
Technological progress alone will not stem resource use – MIT News
Researchers find no evidence of an overall reduction in the world’s consumption of materials.
Movement...
20 Jan
Technological progress alone will not stem resource use – MIT News
Researchers find no evidence of an overall reduction in the world’s consumption of materials.
Sandwell...
13 Jan
Renting rather than owning a home may not be as expensive as many people think - University of Stirling
Department for Transport Modelling shows potential for driverless vehicles to cut...
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IN BRIEF
English Government Names 14 Garden Villages and 3 Garden Towns
Key points...
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High Speed Rail Explored: Report Launch
HSR and Connected Cities The Independent Transport Commission Leeds on Monday 16th May 2016.
Report by Laura...
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Big Meet 5 – Design Review - Event Report
There is a lot of interest in design review at the moment, and it is timely that the Place Alliance’s...
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Impact of HS1 on Property Prices?
Domestic high-speed commuter services on the High Speed 1 line between the Channel Tunnel and London commenced on 13 December 2009. The...
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Time to design the underworld?
UDG Director Robert Huxford, speaking at a recent Energy Utilities Industry Conference, has called for a better design and management of the space...
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Urban Design 138 – Spring 2016: Industry and Urban Design
Louise Thomas introduces the current edition of Urban Design
A sustainable and enjoyable...
A Response to the London Good Growth Agenda 2016
Graham Marshall gives a North West pro-social perspective on the debate on the growth of London
London Docklands against the backdrop of a layer of...
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Why is the starting point for street design still cars and lorries and not people?
Turn to any street design guide and you will find a rich and generous amount of...
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Streets of Shame
Use out of date approaches to highway design and management could leave highway authorities liable and professional staff in breach of codes of...
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Housing
A restless local government officer writes
“As a local government planner I have to work without favour to any political party interest, only...
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Vision Zero UK Launch
How many people should die on our streets and highways each year? 2000? 200? 20? Well how about zero? ...
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Urban Farming Special
Brooklyn Farmer - Event report
The world’s largest rooftop farm
https://vimeo.com/ondemand/brooklynfarmer
Brooklyn Farmer is a...
Driverless urban futures, carless towns, comapact cities, floodable cities, events for 2016
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Driverless urban futures
Raquel Leonardo
Driverless...
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The Metro-town – an alternative to sprawl
Event report - Campaign against urban sprawl in Essex
Essex is arguably England’s oldest...
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Human physiology, psychology and place-making
Giving urban design a basis in science...
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Why people choose to live where they do
Urban Demographics – why people live where they do’, a new report by the Centre for Cities,shows...
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National Urban Design Conference Reports
Paul Osborne of LHC Architecture and Urbanism reports on the session - Creating profit...
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Comparing House Builders’ approaches to Urban Design
A pilot study to understand its role and value to the industry
Major Research report...
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Design and Value
Design South East Conference explores the links
A century ago East Kent was flourishing. It had had a major tourist industry with...
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Project of the Week
Harbourside Regeneration, Torquay
Kay Elliott
Kay Elliott are developing a proposal for Torquay's waterfront which includes...
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The ideal development design guide?
6 Cs workshop produces specification
The 6 C’s are six councils (Derbyshire, Derby City, Leicestershire...
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Main Headlines
Prospects for Standardising Urban Sustainability? Research Report
crime reduction core to reducing car dependence
Poor diet and high...
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Main Headlines
Dangerous lorries banned from London to protect cyclists
Exercise adds 3 – 7 years of life
Simple changes will make roads safer – a...
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On the importance of making reasonable and rational decisions
The news a fortnight ago that an English minister for planning had had his policy on...
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Should we design the public realm around children?
The summer holidays bring a time where children are free from school, and sometimes left on their own. ...
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English brownfield land development free for all?
The City as Master Developer – Event Report
Climate trends could yield 20-foot sea-level...
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SIR TERRY FARRELL BECOMES A TRUSTEE of THE TREES AND DESIGN ACTION GROUP TRUST.
The Trees and Design Action Group (TDAG) and Farrells are pleased to announce that Sir Terry Farrell is now a...
Former UDG Chair Duncan Ecob writes about his continuing experience of living and working in New Zealand
I have now been in the land of the long white cloud for one year and am thoroughly enjoying it...
The programme for the Hackney Design Awards 2014 has now been announced. The awards celebrate great design in architecture, urban design and landscape architecture in Hackney.
Nominations for the...
The Urban Design Group’s National Urban Design Awards 2014 were presented on 12 February at the Victory Services Club in Central London.
Hosted by Amanda Reynolds, the evening showcased some...
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INTERNATIONAL URBAN DESIGN NEWS
Australia
Malcolm Snow to head National Capital Authority
Mr Snow has won the Australian Award for urban design three times.
http://www....
Abstracts are now invited for the National Conference on Urban Design 2014, taking place in Nottingham on 18-20 September.
The theme for the conference is Urban Design for All and the main aim of the...
Download pdf version International Urban Design NewsEuropePerception survey of quality of life in 79 European CitiesMost people are very satisfied with their city, but there are low levels of...
Urban Update 30th December - pdf download
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Australia
Sydney Design Awards
http://www.architectureanddesign.com.au/news/winners-announced-for-the-...
The Joint Centre for Urban Design at Oxford Brookes has just launched a new content focused website, part of a Brookes Teaching Fellowship project.
The website reflects a joint effort from...
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An international search has been launched by New West End Company to find a partner to completely redesign and install a truly innovative Christmas Lights spectacle on London’s world famous...
The National Urban Design Awards for 2013 were presented at a prestigious event held at the Royal Overseas League in Londonon 6 February.
Hosted by Amanda Reynolds, the evening showcased some of the...
In Planning and Place in the City, Marichela Sepe explores the preservation, reconstruction and enhancement of cultural heritage and place identity. She outlines the history of the concept of place-...
Nesta, the UK’s innovation foundation, is currently running the ‘Hands Off My Bike!’ challenge prize - which calls on people from all over the UK to come up with breakthrough...
The Research and Documentation Centre in Technology, Architecture and City in Developing Countries (CRD-PVS) at the Politecnico di Torino (Italy), acknowledges and celebrates the contribution of...
Integrating Solar Design, Sustainable Development and Urban Change
Master of Science/PhD - University of Liechtenstein (Institute of Architecture & Planning)
Now open for applications for...
OPEN CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
London has a reputation of a vibrant, dynamic city constantly reinventing and transforming itself; a highly adaptable organism that embraces change and, like an astute...
Renowned urbanist, writer and cartoonist Rob Cowan launches his new website PLANDEMONIUM, bringing together a series of new videos about cities and the people who design and plan them.
This...
The metropolis of Songdo in South Korea could help older cities, like London, to upgrade.
Cities are already home to half of the world’s 7billion population and that figure will rise to 70 per...
It is now the time of year when the UDG invites practices to submit an entry for our annual project award. Please see full submission guidelines here.
The deadline for entries is Friday 8...
The Urban Design Group is always keen to give recognition to the important, creative and high quality work being done in urban design by public sector bodies, despite – and often...
The Urban Design Group AGM was held at 6.15pm on Wednesday 15 June 2011 in The Gallery at 70 Cowcross Street, London, EC1M 6EJ.
At the meeting, the new Executive Committee was announced, as...
Winners include projects in Rouse Hill, Australia, Singapore and Los Angeles.
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Professionals of any background who work in urban design can now apply for recognition of their skills and ability. The new designation of Recognised Practitioner in Urban Design is available...
The Urban Design Group is inviting UK local authorities and public sector agencies to submit an entires for the National Urban Design Awards. Entries may either be work they have undertaken...
At the Urban Design Group's AGM on 16 June 2010, Amanda Reynolds was elected as the Group's new Chair - the first woman in the Group's history to hold this office.
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