Survey finds Manual for Streets in use by vast Majority of Highway Authorities
The Seminar and the Survey
Articles
Welcome to this deep dive into the topic of water. This edition discusses new ways of looking at water: as a resource, as something to value, and - as ever - something to manage.
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Edition 177 of URBAN DESIGN introduces both the context and the challenge of gender-transformative design. Here is an introduction by Guest Topic Editor Marina Milosev.
Marina Milosev, Co-founding Partner, Beyond the Red Line.
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Edition 176 of URBAN DESIGN presents an opportunity to reflect on the state of urban design in Ireland in 2025 and comment on its distinct characteristics. Here is an introduction by Guest Topic Editors Miriam Fitzpatrick and Alan Mee.
Introduction
Towards an Urban Renaissance, the report of the Urban Task Force was published on 29 June 1999. The Urban Task Force was one of many task forces that had been set up by the new Labour Government brought to power in May 1997.
Local plans should be based on a shared vision for each town developed with the community, rather than relying on landowners and developers to propose sites for development.
This is a summary of the book Urban Villages - A concept for creating mixed-use urban developments on a sustainable scale – originally published in 1988 by, and available at the time, from the Urban Villages Forum, price £30.
Introduction
This briefing sheet is a summary of Bringing Britain Together - A national strategy for neighbourhood renewal produced by the Social Exclusion Unit, published in September 1998. Price £9.50, available from The Stationery Office, 0345 023474.
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Update
Announcing the Finalists of the 2023 National Urban Design Awards
Wednesday 15 February 2023
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Pete Dyson, is the Principal Behavioural Scientist at the Department for Transport and author of Transport for Humans.
Behind the Image
In 2004, the site of an old distillery in Holyrood became the new seat for Scottish government with a Parliamentary building complex and publicly accessible grounds designed by Miralles Tagliabue EMBT.
Climate Change Global Digest
This edition puts a spotlight on the UK’s third Climate Change Risk Assessment published at the end of 2021. In addition, we include the recently adopted Building Regulations and other relevant research and guidance.
THIRD CLIMATE CHANGE RISK ASSESSMENT
My Favourite Plan
The key components of a mixed-use and integrated neighbourhood, from Towards an Urban Renaissance, Final Report of the Urban Task Force (1999)
