URBAN DESIGN 166 - Spring 2023
This issue has been kindly sponsored by Project Centre
COVER Barking and Dagenham, Becontree Estate, Villa housing by Archio. Photograph by French+Tye
UPDATE
3 — Urban Design and the Film and Television Industry
3 — Better Streets Summit
4 — Urban Design Group’s Annual General Meeting
5 — My Favourite Plan: Amanda Reynolds
6 — UD Library #45
7 — Urban Design on Film
8 — Climate Change Global Digest
10 — Behind the Image: Alfred Place Gardens, Bloomsbury
VIEWPOINT
12 — Towards a Better Balance between Heritage and Growth, Louise Thomas
14 — Transforming Urban Areas to Kick-Start a Transport Revolution, Federico Cassani
16 — Lessons Learned from a Project Delivered: Crown Street, Glasgow, Tom Macartney
TOPIC: Council Housing
19 — Council Housing, Leo Hammond and Jacob Willson, guest topic editors
21 — Why are Local Authorities Building Housing again? Janice Morphet and Ben Clifford
24 — Council House Building in York, Michael Jones and David Mikhail
27 — The Case for Investing in Sustainability, Zeina Krayim
29 — Local Authority Housing Estates can also be Great Places, Kate Digney
32 — The Value of an In-house Design Team, Amandeep Kalra and Betty Owoo
35 — How Councils Fund New Housing, Mark Baigent
38 — Visible Mending at the Dover Court Estate, Tricia Patel
41 — The Vital Role of Resident and Community Participation, Stephanie Edwards
44 — More than Housing: A European Perspective, Dominic Papa
BOOK REVIEWS
48 — Underground Urbanism, Elizabeth Reynolds
48 — Essential Urban Design, Robert Cowan
49 — Informality through Sustainability, Antonino Di Raimo, Steffen Lehmann, Alessandro Melis (ed.)
49 — Future Stories, Tales from the BCP Future Lab, Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole, Feria Urbanism
50 — PRACTICE INDEX
55 — EDUCATION INDEX
ENDPIECE
56 — Path, edge, landmark, Joe Holyoak