URBAN DESIGN 53 Spring 1995
Contents of Edition 53
Cover Photograph: Cityscape by Simon Head
News and Events 4
UDG/RTPI Conference on Urban Design
UDG/Architecture Foundation Lecture by Dan Kiley
Lefebvre and the History of Space
Quality in town and country
UDG Response to the Secretary of State 6
Secretary of State's views on urban design 7
Quality in Town and Country was a discussion document published by the Department for the Environment in 1994 marking a positive change in government attitude towards planning and urban design.
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Topic / Urban components
Knitting together the urban components Kelvin Campbell defines the holistic approach which requires a new approach to urbanism by the professions and funding agencies 10
Infrastucture and the life of cities Alan Baxter describes the intestines of the city, the need to understand them better and plan more flexibly for the future 12
Working cities: Transactional places John Worthington analyses the changing nature of work and the implications of information and communications technology 13
Animation: A plea for activity in urban places John Montgomery makes a plea for encouraging street life and urban culture and building a city's evening economy 15
The environment: Institutions friend or foe? Francis Amos considers the financial institution's approach the physical environment and whether users can play a bigger part. 17
Networked cities Chris Gentle anticipates the impact of the information super highway on the potential for creating a more open society 19
The public realm Huw Thomas emphasises the role of urban spaces as an outward expression of our social attitudes and values 20
The street Richard MacCormac examines the ways in which the role of the street has changed and its potential in urban design 22
The square and the park Dan Kiley regrets that there are not enough parks and squares in our cities and where they exist they should reflect today's needs 23
Monuments and civic buildings Vincent Wang considers whether the future monument could be based on information exchange or transport nodal points 25
Neighbourhood and community Peter Calthorpe puts forward ideas for the structuring of communities based on the neighbourhood, place making, human scale, and diversity and balance 26
Regenerating the urban core Tom Bloxham argues for more imagination and vision from developers to consider niche marketing 28
The town centre Brian Raggett reviews recent government statements about town centres and ways in which centres can be improved 30
Book reviews
Reviews by John Billingham, Peter Howard and Helena Webster 32 © Urban Design Group
Practice profiles
Battle McCarthy
Nathaniel Lichfield
Livingston Eyre Associates