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The Academy of Urbanism is a not-for-profit organisation established in 2006 that brings together both the current and next generation of urban leaders, thinkers and practitioners to learn from place and disseminate best practice. The Awards programme is the Academy’s primary platform for recognising the best, most enduring or most…

On Wednesday 15 May 2024, JTP hosted the launch of the new Engagement Overlay to the RIBA Plan of Work. A full house of guests, including built environment professionals, politicians and community members were taken through the guidance; and heard insights and best practice from a panel of experts. The…

In 2021 Charles Campion, author of 20/20 Visions and partner at JTP, joined the newly established Soil in Construction and Planning Task Force based at Lancaster University. The Task Force has recently produced a new report which seeks to drive better management of soils through the planning and construction stages of…

A multi-disciplinary, diverse community of practice set to address major social, environmental and economic challenges. On Monday 19 April 2021, Design Council announced its refreshed network of built and natural environment experts who collectively embody the organisation’s commitment to make life better by design. Charles Campion, author of 20/20 Vision:…

The Place Commission, led by Glasgow’s City Urbanist, Professor Brian Evans, held it’s first meeting on Wednesday 13 November 2019. The Place Commission for Glasgow can be seen as an ongoing conversation with the city’s communities, developers, designers and other partners to consider how the built environment can best respond…

Speaking on the final day of the Glasgow United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) conference on city living, Professor Brian Evans, Glasgow’s City Urbanist, has announced the setting up of the Place Commission. The Commission will be an ongoing collaborative conversation with Glasgow’s communities, developers, designers and other partners…

Ian Harvey, Executive Director at Civic Voice, has announced that the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Civic Societies is establishing a ‘Community Planning Forum’ – an independent cross-party group to look at what a ‘meaningful voice for communities in the planning system should look like’. The forum will call on…

The Congress for New Urbanism hosted their annual conference, CNU 27.Louisville, June 12-15, 2019, in Kentucky. On Thursday, June 13, National Charrette Institute’s (NCI) director Holly Madill participated in a panel session on “Working Toward Yes: Dealing with Divided Communities”. Participants were able to learn from the real-world experiences of…

On Saturday 10 June 2019 JTP Partner Charles Campion will be speaking at the AiA ‘19 Conference in Las Vegas at a session entitled “Community Engagement, Diversity & Inclusion in International Practice”. Charles, author of 20/20 Visions: Collaborative Planning & Placemaking (RIBA Publishing), will share the platform with chair Alison…