Venue: Rutland Arms, 15 Lower Mall, Hammersmith, London W6 9DJ Date & Time: Saturday 18 May 2019, 11.00am – 1.30pm Book your place at the workshop here Walking workshop organised by London Car Free Day 10.30am Meet in front of the Rutland Arms pub 11am – 12noon Walk across Hammersmith Bridge with…
John Thompson, has been presented with the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award at the UDG National Urban Design Awards 2019. The award follows John receiving an American Institute of Architects AIA Presidential Citation in February this year, affirming his contribution to the architectural profession and his unique standing in the fields…
The International Association for Public Participation (IAP2) and the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) are partnering to promote systematic, quality engagement of stakeholders and the public, to help governments and others who lead and design engagement processes to develop structured, well-planned and meaningful engagement….
The House of Commons Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee believe UK high streets and town centres can survive and prosper and their recommendations have been published in the “High streets and town centres in 2030″ report. However, the report says that urgent action is required to stop the current deterioration,…
Urban Design Group Event Charrettes – best practice for 21st Century Placemaking Wednesday 06 March, 6:15pm to 8:30pm JTP, Unit 5, The Rum Warehouse, Pennington Street, Wapping, E1W 2AP Jane Jacobs famously wrote: “Cities have the capability of providing something for everybody, only because, and only when, they are created…
The Association of Dundee Architecture Students (ADAS) in partnership with The Academy of Urbanism, RTPI Scotland & University of Dundee & JTP kindly invite you to the following event: CHARRETTES: COMBINING PROFESSIONAL SKILLS WITH REAL LIVES & EMOTIONS “Just as the act of voting is a right, it is inherently…
Auroville was founded in 1968 by the spiritual leader Mirra Alfassa outside Pondicherry, Southern India as a universal town where men and women of all countries could live in peace and progressive harmony above all creeds, all politics and all nationalities. Much progress has been made over the last 50…
On Friday 12 and Saturday 13 October 2018 the local community are invited to a participatory Perspektivenwerkstatt (Charrette) in Riegel, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany to co-design a substantial urban expansion to the north west of the town called ‘Breite III’. The ‘Breite III’ development is an opportunity for Riegel Council to…
This August 2018, the UK Government has released its first Civil Society Strategy in fifteen years. The 122 page Strategy sets out a vision which places communities at the centre of decision-making and focuses on five key foundations of social value: people, places and the social, private and public sectors….
In a recent article in Town & Country Planning magazine (TCPA, July 2018) Ying Ying Tian, Director of the China Design Centre, describes how China and the UK face similar challenges in identifying the right places to build while striking a balance between urban and rural landscapes. The article offers key…