Feature Archives - Urban Design Forum

For green cities to become mainstream, we need to learn from local success stories and scale up

MELBOURNE HAS A RICH LEGACY OF URBAN PARKS THANKS TO PLANNING DECISIONS MADE WHEN THE CITY WAS FIRST ESTABLISHED. SHUTTERSTOCK Jason Alexandra PhD candidate, RMIT University https://theconversation.com Greening our cities has…

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10th International Urban Design Conference

10th International Urban Design Conference Disruption, Divergence and Designed Intervention – Making Change Happen The 10th International Urban Design Conference will be held at Surfers Paradise Marriott Resort & Spa,…

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Australian Urban Design Awards 2016

The Australian Urban Design Awards were created by Prime Minister Paul Keating’s Urban Design Taskforce in 1996 and were inaugurated with the Australia Award for Urban Design. The program was…

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European researchers prove Jane Jacobs was right

Using an innovative mix of municipal stats and mobile phone data, researchers have shown Jacobs’ ingredients for a vibrant city ring true in Italy. By: Luke Simcoe Metro Published on Thu Apr 07 2016…

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How Jane Jacobs changed the way we look at cities

Saskia Sassen When I first encountered this doyenne of urban activism, she offered one of the sharpest critiques I’d ever heard. Jane Jacobs was relentless, and stood up to anyone…

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Plastic Ban, a new global trend? No024

Plastic ban’s seem to be a way to handle the huge amounts of plastic currently available everywhere in societies around the world. It has been known for a while that…

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The “Future of Suburbia,” according to MIT

The Center for Advanced Urbanism’s new research initiative is long overdue but doesn’t yet strike the right note. By AMANDA KOLSON HURLEY Other ArchitectureOffset House by Otherothers At trendy urban coffee…

VALE – Urban Design at QUT

Australia’s first Urban Design Master’s program is dead. QUT launched Australia’s first Urban Design program in 1987 and due to not exceeding 30 enrolments for this year the program was…

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Places Women Make Unearthing the contribution of women to our cities. Jane Jose

Places Women Make tells stories of women shaping the Australian city – its buildings, spaces, and social and political agendas. Jane Jose takes a fresh look at city life, great places…

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The Complete Business Case for Converting Street Parking Into Bike Lanes

An annotated, chart-filled review of 12 studies from around the world. ERIC JAFFE @e_jaffe San Francisco is moving forward with a plan to add protected bike lanes on Polk Street, one of…