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House of Lords Publishes ‘Building Better Places’ Report

Landscape Interface Studio Manager, School of Architecture & Landscape, Kingston University The House of Lords Select Committee on the National Policy of the Built Environment has published its report. Appointed by…

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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…

New paper: Dutch Active Transport > Its Contribution to Physical Activity Requirements

Dr Elliot Fishman Director Institute for Sensible Transport Modern, urban lifestyles have engineered physical activity out of everyday life and this presents a major threat to human health. The Netherlands…

Is London going to build underground cycle paths?

Harry Readhead for Metro.co.uk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkw8BngECz0#action=share A design firm believes it may have the answer to London’s congestion: subterranean cycle paths. The London Underline, a project by Gensler, proposes to turn London’s…

London: Cycling now considered mass transport

Mary-Anne V. Communications Manager Parking & Traffic Consultants Consultant Pinpoint Grants & Tenders Transport for London’s new Cycling Design Standards Policy begins with the words “Cycling is now mass transport…

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2014 Australia Award for Urban Design – DELIVERED OUTCOME – Small Scale

AWARD: The Goods LineProject Team: ASPECT Studios with CHROFI for the Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority Citiation: This former historic rail line is bound by a concentration of Sydney’s key cultural, educational,…

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2014 Australia Award for Urban Design – DELIVERED OUTCOME – Small Scale

AWARD: Fremantle Esplanade Youth PlazaProject Team: Convic, City of Fremantle Citiation: It is well recognised that a progressive approach to social sustainability is important for providing young people with other than…