tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39412745894738390612024-03-13T02:30:00.579+00:00MA Planning and DesignTHE MASTERS IN SPATIAL PLANNING AND URBAN DESIGN AT LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY IS WORKING TO REVIVE THE NOTION OF THE PLANNER-ARCHITECT AND BRING PROPOSITIONAL PLANNING BACK TO THE FRONT OF URBAN PLACE SHAPING.
IT IS TAUGHT IN COLLABORATION WITH DESIGN FOR LONDON AND IS CONCEIVED TO SPECULATE NEW SPATIAL PLANNING AND URBAN DESIGN PRACTICE, AND RESPOND TO SOCIAL, ECONOMIC, ENVIRONMENTAL AND POLITICAL REALITIES WITH A PARTICULAR FOCUS ON LONDONLarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03780330352942287068noreply@blogger.comBlogger144125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3941274589473839061.post-37295362086550451982013-10-14T20:41:00.001+01:002013-10-14T20:41:56.829+01:00Forgotten Spaces 2013<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;">The Royal Institute of British Architects are staging a major architecture exhibition at Somerset House with a showcase of the hugely popular Forgotten Spaces ideas competition. <a href="http://www.somersethouse.org.uk/visual-arts/forgotten-spaces" target="_blank">Website</a></span><br />
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Andi Rupfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01695447648785702437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3941274589473839061.post-67661421153654564722013-10-09T12:01:00.001+01:002013-10-09T12:01:43.376+01:00Placemaking – the link between design and value | Opinion | Building Design<a href="http://www.bdonline.co.uk/comment/placemaking-%E2%80%93-the-link-between-design-and-value/5061140.article#.UlU3hUH79mk.blogger">Placemaking – the link between design and value | Opinion | Building Design</a>Larahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03780330352942287068noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3941274589473839061.post-30224611978434162202013-03-30T18:00:00.001+00:002013-03-30T18:03:36.504+00:00Heygate debate on comprehensive regenerationInteresting discussion captured on Dave Hill's blog about large scale comprehensive regeneration<br />
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Levhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17515388354578091828noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3941274589473839061.post-89121607554145803082013-02-19T22:10:00.001+00:002013-02-19T22:10:48.814+00:00The Plannersinteresting episode of BBC2 fly-on-the-wall documentary, 'The Planners'<br />
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A Cheshire businessman on the brink of financial ruin is hoping that his fourth attempt to get planning permission to build 31 new houses will finally get the go ahead. Rochdale's Shia Muslims clash with the planners over the design of the extension to their local community centre. Two residents go head-to-head over the erection of a two-foot fence on an open plan estate in Cheltenham. And in Stroud, a wife defends her husband's right to build a large shed to house his beloved trucks....<br />
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- Interesting how different sides are presented in this series, who gets filmed and how (eg at home with kids etc)Levhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17515388354578091828noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3941274589473839061.post-13776867308051009112012-09-07T08:55:00.001+01:002012-09-07T08:56:06.248+01:00Housing announcements Sep 2012Good Summary from Inside Housing<br />
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According to Centre for Cities: "Fundamentally, the measures are based upon the premise that the planning
system is the key issue both in the short term and long term to getting the more
houses that the country needs. While there are definite gains to be made by
tweaking the system, we also need house builders to pull their weight too.<br />
Many house-builders bought land at the peak of the market and are now stuck,
understandably unwilling to incur losses. But this means there are large amounts
of land which have permission granted but on which no building is taking place.
This restricted supply of both land and housing is pushing up prices.<br />
Part of the problem is the lack of competition within this industry. It is
dominated by a few large firms who are not incentivised to keep prices
competitive nor incentivised to sell on land they can’t/won’t build on. Options
for encouraging more competition within the industry as well exploring ways to
use the tax system to ensure that land with planning permission is built out
within a reasonable time-frame need to be explored further. Recent initiatives
such as IKEA’s cheap, flat-pack houses, as well the refocus on the role of
self-build offer a glimpse as to how the industry might develop in the future."Levhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17515388354578091828noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3941274589473839061.post-61063291884394247002012-07-03T23:21:00.002+01:002012-07-03T23:21:30.387+01:00The Great British Housing Disaster (Adam Curtis 1984)<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RonRO4yK98U">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RonRO4yK98U</a>
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scary, strong case for quality over quantity in housing, but have we learnt.anything?Levhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17515388354578091828noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3941274589473839061.post-66820182482156793352012-06-11T01:06:00.000+01:002012-06-11T01:06:21.755+01:00Neighbourhood PlanningNeighbourhood plans - advice and findings from early evidence, in two paralel links<br />
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<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/local-government-network/2012/may/31/localism-community-rights-under-scrutiny">http://www.guardian.co.uk/local-government-network/2012/may/31/localism-community-rights-under-scrutiny</a>Levhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17515388354578091828noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3941274589473839061.post-18415756293968652352012-05-19T20:26:00.000+01:002012-05-19T20:30:09.715+01:00Olympics Brand Exclusion Zone<a href="http://newsfeed.kosmograd.com/kosmograd/2012/05/olympics-brand-exclusion-zone.html">http://newsfeed.kosmograd.com/kosmograd/2012/05/olympics-brand-exclusion-zone.html</a>
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"The spatial politics of brand paranoia ... the marketeers are way ahead of the urbanists in understanding how the city works"Levhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17515388354578091828noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3941274589473839061.post-67208918032967171452012-05-10T23:26:00.001+01:002012-05-10T23:26:22.780+01:00How to Make Archway Tower Disappear<blockquote class="tr_bq"><img src="http://archwaytowncentre.co.uk/images/stories/alight_veiwer_-_april_2012.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 8px;" /><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">A viewer has been temporarily installed on the Holloway Road near the corner of St John’s Grove in Archway. The viewer is fixed in position and resembles the sort one would normally find at the end of a seaside pier. When you look through it you see the real world in real time, however looking northwest up the Holloway Road you see that the Archway Tower has disappeared.</span></blockquote><a href="http://www.archwaytowncentre.co.uk/events/385-how-to-make-archway-tower-disappear">Archway Town Centre | How to Make Archway Tower Disappear</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13272239392047965896noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3941274589473839061.post-51606461847483684952012-04-07T16:43:00.000+01:002012-05-19T20:30:32.562+01:00Real Estate Investment Trusts for Social Housing<a href="http://www.24dash.com/news/housing/2012-03-25-2013-will-see-first-social-housing-UK-REIT">http://www.24dash.com/news/housing/2012-03-25-2013-will-see-first-social-housing-UK-REIT</a>Levhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17515388354578091828noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3941274589473839061.post-50580793648671615832012-04-06T14:57:00.001+01:002012-04-06T14:57:50.222+01:00Heartfelt song about town planning from Hull...<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="344" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/IMPMiLddsuE?fs=1" width="459"></iframe>matproctorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13360884215818382055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3941274589473839061.post-84017788712750147142012-03-29T11:25:00.001+01:002012-03-29T11:25:38.522+01:00RTPI view on NPPF<a href="http://www.rtpi.org.uk/item/5247/23/5/3"></a>matproctorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13360884215818382055noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3941274589473839061.post-23736021436649704942012-03-27T13:35:00.000+01:002012-03-27T13:35:13.331+01:00National Planning Policy Framework March 2012And its out.... lets debate after Easter break<br />
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great video from Grant ShappsLevhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17515388354578091828noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3941274589473839061.post-33252238352094893682012-02-09T22:54:00.004+00:002012-02-09T22:54:41.451+00:00Public sector cash helps Spurs commit to N17<a href="https://secure.london.gov.uk/news-detail/563/,DanaInfo=www.northlondononline.com+_Public_sector_cash_helps_Spurs_commit_to_N17">https://secure.london.gov.uk/news-detail/563/,DanaInfo=www.northlondononline.com+_Public_sector_cash_helps_Spurs_commit_to_N17</a>Levhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17515388354578091828noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3941274589473839061.post-81303525533894231212012-02-08T21:46:00.003+00:002012-02-08T21:47:46.636+00:00High Street (New) Economicshttp://www.neweconomics.org/blog/2012/02/08/our-high-streets-have-life-in-them-yetmatproctorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13360884215818382055noreply@blogger.com0