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Ground and surface

Katharine wrote 3 days ago:     Working on the urban design side of things means I think more about paving. … more →

Tags: city, East, streetscape, Urban Design, paving, Surface, Granite

The Media's False Gospel

bryanh0911 wrote 5 days ago: The public realm is brutal and the pressure is great.  The media in our country exists to hold our p … more →

Tags: Christianity, media, Gospel, President, Congress, public church figures, Romans, pharisees, False Gospel

Informal Settlements - Understanding + Interacting

nippo wrote 1 week ago: After my research and other works in slums, I thought I should offer an elective in informal settlem … more →

Tags: Urbanologics, Aspirations of a mega city and deception of the commons, Architecure, Ideas!, Urbanization, Participatory Development, slum redevelopment, housing

Flow Contemporary Arts' first-ever project, in the Forest of Dean in Gloucestershire with Simon Ryder

carolyn black wrote 1 week ago: Are Community Libraries really more than books? Absolutely!! Artist in Residence Simon Ryder explore … more →

Tags: Flow, Contemporary Art, community libraries, NON gallery, Rivers, Forestry, librarians, Visual Arts, Unusual

Street Talks with Cllr Vincent Stops and Trevor Parsons, 4th June2 comments

brucemcvean wrote 2 weeks ago: Street Talks with Cllr Vincent Stops, Hackney Council and Trevor Parsons, London Cycling Campaign in … more →

Tags: STREET TALKS, Events, London Transport, liveable london, Cycling, walking, liveable cities, streets, Public Transport

Friday Fun May 3rd

sofiekvist wrote 2 weeks ago: Happy Friday! This week we go art! I stumbled upon this really interesting article about Eco Visuali … more →

Tags: Cities, Fun, Friday Fun

Olympics Landscape Legacy: Landscape Engineering the London Olympic Park 1 comment

landscapeiskingston wrote 3 weeks ago: An interview with Tom Armour, Global Landscape Architecture Leader for Arup, on the role of the Land … more →

Tags: kingston university, Architecture, Environment, Tom Armour, Global Landscape Architecture Leader for Arup, Arup, Landscape engineer, Olympic Project, london olympic park

Losing Heart? Re-imagining our town and city centres2 comments

Leigh Sparks wrote 1 month ago: The current debates and reviews into town centres and the plight of the high street is, at so many l … more →

Tags: town centres, Historic Shops, Scotland's Town and High Streets, Government, retail policy, high streets, bids, Places, Property

PORTAS PILOTS

saaadministrator wrote 1 month ago: Andy Council has recently completed this magnificent mural of a horse in the Bedminster area of Bris … more →

Tags: Illustration, illustrators, mural, Horse, Street Art

russellmoreton wrote 1 month ago: Leylines : Drawing frame, lead strip and drawings. on Flickr. … more →

Tags: spatial practices, russell moreton, Site, leylines, listed building, archaeology, Visual & Installation Art, installation, Intervention

More Arts Awards - Our Reviews2 comments

Mid Pennine Arts wrote 2 months ago: Young people involved in our Lost Legends project have been experiencing art, most recently by explo … more →

Tags: Visual Arts, Arts Award, Creative Learning, steph hawke, Lancashire's Lost Legends, Heritage Lottery Fund.

It’s Not About Adding Bike Lanes. It’s About Taking Away from the Car1 comment

Dom Nozzi wrote 2 months ago: By Dom Nozzi For most all bicycling advocates, there is a single-minded tactic for increasing the nu … more →

Tags: bicycling, Diet, Sprawl, Suburbia, Urban Design, Transportation, bicycle, Cars, Economics, Enclosure, Equity

The Economic Merits of Road Diets

Dom Nozzi wrote 2 months ago: By Dom Nozzi “Road diets” are instances where a street is shrunk in size by removing travel lanes. M … more →

Tags: Diet, Economics, Urban Design, Transportation, walking, benefit, Civic Pride, congestion, drive through, economic merit

Work in Albion Square to begin Late Spring - UPDATE

Ian Norris wrote 2 months ago: Phase 2 of the City Centre Public Realm scheme aims to connect the gateway plaza of the Bus Station  … more →

Tags: new bus station

Connection: Artists in Communication

Piia Rossi wrote 2 months ago: A friend of mine, Andrea Theis, together with Susanne Bosch, has edited a book  on artistic practice … more →

Tags: Art, book, participatory art, socially engaged practices, Connections: Artists in Communication, community art, public art

A new movement for The New City – Bruce McVean’s The New City lecture13 comments

brucemcvean wrote 2 months ago: This is a write up of Bruce McVean’s The New City lecture given on Monday 11th February 2013 at Camb … more →

Tags: MfLL Presentations, Recommended Reading, Active Travel, Cycling, road danger reduction, walking, liveable cities, Car Dependency, streets

Hanley Public Realm

Ian Norris wrote 3 months ago: Some Photos of the New Public Realm in Hanley, doesn’t seem to link up to and complete Albion … more →

Tags: City Sentral, new bus station

The Counterproductiveness of Adding “Nature” to a Town Center1 comment

Dom Nozzi wrote 3 months ago: By Dom Nozzi I have a view that seems counterintuitive to many, and therefore tends to draw indignan … more →

Tags: Urban Design, Transportation, Sprawl, Suburbia, Environment, bicycling, walking, bicycle, Pedestrian, livable, Urban Design

Participation, Photography and the Politics of Space

fivepointeight wrote 3 months ago: NEPAN’s last natter was back in December. Colin Andrews talked about his project Above and Bel … more →

Tags: Susan T Grant., NEPAN Meetings, Events, Aberdeen, craig barrowman, Engage, Alicia Bruce, nicole gildea, Arts Development Aberdeen


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