Inaugural SUE Event!

Inaugural SUE Event!

On Thursday 21st November 2013 we launched Sustainable Urban Environments (SUE).  The inaugural SUE event was attended by BDP staff representing the architecture, urbanism, engineering and…

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A Tale of Two Sites

A Tale of Two Sites

The following article was written by Freddie Ribeiro, Landscape Architect at BDP Delhi Studio.  The article was originally published in issue No.38 of Landscape, 2013….

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The Secrets of the World’s Happiest Cities

The Secrets of the World’s Happiest Cities

The following article was written by Charles Montgomery and is extracted from the book Happy City: Transforming Our Lives Through Urban Design.  The article was features…

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Sustainable place-making: The end of The Road?

Sustainable place-making: The end of The Road?

by Francis Glare, Manchester Studio Director  Sustainable place-making In Cormac McCarthy’s apocalyptic novel ‘The Road’, the charred and apparently hopelessly denuded landscape is the setting…

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Why Urban Design?

Why Urban Design?

by Jaimie Ferguson, Urban Design Director We live in an Urbanising world. In less than 50 years more than twice as many people will live…

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Alder Hey Children's Hospital, Liverpool

Community and identity

 by Chris Harding The concept of community is as old as civilisation itself . More than a practical necessity , it is fundamental to our…

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Castlefield Viaduct Manchester

Greening the City

by Darrell Wilson The idea of ‘greening the city’ has become synonymous with initiatives that increase and enhance the quality and content of nature and…

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Sabah Al Ahmad City, Cultural Centre, Kuwait

A Cultural Heart

by Richard McDowell It could be said that one way of assessing a society’s degree of civilisation is the extent to which it invests in…

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Somerset House and King's College London

Old buildings – new life

by Tim Leach The richness and diversity of our towns and cities create a visually stimulating, culturally rich sense of place, providing continuity and stability…

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Blackburn Meadows

Lessons from the Moai

by Steve Merridew Our cities are our future. By 2030 60% of the world’s population will live in urban areas.(ref 1) Global economic growth and…

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