Amsterdam: The Smart City

Amsterdam: The Smart City

(image coutesy of: divagacoesdeumleigo.blogspot.com) As we now enter the urban age the challenges of the city change, grwoing populations, increased CO2 emmsions and simply naviagting…

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roof gardens and green space in urban environments

roof gardens and green space in urban environments

It’s common knowledge that trees and plants benefit our environment in terms of CO2 emissions but they can also provide added benefits to built up…

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Public Health and the Great Green Uplift of our Urban Ecosystem

Public Health and the Great Green Uplift of our Urban Ecosystem

‘Would you favour schemes which maintain, improve, enhance and increase green space and waterways in and around Manchester?’ Ask most people in Manchester this question…

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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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Nanjing Road, Shanghai /BDP

It’s not what you buy, but the way that you buy it…

by Tessa O’Neill  The dynamic retail sector is going through its most significant period of transition in a century. The current global financial crisis is…

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Qingdao Westcoast Masterplan /BDP

Cities 2013

The mistake that architects made a century ago was to envisage the city of the future in terms of aesthetics. Such a view, is doomed…

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