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Urban Design Group’S Young the 2010 National Conference on Urban Society at Large to Download in 2011 NewsUDG Update Contents arched channels beneath the tracks and of urban vision is able to bring. It is partly View from the concourse. Images of The Third Man come to this continuity that enables Leeds to punch CONTENTS mind as the banality of its use as a car park well above its weight in terms of impact and CHAIR…. slowly dawns. character, and has it nurturing buildings like A wonderful but completely daft place Broadcasting Place. All of this makes Leeds This issue has been generously sponsored News AND EVENTS FRANCIS TIBBALDS AWARD to build a railway station, you have to hand a great place to visit and walk around for ur- by NEW Masterplanning. Secure by design 3 SHORTLISTED PUBLIC SECTOR Leeds! Now there’s a great little northern it to the Victorians. And of course the tracks banists – even on a rainy weekend in October! Urban Design for Developing Cities 3 PROJECTS city…. It also boasts the ‘best tall building and station neatly cut the Southbank area off Amanda Reynolds Cover UDG Conference 2010 4 The Riverside Walk Enhancement Strategy, in the world’, as voted by the Council on Tall from the city centre. This much emptied area • Artist’s impression of Whitehill Bordon Town Kevin Lynch Annual Lecture 5 City of London 36 Buildings and Urban Habitat in Chicago on was the industrial powerhouse of the city and centre. Courtesy of AECOM StreetNorthWest tour of New East The Bourg Walk Bridge – Aylesbury, October 25th 2010. By architects Fielden surroundings before it re-imagined itself in Manchester 6 Buckinghamshire CC 38 Clegg Bradley, the tower section of Broad- the late 20th century to become the financial FUTURE ISSUES A Design for Life 6 Barking Town Square 40 casting Place, Leeds Metropolitan Univer- centre of the North. The regeneration of this Issue 118 – London New Public Spaces A vintage year for housing 7 ourplace™, NW Leicestershire DC 42 sity, stands confidently on top of a hill and, brownfield land, set around the junction Issue 119 – India The Urban Design Interview: Emilie Pignon 8 West Street Cultural Quarter, Swadlincote - unimpeded by any adjacent buildings of such between the River and the Leeds-Liverpool South Derbyshire DC 44 vertical scale, creates a positive sculptural Canal, is coming slowly along, bringing more International Ecclesiastical Quarter Lighting, Gloucester element on the city skyline. residents into the city centre as well as Blockbuster, Dr Carl Smith 9 City Council 46 The building’s strong Cor-Ten steel clad- reinforcing urban commercial uses. There’s L^ciZg'%&& The blue, the green and the city in between, JgWVc9Zh^\c<gdje?djgcVa &&, >HHC&,*%,&'MÅ*#%% ding adds to the drama of this landmark a lot more to do here, but the benefits are URBAN Michael Short 10 BOOK Reviews location and it is appropriately occupied by already felt with quality new buildings going 60 Innovators, Shaping our Creative Future, the design faculties of the university, as well up and, hopefully soon a direct access from DESIGN ECOURBAN DESIGN VIEWPOINTS Lucas Dietrich (ed) 48 as student housing. But the city has more the railway station. Community Cohesion in our Living Design Activism – Beautiful Strangeness for to offer than just its latest award-garlanded Much of the positive urban quality of this Environments, Yue Xu 12 a Sustainable World, Alistair Fuad-Luke 48 building. development can be ascribed to the Leeds Urban Design and the British Urban Arriving in Leeds for the UDG conference Civic Architect John Thorp whose vision and TOPIC: ECO-URBAN DESIGN Renaissance, John Punter (ed) 49 in October, several of us trekked around the long view has been shepherding the city’s Introduction, Wendy Shillam 14 Governing for Sustainable Urban station looking for our hotel and, follow- renewal for several years. The role of Civic Ar- The challenge of going green, Development, Yvonne Rydin 49 ing the complex detailed instructions found chitect has been largely lost throughout the Wendy Shillam 15 ourselves in the most fantastic underground rest of the country and it seems likely that Designing for sustainable lifestyles, Practice INDEX 50 space – below the station but above the River John will be the last one in Leeds, where it is Sue Riddlestone 19 Aire which races through three dramatically possible to see the value that such continuity The Importance of Biodiversity, Education INDEX 56 Gary Grant 23 Water is not everywhere, ENDPIECE Stephanie Beggs 25 Paradigm Lost, Joe Holyoak 57 drawn from across the UK. We are grateful to Work also began on creating a new UDG The Role of Retrofitting, Paul Ciniglio 27 Stuy Tour to Italy, Alan Stone 57 UDG Director’S Laura for her dedication and to her employ- website, and the Executive Committee are ÉcoCités, Kathryn Anderson 30 ers Lewis Hickey for their continued support. hugely grateful to Ed Povey for his efforts and Vitruvian Revival Now, Michael Hebbert 33 Report Laura is currently planning a major event for JMP for their support. The website is being UD117_cover.indd 1 13/12/10 16:48:04 2011. In Newcastle, Georgia Giannopoulou developed on an open source platform called has been active including running a major Drupal. Perhaps contrary to expectations, 2010 event on Reducing CO2, and she has made a The digitisation of back copies of the seems to have witnessed an explosion of bid for a future National Urban Design Con- Urban Design began in October 2010, and WEDNESDAY 2 FEBRUARY 2011 THURSDAY 24 MARCH 2011 energy within the urban design community. ference to be held in the North East. they will be available for members and DIARY OF UDG Awards Event 2011 at 61 Whitehall, CABE & Local Design Initiatives STREET, the Urban Design Group’s young The 2010 National Conference on Urban society at large to download in 2011. The full London How is design quality to be ensured in urban designers’ network – that antidote Design – this year masterminded by Lindsay sequence of issues should be of particular EVENTS The Urban Design Group’s first awards event the aftermath of CABE and following a to staid professional silos – seems to be Smales of Leeds Metropolitan University and value to researchers and to students wishing away from Cowcross Street will be held in radical change in the planning system and growing virally, thanks to the efforts of Katy the UDG’s own Louise Ingledow – was, in to obtain a perspective on how urban design the stunning surroundings of Royal United a diminution of budgets? Are local design Neaves in London amongst others. We have spite of the recession, a sell-out. It was fit- has developed over the past 30 years, and Unless otherwise indicated, all LONDON Services Club (RUSI), 61 Whitehall, London. initiatives the only answer? seen more events and more groups, with ting that in the very week of the conference, how it has weathered successive recessions events are held at The Gallery, 70 Cowcross The evening will commence at 6.30pm Manchester the latest addition. the university’s brand new, Corten steel-clad and booms. Street, London EC1M 6EJ at 6.30 pm. Tickets with drinks and canapés in the impressive WEDNESDAY 13 APRIL 2011 In Scotland, Francis Newton and Jo White Broadcasting Tower – venue for some of the The Urban Design Group exists because can be purchased at the door from 6.00pm: first floor library followed at 7.15pm by the Innovation in Street Design: Pedestrian (Laurie Mentiplay currently being in the Far conference events – was declared the world’s of the enthusiasm and commitment of volun- £5.00 non-members, £2.00 members, £1.00 presentation of the awards in the historic Progress? East) have been running a steady programme best tall building. The conference was also teers to improving people’s lives. Despite the students. Wellington Hall. The awards fall into the It is 20 years since the publication of the including events on the new Springside the launch platform for the HCA’s inter-pro- recession, this snapshot shows the irrepress- following categories: Private Practice Project, Devon County Council Traffic Calming neighbourhood in Edinburgh. fessional memorandum of understanding on ible goodwill within our community and the WEDNESDAY 19 JANUARY 2011 Public Sector Project, Student Project, Urban Guidelines – a landmark document that Laura Alvarez, the UDG East Midlands mutual recognition of CPD, and a new book determination to get things done. Urban Design & Anthropology Design Book Award and Journalist Award. was emulated in Manual for Streets some 16 convenor, achieved great success in running Pennine Lancashire Squared showcasing de- Robert Huxford This event will look at the relationship Seating is limited to 150 seats with a years later. This event will look at the pace a full-house one-day event on Shared Space sign concepts for high-profile public spaces • between anthropology and urban design, certain allocation being made available to of innovation in street design philosophy, in Nottingham in October with speakers in six Pennine Lancashire towns. exploring how social and cultural factors, speakers and guests connected to the various reviewing past doctrines through to the lifestyle and behavioural norms impact upon awards. For tickets, please apply to the UDG present, including the Manual for Streets the built environment. Speakers will show office: [email protected] /020 7250 0892 series. Why does it take so long for thinking how an understanding of anthropological (Price for non-guest places: £7 members / about street design to change? How might Current subscriptions Annual membership rates UD practice index and on the UDG website) principles can be of practical benefit to £10 non-members). innovation be made easier in the future? Urban Design is free to Urban Design Group UK individuals £40 UK students £20 Local authorities £100 (including two urban designers, particularly in meeting the members who also receive newsletters and International individuals £50 copies of Urban Design) challenges of a more sustainable future.
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