Natural cliffs in the landscape play home to a...
urban design
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‘Designing cities for all’ is easy to...
Roads largely define the shape and operation of...
For many centuries, humans have designed...
Rapid urbanisation and migration continue to...
Smog, crime, cramped living… For much of...
We need to take play seriously. We need to take...
More and more cities around the world are...
Who are we designing our spaces and our cities...
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Stations have increasingly become transitional,...
People need public spaces in bad times as well as...
Private developers are being pushed to...
Whose job is it to prevent crime? The police? The...
I have always been somewhat sceptical when it...
Increasingly, cities will need to form strong...
If planners are ever going to create stable,...
If the world is going to feed its growing and...
Our insatiable thirst for air travel and air...
In Europe 80% of the population lives in cities....
Cities must ensure that their investment in...
The state of the nation’s health is rarely...
You’re stuck on the 25th floor of a...
I believe that engineers and environment professionals can help create a low-carbon built environment where climate change mitigation is ‘locked-in’, and where buildings and infrastructure are inherently resilient to a range of potential...
Rapid urbanisation is a worldwide phenomenon, with uncontrolled urban sprawl being a major problem in many developing countries. In the UK where our planning system has encouraged the compact city model, concerns relate to the failure of new house...
Embracing daylight is critical to sustainable...
‘Meanwhile use’ is a catch-all title...
Too often transport planners are focussed on...
The advent of automated vehicles offers us a...
How can we, as engineers and designers, help hit the target of reducing greenhouse gas emission levels by 80% from 1990 levels by 2050? In its Infrastructure Trajectory, the Institution of Civil Engineers concludes that whole-life carbon assessment...
Planting large species trees in urban...
Like many countries, Australia is becoming...
Why can’t grey infrastructure such as...
