February 2012
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January 2012
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November 2011
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“Pattern 134. Zen View. If there is a beautiful view, don’t spoil it by building...”
– Alexander, Christopher, Sara Ishikawa, and Murray Silverstein. A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction. New York: Oxford UP, 1977. Print. (via backyardgetaways)
Project Update
Urb has been appointed by Digital Realty Trust to provide professional planning advice as part of the design team to develop their facility at Profile Park, West Dublin. Richard Hamilton of Urb was planning advisor for the Masterplan, EIS and Planning Application for Profile Park which was granted permission in 2007. Profile Properties’ commitment to the implementation of the...
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TIF redevelopment projects →
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Project Update:
Urb brings success to National Roads Authority (NRA) at arbitration.
Urb has provided professional planning services to the NRA for over a year, representing the authority’s interest at Property Arbitration. Richard Hamilton AIPM MIPI MRTPI of Urb presented evidence on lands relating to the development of new Motorway Service Areas on the M1, contributing to the acceptance of the...
October 2011
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An Ode to the City →
September 2011
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The Know-Nothing Executives
Who are the KNEs? The Know-Nothing Executives are a special breed who rise to the top of organisations by knowing nothing except the rewards from serving every whim and command of their masters.
This is quote is from a really interesting essay by Henry Tam, which I came across via the excellent Living With Rats blog by Julian Dobson. It cuts to the heart of major governance issues across...
August 2011
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Watchirishboyinlondon:
An amazing talk by Jan Gehl on creating Cities for People! Definitely worth a watch on a Sunday afternoon!
He covers a vast amount of content throughout the talk including; the pressing need to plan for people, walking and cycling; the damaging effects cars have on the scales of planning; the phenomenon of “bird-shit” architecture and ”perfume bottle” sky scrapers and the...
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“One building standing alone in the countryside is experienced as a work of...”
– Gordon Cullen (1971) The Concise Townscape, Elsevier Ltd.,p. 7
Council to de-zone 500 hectares? →
Save McInerney?
McInerney Homes was Ireland’s largest volume house builder/developer. It is also a plc which has/had extensive property interests in Britain, Spain and Portugal. It has also been unraveling as a business for the last 2/3 years, as the company has lurched towards bankruptcy, with all the grace of a messy divorce.
This process has been well documented as the 3 banks owed €100m have...
July 2011
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June 2011
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Death Rate per Watts Produced
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May 2011
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April 2011
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Urban Change: The prospect of Transformation
What makes a liveable city? →
thatssokitsch:
“When I look to many cities in the world, they’re a sort of fashion design show…we need more eco-architecture rather than ego-architecture.”
An interesting read with Jaime Lerner (former Mayor of Curtiba, Brazil & renowned architect & urban planner).
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WatchGuangzhou’s Great Multi-Modal Transit System byMichael Graham Richard, Ottawa, Canada
March 2011
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January 2011
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“The car is like our mother in law, we have to have good relationships with her,...”
– Jaime Lerner, Former Mayor, Curitiba, Brazil
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“Lively, diverse, intense cities contain the seeds of their own regeneration,...”
– Jane Jacobs
Life after roundabouts →
