Inclusive and sustainable urbanism | Urban Designer based in Manchester
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The cut to #UniversalCredit takes £6 billion of spending power out of local economies and flies in the face of the Government’s mission to unite and level up our country. #KeepTheLifeline
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This year's Pritzker Prize, the highest award in architecture, went to Lacaton and Vassal: French architects who rejected estate demolition and instead renovated public housing – keeping residents in place, writes @OwenHatherley. tribunemag.co.uk/2021/03/fra…
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Government £50 fix your bike vouchers available again fixyourbikevoucherscheme.est…
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In 2019, a social housing project in Norwich won the Stirling Prize, the most prestigious award in British architecture. It's a reminder of what public investment in housing can achieve – and why we need more of it. tribunemag.co.uk/2021/03/soc…
Interesting article from @RealWorthOrg on the need to foreground lived experiences and wellbeing metrics in public policy, to facilitate meaningful and positive social impact realworth.org/build-back-hap…
It’s 2020. You’d really think women would be able to go running without being catcalled #everydaysexism
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‘If we are serious about tackling climate change we must abandon our archaic car-centric approach to urban planning and instead incentivise the use of public transport to drive down traffic in the city centre’ themeteor.org/2020/09/01/doe… via @mcrmeteor
Pavements should be for people not cars. This could be an important step to creating more inclusive and active streets as well as encouraging sustainable transport methods
🚶🏾♀️ @transportgovuk has opened its consultation on #pavementparking in England. This is our chance to finally put an end to it.
Take action and respond to the consultation ➡️ e-activist.com/page/65594/pe…
'In the wake of the pandemic, local authorities are facing even stronger budgetary issues and the worry is that parks will become ever-more commercialised, rendering these landscapes less inclusive or accessible precisely at the time we value them most' theguardian.com/travel/2020/…
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RIBA president Alan Jones on Jenrick's planning reforms: “The government has missed a huge opportunity to make changes to the planning system for the better and we call for urgent reconsideration. Deregulation is not the way to bring about new homes.”
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Very sad to see The Deaf Institute and Gorilla close today. The 1.57 billion package must support the grass route venues as well as the big household names. For me, these venues are more important and are the bloodline for the music industry. Sadly, if not, there will be more.
‘City planners and architects can’t take the white, able-bodied cis man as the default subject and imagine everyone else as a variation on the norm. Instead, the margins must become the center’ bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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Planning shakeup will lead to a decline in standards, a rise in unsuitable and expensive accommodation and will not abate housing crisis.
Without public housing, the crisis will continue. All these policies will enable are greater developer profits.
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