Urban Design Matters Index

85. High streets, what future, part 1 – the sun model
84. A tribute to Richard Rogers
83. Ending the lottery of design-based planning appeals (mediocre is not enough!)
82. The design deficit
81. The Nine Elms Park Charter, safeguarding the public-isation of private space
80. Women and the scourge of fearful streets
79. Public Place Urban Spaces, 3rd edition
78. Design quality, have we reached a moment of national change?
77. High streets, sledgehammers and nuts, the folly of more PDR
76. Home comforts: stress testing our homes and neighbourhoods during the Covid-19 lockdown
75. A design quality unit for England: five ingredients of success
74. Do zoning and local design codes offer a fast-track route to beauty?
73. Investing in (post-COVID) street appeal
72. A design quality unit for England – marmite to manna
71. Coronavirus, home, public space and the extraordinary times in which we live
70. Planning for an uglier future
69. A design quality unit for England, Letter to the Minister
68. A Housing Audit for England
67. Aesthetics, beauty, popular design and professional education
66. The ladder of place quality
65. Place value
64. Housing design quality – auditing England
63. Housing design, the local political perspective
62. The many evolving faces of our contemporary public spaces
61. Three men in Almere
60. Reviewing design review (in London)
59. Design and the NPPF – re-writing the rules?
58. Design skills in an age of austerity
57. The ‘public-isation’ of private space
56. Thinking small to think big, addressing London’s housing crisis
55. Engaging communities in placemaking
54. Housing design: Learning from the CABE experiment
53. Coordinating codes, the right tool for the job!
52. Building healthy places – just start somewhere!
51. Design review: past, present and future
50. Building Better Places, a national call to action
49. Permission in Principle, but not without principles
48. Planning: The clue is in the name
47. Building houses or building places
46. Place quality: A 2020 call to action
45. In support of subversive strategies and crazy ideas
44. Street smart, understanding our local mixed streets
43. Towards a Place (Leadership) Council for England
42. Our future in place’ – or is it?
41. Neo-liberal public space, in London (and beyond)
40. When is guidance not guidance?
39. Planning, Beirut-style
38. Design codes, diffusion of practice in England
37. By Design – bye bye
36. Capital spaces, testing the public space critiques
35. Designing the Japanese city (part two) – a collective neglect
34. Designing the Japanese city (part one) – an individual aesthetic
33. New York as-of-right – is the time right for the UK?
32. Design and the English National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF)
31. Reviewing design review
30. Goodbye CABE … long live CABE
29. Shaping local London
28. Measuring planning performance R.I.P.
27. Design in the age of austerity
26. Spring in New York
25. Suburban design – Sexing it up
24. The Isle of Dogs: catching up with the regeneration story
23. Design is for life, not just the Olympics; learning from China
22. Good design – its the Law!
21. Suburban design – boiling it down
20. Learning the lessons: New town planning in Korea
19. Design awards, judging apples and oranges
18. Adding value through design?
17. Housing design – Could do better?
16. Design codes, peddling myths or reality
15. Place-shaping, don’t forget the space dimension!
14. Liveability, Seoul-style
13. Coding – bringing architects back to the volume house building table
12. Planning in the USA – or not
11. Design standards and quest for quality
10. Coming soon to a public space near you….
9. China, a tale of two cities
8. Still Seeking an Urban Renaissance2
7. ‘Doing what it says on the tin’ – PPS1 and sustainable design
6. Legislating for good design – The next step or a step too far?
5. Kings Cross Central, the flexible plan
4. Caring for Quality, managing the public realm
3. Six of one and half a dozen of the other: draft PPS1
2. The Road to Nowhere
1. Can we do better? Think about what inspires us first