A great morning spent in Springburn for the first of the Local Place Plan Stakeholder workshops. Lots of good input building upon themes & ideas from the 2019 Charrette, we are looking forward to further Stakeholder & Community Engagement to develop a strong community-led LPP!
At the Blue Fin Building tonight, getting ready to crown the 2023 #UrbanismAwards winners. It’s great to have so many finalists, AoU members, and other guests attending tonight. Stay tuned for live updates from the ceremony…
Fancy a mini-break but not sure where?
Over the next 6 weeks, the AoU is running 2-day visits to Amersfoort, Exeter, and Estepona, as part of the 2023 #UrbanismAwards programme.
Open to AoU Members, with no attendance fee. Find out more at https://t.co/eAfkJ6Je24
The newest edition of the AoU's Here & Now journal is dedicated to the memory of Founder John Thompson, who passed away at the end of 2022.
With thanks to all who shared their stories of John's remarkable character and accomplishments.
Read online at https://t.co/Xv3pgKVhyw
Based near Canterbury? Join us for the first #UrbanismAwards assessment visit of 2023, taking place this Friday 14 July at St Peter's Lane.
The street was nominated for its "really good stitching of the urban fabric".
Sign up at ⬇️
https://t.co/U1w0ENfdZg
The afternoon programme of our Liveable City conference focuses on #green and #affordable#mobility and let inspiring speakers from 🇬🇧 and 🇩🇰 take aim at some of the most pressing contemporary challenges - all in collaboration with @theAoU and @stateofgreendk.
We’re underway at #AoUCongress2023 in Cambridge, with brilliant opening by @JasAtwal22 and @timhayward
Amazing energy at the Welcome Reception in @ZoologyMuseum.
Here’s to a great few days of learning from places ahead!
Enjoying a beautiful week in the Broch presenting the Fraserburgh Beach Illustrative Masterplan to the public for review. Please drop by the Faithlie Centre tonight from 6 - 8pm if you are around to share your thoughts and ideas! #Fraserburgh#urbandesign
We're excited to be joined at #AoUCongress by civic and community contributors from Cambridge, and by speakers from as far as Delhi and Toronto, to learn what Designing for the Future means for people and places around the globe.
Read more in this article
https://t.co/fp8Jfy4OjG
Some long weekend reading for you in the form of the latest issue of Here & Now, the AoU's journal with lead articles on the connection between place + productivity, and whether we really need highways engineers.
All that and more at https://t.co/IDbuL5eLeV
Last week at #ReimaginingtheIrishCity in Galway, we heard from @PeterStuddert about the journey Cambridge went on during his tenure as Director of Planning
Congress is Cambridge bound this June - read Peter’s reflections on the theme over on the website
https://t.co/aZ5xxu5EXe
@BrentToderian A key takeaway from Wulf Daseking, former Freiburg chief planning officer at the Academy of Urbanism conference yesterday
“Planning hurts because it runs against private interests”
How lovely to be featured in this spring's issue of Cowcross News, and have the opportunity to reintroduce ourselves to the community after more than 15 years working in the building.
Thank you to the Alan Baxter team!
KMA had more fantastic events with the Broch community last week, co-designing the Fraserburgh Beach Vision & Masterplan. We were delighted to hear so many great ideas and see so much passion for the beach and its future.
Really looking forward to the next round in March!