Remarkably ambitious scheme for Waterloo Station. Waterloo is a vital piece of infrastructure and has some superb Edwardian architecture, but its surroundings are dismal and wayfinding is extraordinarily counterintuitive. Successful remodelling could be a huge improvement.
A look into why Spain has the highest life expectancy in Europe —
Straight from the Spanish themselves.
Their serious, insightful, and hilarious answers:
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Why does Paris look the way it does?
Well, until the year 1853 it was a diseased and overcrowded Medieval city — then the biggest urban renovation in history was announced.
This is the story of how Paris was transformed into the world's most popular city...
Come and join us at Clydebank Shopping Centre on Thursday the 25th and Friday the 26th of July from 11 am - 2 pm to have your say on the Clydebank Long Term Plan! @WDCouncil @ThreesixtyArch @turnertownsend
#GlasgowHeritage stuff: The proposal to demolish 11 Oswald Street goes before the Planning Application Committee today. So much has been lost from the Broomielaw it will be interesting to hear what their decision is over this Building at Risk and 180 year old survivor…🤔! 1/3
Sterling Heights, MI, joins a list of other Detroit suburbs that will convert dying malls into town centers. Lakeside Mall will be redeveloped into 2,800 new housing units and a town center. Converting dead malls is an easy way to create town centers in the suburbs.
Great buzz at our pub quiz last night in Edinburgh. Impressively high and close scores by all. Well done to winners and runners-up the Cornerteers and Lamppost Surveillance Society 👏🏼
The former City Bakery building on Saint George's Road in Glasgow. Constructed in the 1930s, it is somewhat overshadowed by its much more ornate neighbour, Saint George's Mansions, but it's a nice example of a Modern Classical commercial building.
#glasgow#architecture
Registration now open for a timely & special event on: Understanding the 20-Minute Neighbourhood: Creating opportunities for people to live well locally, FRIDAY 19 April, @VADundee! more info & tickets at: https://t.co/TNZVclUpij
Organised by @dundeeuni@DJCAD@UDGUrbanUpdate
Each place is different, as is each mechanism, so approaches to community led planning and co-design need a carefully tailored approach. In Scotland #LocalPlacePlans offer communities a new opportunity to shape their place, and input to the statutory system of planning.
At KMA we have been updating how we can best support community organisations to deliver Local Place Plans as a mechanism that properly reflects local aspirations and enables community-led change. If your community needs help in this area, please contact us
https://t.co/VywXRpcS8G
After the demolition of Ravenscraig Steelworks in 1996 and Chapelcross Power Station in 2007, there are only 9 cooling towers left in Scotland.
All of them at Grangemouth Refinery.
With the refinery's future uncertain, should @HistEnvScot move to protect these industrial icons?
The point of Rwanda is not to stop migrants but to keep the issue of migration in the headlines as the election approaches. While people are talking about migrants they AREN'T talking about the cost of living, energy prices, crumbling NHS, Brexit failure etc etc #RwandaBill
It was a pleasure to chair the final @RTPIScotland SEC of the year & host the annual meeting. Huge thanks to the committee members for all their challenges and support over the year. Not all could be there in person but a few made this 📸 24 days to go!