Kevin Murray

Vision, strategy, engagement, planning. Director KMA, Hon Prof Glasgow+Dundee Univs, Founder AoU, Past Pres RTPI, Exec RTPI Scotland

[William Dalrymple @DalrympleWill]

New From @EmpirePodUK

Our series on the English colonisation of Ireland continues-

THE BATTLE OF THE BOYNE-
THE CLASH OF TWO KINGS

[Samuel Hughes @SCP_Hughes]

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.

[Nick O'Brien @NickLovesSpain]

A look into why Spain has the highest life expectancy in Europe —

Straight from the Spanish themselves.

Their serious, insightful, and hilarious answers:

(a 🧵)

[James Lucas @JamesLucasIT]

Thread of the most beautiful train stations on Earth 🧵

1. Antwerp, Belgium

[The Cultural Tutor @culturaltutor]

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...

[KMA @K_M_Assoc]

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

[Place Network @PlaceNetworkSco]

Congratulations to @IreneBeautyman and everyone involved in the Shaping Places for Wellbeing Programme ✨

[Niall Murphy @MurphyNiallGLA]

#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

[Hayden @the_transit_guy]

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.

[Kevin Murray @KMurray315]

@EastRenCouncil Looking forward to some fruitful discussions at our #BrighterBarrhead events this week.
Also sending good luck to @ArthurlieFC for second leg of cup final.
@JasAtwal22 @chouaibrim @MichelleMGuckin

[AoU Scotland @AoU_Scotland]

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 👏🏼

[Kevin Murray @KMurray315]

Love the balance. Must admit, I had not noticed the clock before.

[This Is My Glasgow @is_glasgow]

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

[Kevin Murray @KMurray315]

Looking forward to another great event in Dundee at the @VADundee. Can #20minuteneighbourhood approaches work, and if so, where can they be most effective? Come along to learn more. @DJCAD @RTPIScotland @AoU_Scotland @K_M_Assoc

[Prof Husam AlWaer @husamalwaer]

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

[AoU Scotland @AoU_Scotland]

Sign up now! Excited to get together for the Great Urbanism quiz. Teams and individuals welcome. @KMurray315

[Rob Cowan @cowanrob]

Congratulations to Kevin Murray Associates, celebrating 20 years
@K_M_Assoc @KMurray315 @JasAtwal22 #dictionaryofurbanism

[Kevin Murray @KMurray315]

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.

[KMA @K_M_Assoc]

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

[Paul Sweeney MSP @PaulJSweeney]

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?

[Damned Academic @rblackwellUK]

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

[RTPI Scot Convenor @ConvenorRTPIS]

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!

[OssianLore @OssianLore]

Be good citizens, shop and spend on Buchannan Street, now with direct ocean access