URBED+

A partnership between @URBEDmcr and @TheMSArch for Research, Advocacy and Education #URBEDplus
Tweets by @LucyUrbanDesign and @Victoria_Payne

[Dr Lucy Montague @LucyUrbanDesign]

@Victoria_Payne and I were delighted to present our #highstreet research and recommendations in the @HouseofCommons yesterday to the All Party Parliamentary Group for Conservation, Places & People and @RLong_Bailey. Thanks for the invitation @IHBCtweet and #jamesgrundymp

[URBED+ @URBEDplus]

The biggest project to date from @URBEDplus

[Dr Lucy Montague @LucyUrbanDesign]

So excited to receive my author copies of #highstreet this morning from our publisher @RIBABooks.
Follow for daily stories + recommendations for #towncentres in a #retail crisis I'll be posting in the lead up to publication. Links to preorder below. @RudlinDavid @Victoria_Payne

[urbed @URBEDmcr]

Join us, @GlassHouseCLD and @TheMSArch for an evening of hands-on, collaborative design and discussion - exploring ways of shifting culture and improving the quality, range and affordability of housing. https://t.co/TPFuGQxsxn

[URBED+ @URBEDplus]

Individual tales of UK high street revitalisation could inspire future town success
URBED+ researchers awarded £100,000 to illuminate town centre recovery and decline https://t.co/4R2jGhPHa9 #highstreets #urbanism

[Jeremy Till @jeremytill]

“The idea that a single building is going to be emancipatory for a whole totalitarian state is ridiculous.” My take on @BjarkeIngels in today’s Guardian in clear eyed article by @ollywainwright https://t.co/y9lCaxAaZp

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@Fodrick18 @toroitichirvine @StockportCounty @TheMSArch @RIBA @RIBANorth @wallaceerabu @YouungAde @minifost Don’t worry @robjhyde - our hypothetical scenario was that Stockport had been promoted and so were getting a new improved ground on a new site 😉

[URBED+ @URBEDplus]

One week to go until applications close for our first @URBEDplus PhD. Link below #phd #retrofit #studentships

[Dr Lucy Montague @LucyUrbanDesign]

Looking for an exciting new challenge in 2020? Start a⁩ PhD with me + ⁦@marianneheaslip ⁦@URBEDplus⁩! Funded position on neighbourhood scale retrofit + potential part-time consultancy ⁦⁦@URBEDmcr⁩. Enquiries welcome *DEADLINE 28 Jan* https://t.co/1uoQHJno8e

[URBED+ @URBEDplus]

The results are out from this pioneering housing audit we supported through the advisory board and evaluatory work by @helgrimshaw and @Davidurbedcoop1 with @TheMSArch @ManMetUni researchers. Link to read below... #housing #housingaudit2020

[Place Alliance @PlaceAllianceUK]

Place Alliance Press Release - 21 January 2020 - Housing Audit - https://t.co/To4khpoI0v New research reveals housing design in England overwhelmingly ‘mediocre’ or ‘poor’. The full report can be found here: https://t.co/yhzGBcY4aW

[URBED+ @URBEDplus]

Want to do a PhD that engages with people, practice and academia? Help us @URBEDplus advance knowledge on one of the most critical built environment challenges we currently face. #retrofit #phd @TheMSArch *Closes 28th Jan*

[Dr Lucy Montague @LucyUrbanDesign]

Looking for an exciting new challenge in 2020? Start a⁩ PhD with me + ⁦@marianneheaslip ⁦@URBEDplus⁩! Funded position on neighbourhood scale retrofit + potential part-time consultancy ⁦⁦@URBEDmcr⁩. Enquiries welcome *DEADLINE 28 Jan* https://t.co/1uoQHJno8e

[URBED+ @URBEDplus]

@Helenisworking @Royalcom1851 @PlaceManagement @CLESthinkdo Yes drop us a line at [email protected]. We’ll be speaking at a @PlaceManagement seminar soon.

[URBED+ @URBEDplus]

We are thrilled to announce that we have been awarded the @Royalcom1851 Built Environment Fellowship to pursue our project ‘Tales of the High Street’, studying the stories of success and failure across 100 UK #highstreets

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@Davidurbedcoop1 discussing #highstreets this afternoon - an area of research we may be doing some substantial work in - at the @ESRC Festival of Social Science @TheMSArch @PlaceManagement

[4x4 Manchester @4x4manchester]

As we've said we like to encourage healthy debate at 4x4 so thought it worth sharing @SirRichardLeese's response to @ollywainwright's article and the event.

(FYI it's CHIC-chester, not Chichester as we first thought!)

[URBED+ @URBEDplus]

TB to our packed launch event with more photos from the big debate! Are you there in the crowd? If you couldn't get a ticket then do not fear - you can now see the whole event at https://t.co/yc365MAMdI #housing #urbanism

[4x4 Manchester @4x4manchester]

It's here! Full video of the event with integrated slides.

00:00 Intro to URBED +
06:45 @ollywainwright presentation: Sin City
30:54 Very lively panel/audience debate with @ShelaghLtd Jane Brake and Ola Alade
https://t.co/5bQaPp2elr

@URBEDplus @URBEDmcr @TheMSArch @theAoU

[URBED+ @URBEDplus]

We will soon be advertising an UBRED+ PhD scholarship related to this topic... watch this space!

[Manchester Metropolitan Uni @ManMetUni]

"We hope to make a small contribution to dragging #urbanism out of pseudo-science realm of unsubstantiated ‘best practice’ & into a more coherent field of research & study."

@TheMSArch's @LucyUrbanDesign & @Davidurbedcoop1 discuss @URBEDmcr partnership: https://t.co/xKwtw7VeF2

[URBED+ @URBEDplus]

More photos from Tuesday night's debate... Who can spot themselves in the crowd?

[Dr Lucy Montague @LucyUrbanDesign]

Thrilled to finally launch @URBEDplus last night, the research partnership I have been developing with @URBEDmcr for the last few years. Follow us on twitter, find out more at https://t.co/Vi8KlSEbk2 and if you’d like to collaborate or just get in touch email [email protected]

[URBED+ @URBEDplus]

What a fantastic turnout for our launch event @4x4manchester last night. Such energising debate on #housing and growth. We’ve been overwhelmed with the feedback and interest. Thank you to all who attended, our speakers and sponsors for making it such a success.