Archive for August, 2011

Urban expansion

It is said that this century will be dominated by cities, as more than half of the world’s population already lives in urban environments. In some parts of the world, major urban growth already took place in the 19th and 20th centuries, at different scale and different speed. London had an early start and is [...]

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Riots and the built environment

The Architects’ Journal (AJ) asked several architects and theorists to comment on the UK riots of the last couple of weeks. Do riots occur because of failing spatial configurations, or is the built environment of our cities only the result of social processes and conflicts. Is it worth spending on urban regeneration and what role [...]

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