respectively. Foster + Partners wereawarded RIBA’s Stirling Prizefor their Bloomberg HQ in London. Said jury memberSir David Adjaye, “Bloomberg is a once-in-a-generation project which has pushed the boundaries of research and innovation in architecture.” The project has been a controversial cho...
Although Colau does not favour secession as influenced by municipally devolution-based federal political principles, she ambivalently supports the referendum and the application of the "right to decide", not only as the representative of the internationalised capital city of the city-region, ...
There is little debate that cities are at the centre of climate change mitigation and adaptation action (Seitzinger et al.,2012). Ever-growing cities, needed to house an ever-growing population, require an ever-growing amount of resources for their development and maintenance, and the often high...
If the pillar was on the north-western side of the market (you can see the orientation of the market building in the above map), could it really have been in direct sunlight, sufficient for a distinct shadow to form on the pillar? To resolve this, I used the Shademap App. This ap...
‘what’ of urban resilience. That is, what is meant by the term in different settings. This includes the specific areas of focus, boundaries, and application of the term in policy and academia. Second, it seeks to understand the ‘why’ of urban resilience. That is, the motivations for ...
The English city region discourse resonated north of the border.8 In 2011 the Scottish Government, in association with the six main Scottish cities (Glasgow, Edinburgh, Dundee, Aberdeen and Inverness and Stirling) published an agenda for cities; “Scotland's Cities, delivering for Scotland” (Scot...
At the time when mostly negative news flow between countries, the reactions of national-level and city-level governments should reflect on their full preparedness and responsive management.
Liberty City Guidebook YOUR GUIDE TO: PLACES ENTERTAINMENT RESTAURANTS A very small percentage of individuals may experience epileptic seizures or blackouts when exposed to certain light patterns or flashing lights. Exposure to certain patterns or backgrounds on a television screen or when playing video ...
form; passive design; greeneries; function; energy; aesthetics; sustainable design1. Introduction 1.1. Sustainability The concept of sustainability continues to be of paramount importance to our cities [1,2]. Planners, architects, economists, environmentalists, and politicians persist in using the ...
systems Article The Techno-Politics of Data and Smart Devolution in City-Regions: Comparing Glasgow, Bristol, Barcelona, and Bilbao Igor Calzada University of Oxford, Urban Transformations ESRC & Future of Cities Programmes, COMPAS, 58 Banbury Road, Oxford OX2 6QS, UK; igor.calzada@compas.ox....