Press archive 2015
Matthew Carmona appointed Specialist Advisor to House of Lords Select Committee
Professor Matthew Carmona has been appointed Specialist Advisor to the House of Lords Select Committee on National Policy for the Built Environment.
The committee, which is chaired by the Conservative peer Baroness O’Cathain, was appointed in June 2015 to consider the development and implementation of national policy for the built environment. Its wide remit encompasses, among many others, key areas such as urban design, planning and housing provision. Read more here →
Place Alliance highlights importance of art and artists in placemaking
Place Alliance – England’s link group for ‘place-related’ interests, of which IHBC is a member – has released a new manifesto called ‘Artists & the Arts in Placemaking’, calling for the importance of culture in placemaking to be recognised and no longer seen as ‘an optional extra’, and the inclusion of public art and the arts in local and neighbourhood plans. Read more →
Place Alliance – Big Meet 4
On 27th October the Place Alliance held the fourth of its Big Meets in London. The packed meeting was addressed by Brandon Lewis, Minister of State for Housing and Planning. David Rudlin was one of a number of people asked to make a response, although the minister wasn’t able to stay to hear these responses. Read David’s response →
Building an alliance for better places
Sometimes, all it takes for grass-roots initiatives to develop is a combination of good timing, the right conversations, and a network of partners willing to take it forward. In the case of the Place Alliance, a collaborative cross-sector alliance encouraging a greater focus on place quality in England, the movement is also based on solid research. Read more by Carina Schneider for Bartlett Annual Review 2015
Matthew Carmona’s Talk on Place Alliance
Matthew Carmona presents at the Academy Of Urbanism’s Mid-Year Review a potted history of the Place Alliance movement’s origins, coming directly as a result of the Farrell Review and with the aim of addressing the void left by the winding-down of the government’s architecture watch-dog: the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment. Read more →
Farrell: export London’s design expertise and create a national park city
London should become a ‘national park city’, Sir Terry Farrell tells architects one year after review. Read more →
The design review is dead. Long live Place reviews
Can the proactive planning system envisaged by the Farrell Review really work? Paul McGrath listened in at the NLA’s half-day debate. Read more →
Farrell Review is delivering, says its author
Discussion of Farrell Review and its achievements year after its publication. Feature of PlaceAlliance as means of provision “a powerful collective voice on questions of place quality” as well as increasing debate around improving everyday environments. Read more →
Design literate leadership
Most councillors enter local politics to make a difference and to positively bring about change. As we continue cutting budgets to the bone, we must ensure the money we do spend is well spent and, writes Sue Vincent, that means they need to understand how good design is as much about cost effectiveness as it is about aesthetics. Read more on Page 27 →