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Ruined skylines: Aesthetics, politics and London’s towering cityscape (2020)
Digital Artefact
Karimnia, E. (2020). Ruined skylines: Aesthetics, politics and London’s towering cityscape. [Blog]

The debate over the tall-building boom in London is often torn between those supporting market-led spectacular urban development and those advocating for historic conservation of the traditional cityscape. In Ruined Skylines, Günter Gassner criticall... Read More about Ruined skylines: Aesthetics, politics and London’s towering cityscape.

Benign Neglect (2020)
Journal Article
Kostourou, F., Chua, C., & Karimnia, E. (2020). Benign Neglect. MONU,

In September 2018, Network Rail sells 5,261 UK railway arches to Telereal Trillium and Blackstone Property Partners for 1.46bn. Eight months later, the National Audit Office estimates that rents for these properties will increase by 54% over the nex... Read More about Benign Neglect.

Urban form and human behavior in context of livable cities and their public realms (2020)
Journal Article
Haas, T., Littke, H., & Karimnia, E. (2020). Urban form and human behavior in context of livable cities and their public realms. Scholarly Journal of Psychology and Behavioral Sciences, 3(4), https://doi.org/10.32474/sjpbs.2020.03.000167

In what ways are cities things that happen to us, and in what ways are cities things we do together, with more or less art and purpose? How do we understand both the geometries of cities and the ways that form might be connected-or not-to their socia... Read More about Urban form and human behavior in context of livable cities and their public realms.