Outputs (10)

Borders (2023)
Journal Article

An editorial for UoU Scientific Journal #05 on the theme of borders commentating on the breadth of the term (and associated terms) in architecture and urbanism, along with a reflective commentory on the articles in this edition of the journal, for w... Read More about Borders.

Conversation on a digital folly (2021)
Journal Article

A Digital Folly (2021). A digital type based on experiential communication and learning above an administrative pool. This Folly is an “atmospheric screen” engaging its audience in its micro-knowledge. A sphere, a uniform solid where every point on i... Read More about Conversation on a digital folly.

International interpretations of the garden city ideal: Lessons for placemaking (2015)
Journal Article

The Garden City Idea, first promoted by Ebenezer Howard in the UK during the early part of twentieth century, quickly spread around the world. In so doing, though, it became transformed to suit local circumstances and often became a very different ph... Read More about International interpretations of the garden city ideal: Lessons for placemaking.

La diffusion de l’ideal des cites-jardins autour du monde (2013)
Journal Article

En faisant un voyage autour du monde, le concept de ‘cité-jardin’ a pris de nombreuses formes, peut-être pas toutes capable d’être instantanément reconnues par Ebenezer Howard l'homme le plus souvent considéré comme créateur de cette forme idéalisée... Read More about La diffusion de l’ideal des cites-jardins autour du monde.

La République peut-elle porter l’habit anglais? (2012)
Journal Article

This paper (written in French) suggests that French planners, operating in a Rousseauiste tradition, have an arsenal of rules, regulations and powers at their disposal to protect the republican ideal of 'equality'. English planners on the other hand,... Read More about La République peut-elle porter l’habit anglais?.

Trompes l'oeil (2012)
Journal Article

This article challenges the myth that London is an organic, unplanned city shaped by economic forces, and Paris is, in contrast a planned city moulded by the state. The modern development of the two cities is tracked from the early nineteenth century... Read More about Trompes l'oeil.

In Paris, you can buy a beer at McDonald's (2012)
Journal Article

It is a little known fact that until the 1920s Paris was surrounded by a wall and entry into the city controlled through gates. That wall demarcated Paris from the rest of France. After its demolition that distinction between Paris 'intra-muros' and... Read More about In Paris, you can buy a beer at McDonald's.

Language and identity: Lessons from Ireland (2011)
Journal Article

This article explores the difficulties faced in keeping the Irish languages in daily use in those areas of Ireland where the influx of English as as dominant language is a threat. In particular it focusses on the approach of planners to controlling t... Read More about Language and identity: Lessons from Ireland.

The changing role of the Jardin Publique in the planning of Paris (2010)
Journal Article

Paris, with 24,400 persons per km2( ), is the most densely populated capital city in Europe, yet at the same time it is one of the capitals that offers its inhabitants the least green space of all (Paris 13m2 per habitant compared with London 45m2) (... Read More about The changing role of the Jardin Publique in the planning of Paris.

A spatial vision for north-west Europe (2001)
Journal Article