UPDATE: New dates for our CPD in Urban Design Representation 2016! Book your place now!

Once again the Urban Design Studies unit and the Department of Architecture are thrilled to invite you to take part to our CPD (Continuing Professional Development) course in Urban Design Representation and that we are now accepting delegates for our 2016 Urban Design Representation Course. This course, traditionally offered to incoming …

Our new Paper on Masterplanning for Change at AESOP2015!

  We are proud to announce that our latest paper was accepted and presented at the 29th Annual AESOP 2015 Congress Definite Space – Fuzzy Responsibility  held between 13-16 July 2015 in Prague at the Czech Technical University (CTU). ***   *** Abstract: Unprecedented worldwide urbanisation, financial instability, climate change and emerging …

Urban Design Representation CPD is now on! Book your place and learn with us!

Once again the Urban Design Studies unit and the Department of Architecture are thrilled to invite you to take part to our CPD (Continuing Professional Development) course in Urban Design Representation and that we are now accepting delegates for our 2015 Urban Design Representation Course. This course, traditionally offered to …

Urban Morphometrics: the evolution of cities. Literally.

Ref: Dibble, J. Prelorendjos, A. Romice, O. Zanella, A. Strano, E. Pagel, Mark. Porta, S. (2015), Urban Morphometrics: Towards a Science of Urban Evolution, Paper to be presented at the conference: ISUF International Seminar of Urban Form, Rome, September 2015. ***   *** Our paper entitled “Urban Morphometrics: Towards a Science of …

MScUD students awarded first prize at prestigious international urban-promogiovani 6 contest

Our MScUD students Alessandra Feliciotti and Jacob Dibble, both now progressed into our PhD in Architecture program, have been awarded the first prize at the prestigious Urban-promogiovani 6 contest, organized by the Italian National Institute of Urbanism (INU). The award has ben announced at the urban promo conference held at …

More from the Summit on Plot-Based Urbanism

The Urban Design Studies Unit is excited to host the first Summit on Plot-based Urbanism to be held at the Department of Architecture on 27 October. The aim of the Summit is to come together to publicly present the current theories and ideas surrounding Plot-based Urbanism and work to address key …

Summit on Plot-Based Urbanism

UDSU is honoured to host a two-day summit at the University of Strathclyde from 27-28 October to bring together leading ideas on Plot-Based Urbanism.   Keynotes, workshops, round-table discussions and fantastic new opportunities to advance research, policy and practice. With an increasing trend towards single-use, suburban developments on large plots, we are …

Articles 2014: Alterations in Scale now online on Urban Studies pre-print

    Ref: Porta, S. Romice, S. Maxwell, A. J. Russell, P. Baird, D. (2014), Alterations in scale: Patterns of change in main street networks across time and space, Urban Studies, in print. Pre-print available online at: http://usj.sagepub.com/content/early/2014/02/07/0042098013519833. Link to paper on Urban Studies Links to press coverage: Planetizen, LSE …