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Urban recognition for people with disabilities

Urban recognition for people with disabilities

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This City Was Made for Sharing – Shared Space in Urban Design

This City Was Made for Sharing – Shared Space in Urban Design

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Thinking Streets – Shared Space Documentary

Thinking Streets – Shared Space Documentary

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The need for trees

The need for trees

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Specifying Cor-ten for External Architectural Use

Specifying Cor-ten for External Architectural Use

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Slimconcrete – A Street Furniture Revolution

Slimconcrete – A Street Furniture Revolution

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Signage Without Signs? An Integrated Method

Signage Without Signs? An Integrated Method

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Signage Design & The Equalities Act

Signage Design & The Equalities Act

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Shareable cities part I - Paving the way to more pedestrianised cities

Shareable cities part I - Paving the way to more pedestrianised cities

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Shareable cities – Integration, not separation, for road users

Shareable cities – Integration, not separation, for road users

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Secret gardens, farms and nature reserves: the benefits of green roofs

Secret gardens, farms and nature reserves: the benefits of green roofs

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Public realm vandalism and maintenance – Can we really ‘Fit and Forget’?

Public realm vandalism and maintenance – Can we really ‘Fit and Forget’?

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On the Table: Urban Regeneration

On the Table: Urban Regeneration

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Multi-Disciplinary Landscape Architecture Teams – Client Guide

Multi-Disciplinary Landscape Architecture Teams – Client Guide

Thinking

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LED Street Light Design – Maintenance Factors

LED Street Light Design – Maintenance Factors

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Landscape rehab: reusing urban and industrial spaces to build liveable environments

Landscape rehab: reusing urban and industrial spaces to build liveable environments

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Intelligent systems make smart cities

Intelligent systems make smart cities

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How data-powered street furniture is making cities smarter

How data-powered street furniture is making cities smarter

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Four Inspirational Examples of Landscape Design

Four Inspirational Examples of Landscape Design

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European Prize for Urban Public Space 2012: Winners Announced

European Prize for Urban Public Space 2012: Winners Announced

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Escofet Sponsor European Prize for Urban Public Space 2012

Escofet Sponsor European Prize for Urban Public Space 2012

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Enhancing Pedestrian Movement – Wayfinding & Signage

Enhancing Pedestrian Movement – Wayfinding & Signage

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Cycling & the community – Changing up a gear.

Cycling & the community – Changing up a gear.

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Creating a future where Green Infrastructure is the first priority

Creating a future where Green Infrastructure is the first priority

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Geo litter bin with pedestrians walking by

Beguiling Bins! The Unsung Street Furniture Design Heroes

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Coventry University edible campus

A Summer's end tour of Coventry's fruitful campus

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Paving for multi-use spaces

Environment

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Mike Plaster

Tesco Extra with linear drainage outside

How Drexus Pave Drain is set to change the face of drainage

Technology

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Mike Plaster

Pedestrian walking along a highstreet

Crash-tested landscape furniture: why functional will no longer do

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Mike Plaster

Diggers working a natural stone quarry

How to source the best natural stone

Environment

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A large eco-system alongside a urban housing development

Breathe new life into urban spaces with clever landscape design

Cities

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St Pauls Cathedral as viewed from One New Change shopping centre

Telling stories with natural stone

Infrastructure

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Mike Plaster

Bradford Alhambra Theatre

How revamped public spaces can transform communities

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Revitalising the UK’s public spaces

Revitalising the UK’s public spaces

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Bollard crash test

How can we protect the UK’s precincts?

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Illuminated city square

5 ways to light up emotions

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A plane flying over a railyard at dusk.

Three reasons why the construction industry can survive the downturn

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People socialising a top a large rock infront of a modern urban landscape.

Village of Yorkville Park - Edith Katz

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A city in the early evening, with several modern design buildings.

Should all design be crowdfunded?

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A town square with buff paving with block paved border. Tree Grilles, Litter Bins and Benches make the space suitable for public use.

Making Britain’s Streets Safer

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A woman sat on a wooden bench reading a brochure. The bench is a square with natural stone paving.

Never Mind The Bollards...

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3D rendering over a city of potential growth and expansion for building development

Part 1 - Smart citizens, and the Internet of Things

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