Reading Architecture Professor Lorraine Farrelly has spent the past month running ‘Your Place, Our Place’, a pop-up space for the local community to come together to shape the planning of…Read More >
town planning
Putting quality of life at the heart of planning
Britain’s urban planning system has its roots in the postwar period, designed for rapid regeneration of bombed out towns and cities rather than democratic development. As the government rethinks the…Read More >
Planning reform: an opportunity to ground the planning system in public involvement
In August 2020 the Government published its plans to reform the planning system in England in a long-awaited White Paper. Professor Gavin Parker reflects on the proposed changes to community…Read More >
Beyond COVID-19 – the importance of ‘urban futures’ thinking for our towns and cities
In many ways the COVID-19 pandemic has taught us some valuable lessons about how we can do things differently in our towns and cities: homeworking, active mobility such as walking…Read More >
Why don’t local people have a greater say in their neighbourhoods?
Professor Gavin Parker’s research has been exploring the issues involved in neighbourhood planning since the policy was introduced by the government in 2011. In a new post for The Conversation,…Read More >
How did Reading get so prosperous – and how can smart town planning keep it that way?
Professor Kathy Pain explores how the town once famed for ‘beer, biscuits and bulbs’ became a hub for high tech industry and explains how smarter town planning could secure its…Read More >
Urban rooms: where people get to design their city’s future
Universities can play an important role in helping local people to understand and influence the long term future of their city. As Reading develops an urban room – a space…Read More >
How research is creating a sustainable built environment for tomorrow’s world
By Professor Tim Dixon, School of the Built Environment, University of Reading As the world’s urban population continues to grow, it will be increasingly important for the built environment sector…Read More >
Delivery of affordable housing negatively impacted by planning policy
By Professor Neil Crosby, Professor of Real Estate & Planning, University of Reading With the increase in house prices in London since 2008, and resultant increase in land values, there might…Read More >
CollectiVoX
My name is Penélope, I am an architect activist/researcher from Venezuela, and part of the academic team of new School of Architecture. Caracas, where I grew up, is a beautiful…Read More >
