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In attempting to remove grime and disorder from the urban environment, did modernist planners and architects also inadvertently wash away the spirit of the city? This was the question posed [...]

Norman Foster has broken his long political silence to criticise deputy prime minster John Prescott's ambitious housing plans in the Thames Gateway. Foster is concerned that the planning required for [...]

An urban designer has called for an end to the building and extending of town-centre shopping malls because they are destroying town centres. Roger Evans, principal of Oxford-based Roger Evans [...]

Calls for a truce between Ken and English Heritage over development in the capital abound this week and even Ken has joined in welcoming the quango's latest report on changing [...]

The Civic Trust proposes a new approach to urban renewal. It claims schemes are based on property and infra-structure and do not involve the local community enough. The Trust believes commercial and social concerns should be linked and proposes greater use of traffic management, development of leisure shopping areas, street festivals and markets. It favours improving shop fronts and the training of shop staff and would like to see more shopkeepers living on their business premises.