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...while the celebrated Dutch urban planner Aldo van Eyck developed hundreds of fence-free play areas in Amsterdam....
...In London, Covent Garden was saved in the 1970s from planners who wanted to build a conference centre, but when the fruit and vegetable market moved out the space was turned into a tourist trap which no...
...Mucella Yapici, of the Istanbul Chamber of Architects, was among those who tried and failed to halt the project, citing environmental and economic worries....
...Are we, I ask, seeing the rise of Jony Ive the urban planner? I’m wondering what an Ive-designed city would look like. He laughs, insisting that he is happy just “to play a part”....
...The architects studied several world cities before coming up with the design....
...In an interview last year, Robert Caro, the acclaimed biographer of New York city planner Robert Moses, shared a simple insight that explained how an architect “can shape a metropolis for generations”:...
...I can also understand why city planners succumb to the temptation of Apple. Better a tasteful, architect-led restoration than continued neglect and ultimate dereliction....
...FTAV: What’s the worst case scenario if urban planners don’t catch up with the fact that ride-sharing apps are not going to be permanent a low cost transport solution for everyone?...
...“City and strategic planners are starting to see that this is real,” says Walker....
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...Enduring lessons from this time included the importance of cultivating ministers....
...Finding ways to tap this rich vein of data could help the industry work more effectively with planners, engineers and architects on developing more resilient infrastructure....
...After complaints that the first New Town houses were too dull, city planners in 1791 commissioned celebrated architect Robert Adam to design facades that would turn Charlotte Square’s terraces into palatial...
...Jacobs aroused the ire of town planners, who thought their schemes would usher in a rational world populated by the happy faces seen in architects’ drawings....
...Lima’s mayor and city officials have convened a “Green cities in the desert” conference starting Wednesday, bringing together urban planners, architects, climate change experts and environmental engineers...
...Architects and planners alike have served only urban needs....
...A highlight is the Colonial Theatre, one of the last surviving works of JB McElfatrick, architect of hundreds of US theatres....
...Property issues slumped after China’s top planner said tougher measures are needed to help cool the real estate market....
...It also includes assets held by customers of Barclays’ network of financial planners, who generally have investable assets of less than £200,000....
...“If you make a 3D walk-through using some of the gaming technology, but it is something specifically intended for an architect, a city planner or a business professional, it is not a game....
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