The following Blog contains links to videos, sites and articles which I are related to the Urban design and Town Planning profession. They are simply a collection of articles I have found interesting and feel others may agree. I have tried to put them under a series of sub-headings to make finding articles easier. Housing
What,s the Future for Sheffield's Park Hill housing estate?
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/architecture/sheffields-park-hill-estate-expectations-2297385.htmlA documentary discussing the history of Park Hill flats.
Tutti Frutti - A house for everyone.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/3359295/Tutti-Frutti-has-room-for-all-sorts.htmlSheffield's Hyde Park flats. Whats it like to live there?
http://hydeparkflats.webs.com/Planning History
This British Pathe Video from 1942 shows how post war planners had big ideas for the war damaged cities.
http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=38333#.Tk8FR8Pl_1U.facebookBBC Town Planning Programme circa 1961
A powerful look at the impacts of planning on black communities in the US and the ways in which green infrastructure and architecture could be incorporated into social strategies.
http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/majora_carter_s_tale_of_urban_renewal.htmlCities
In this one and a half hour lecture, Jan Gehl, architect and Professor of Urban Design in The School of Architecture at The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen, discusses the impact Modernist planners had on the cities we see today and how planners of the future can learn from there mistakes.
http://fora.tv/2011/05/02/Jan_Gehl_Cities_for_People#fullprogramIn this TED talk, Robert Hammond, the co-founder of Friends of the High Line in New York City discusses how the cities disused railway has being modified to create an elevated linear park in one of the worlds busiest cities.
http://www.ted.com/talks/robert_hammond_building_a_park_in_the_sky.htmlThe BBC TV program, Sustaining the City looked at how cities can be the sustainable future we require and how the cities work.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b011w7xmNew York's highest residential building currently under construction.
http://www.e-architect.co.uk/images/jpgs/new_york/56_leonard_street_as140908_chdem_1.jpg
Britain from above. This BBC Two program looked at the UK from the Sky and provided an incite into the sheer complexity of human habitation.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00d1kd1Colourful Cities across the globe:
http://paintersoflouisville.com/colorful-cities/
Different urbanisation policies have varying impacts on a region's ecosystem services, researchers report.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14804551Architecture
Interesting Architecture http://www.architizer.com/en_us/blog/dyn/25626/house-in-tainan-by-fchy-architect-lab/
The following link provides information about 'Open House London' which is a annual architecture showcase in the city of London when a number of the cities fantastic buildings open there doors to the public and allow people to see the fantastic interiors of some of England's finest buildings. This year it takes place on the 17th and 18th of September.
http://www.londonopenhouse.org/ Sheffield's large scale landscape architecture plans.
http://mp4-interreg.eu/page/15/Sheaf+Valley+Park.htmlThe Prince's Foundation for the built environment.
http://www.princes-foundation.org/Urban Task Force report:
http://www.urbantaskforce.org/UTF_final_report.pdfNorthwest Regional Development Agency
http://www.nwda.co.uk/default.aspxForum about tall building's
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/index.php?s=0935e98dc8fa445c14753d14dc1b4deb
“ARCHITECTURE OF URBAN DISCORD” http://www.urbanautica.com/post/1581778780/chivers-degeneration
In this article, the parking structure's we have all grown to hate are viewed in a different light.
http://sustainablecitiescollective.com/urban-choreography/25836/no-more-boring-labyrinthine-car-parks?ref=popular_postsEko Traffic Lights?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/dec/16/traffic-lights%20%20%20-%20sent%20from%20my%20Android%20phone%20with%20Guardian%20Anywhere
A City with Too Many Bicycles – Amsterdam’s Unique Problem: http://sustainablecitiescollective.com/big-city/26257/city-too-many-bicycles-amsterdam-s-unique-problem (A problem many cities would be happy to have).
Residents of award-winning, transit-oriented development say no to transit? http://sustainablecitiescollective.com/kaidbenfield/20212/residents-award-winning-transit-oriented-development-say-no-transit#node-20212
Regeneration
As my home town of Macclesfield looks to the future, the Town Centre looks set to get a make over with a multi million pound city centre regeneration scheme. The following link provides an incite into how local people react when such schemes take place.
http://www.makeitmacclesfield.co.uk/forum/threads/town-centre-redevelopment.8/
Urban Sprawl
In this fascinating TED talk, James Kustler dissects suburbia and discusses how urban design can be used to improve the suburbs. http://www.ted.com/talks/james_howard_kunstler_dissects_suburbia.html
History of Cities
In this fantastic set of video's the daily life of Sheffield is looked at in some detail. The fly-on-the-wall documentary was filmed in 1973 and provides some interesting watching for people who have an interest in Sheffield.
http://sheffieldblog.com/2011/05/29/all-in-a-day-bbc4-sheffield-documentary/The hidden Tunnels under Sheffield Hallam's Collegiate Campus.
http://www.28dayslater.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=52743&highlight=sheffield
Britain's Lost Cities http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/article3050987.ece
American City of Future (1925) http://www.sadanduseless.com/image.php?n=658
Other
In this RSA talk, Jeremy Rifkin discusses the empathetic civilization in some thought provoking ideas.
http://www.ted.com/talks/jeremy_rifkin_on_the_empathic_civilization.htmlCan Capitalism really work? This RSA Animate video questions Capitalism.
An interesting image showing the political spectrum in one clear image.
http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/left-vs-right-world/A time capsule of a sort. The 100 year old untouched building.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-12213195 What next for Sheffield's Castle Market?
http://sheffieldblog.com/2010/12/21/castle-market-in-sheffield-will-not-be-listed/City Building Apps... everyone wants to be a planner.
http://www.theplanningboardroom.net/city-building-apps-gain-popularity/Historic pictures of Sheffield:
http://s1007.photobucket.com/albums/af196/picturesofsheffield/Contemporary/Archive/?start=all&mediafilter=imagesAn interesting idea for photography:
http://vimeo.com/10130305Core Cities:
http://www.corecities.com/Place Marketing in the US and Europe
http://lib.tkk.fi/Diss/2003/isbn9512266849/isbn9512266849.pdfEver fancied studying at MIT? Well they have open source educational information for people to view whenever they wish.
http://ocw.mit.edu/index.htm
Detroit in ruins: the photographs of Yves Marchand and Romain Meffre http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2011/jan/02/detroit-ruins-marchand-meffre-photographs-ohagan?intcmp=239
Unbelievably Cool – Swedish Subway System http://sprki.com/swedish-subway-system/
http://fora.tv/2011/07/01/Michael_Graves_A_Grand_Tour
