Articles & Reviews

 

Summer 2010

The Big Society (or Compulsory Voluntarism)

Austin Williams

Taming the Gods by Ian Baruma

Steve Nash

Two Billion Cars: Driving Toward Sustainability by Spurling & Gordon

Austin Williams

 

Spring 2010

Review of mantownhuman debate on climate change

Austin Williams

Two books on flood defences

reviewed by Austin Williams

The Mayor Who Set His Sights Low

by Karl Sharro

Corroding the Curriculum: Sustainability v. Education

by Austin Williams

Academic Questions (Springerlink.com).This article is reproduced under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution. Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and source are credited.

 

Late 2009

The Suspicions of Mr Whicher by Kate Summerscale

by Sarah Boyes

Powerful Connections

by Martyn Perks

In a Right State

by Martin Earnshaw

 

Summer 2009

Carbon psychosis

by Austin Williams

A New World: A Life of Thomas Paine by Trevor Griffiths

Reviewed by Thomas Gartrell

Dongtan: the eco-city that never was

by Austin Williams

Political "stranger danger" in classrooms

by Austin Williams

Non-Public Public Space

by Austin Williams

Feelbad Britain: How to make it better by Pat Devine et al

reviewed by Martin Earnshaw

 

Winter 2008/2009

The Bottom Billion: Why the poorest countries are failing and what can be done about it by Paul Collier

Reviewed by Daniel Ben-Ami

Milk

Reviewed by Thomas Gartrell

Broken Communities? Is state intervention part of the cause or the solution

By Dave Clements

Slumdog Millionaire

Reviewed by Siddharth Rajan

Storm in Chandigarh by Nayantara Sahgal

Reviewed by Austin Williams

Andrea Palladio: His life and legacy

by Austin Williams

Nudging: The Very Antithesis of Choice

by Martyn Perks

 

Autumn 2008

The Future of Community - Belfast Launch

by Alastair Donald

Disparity and Diversity in the Contemporary City: Social order revisited

by Dave Clements

Young People and Social Exclusion

by Dave Clements

 

Summer 2008

What did Regeneration ever do for us?

by Austin Williams

Anti-creative Professions

by Austin Williams

Time to Rethink Architecture and Re-imagine the City

by Alastair Donald

Dan Dare or Dan Daren't

by Austin Williams

A World History of Architecture (2nd Edition)

Reviewed by Austin Willams

 

May 2008

Sustainability is Killing Creativity

by Austin Williams

Putting the brakes on India and China

by Austin Williams

The Time for Manifestos

by Austin Williams

The Meaning of Life by Terry Eagleton

Reviewed by Dennis Hayes

 

April 2008

The Islamist by Ed Husain

Reviewed by Robin Walsh

Article for the Tablet

by Austin Williams

The Craftsman by Richard Sennett

Reviewed by Martin Earnshaw

Oxford Environmental Dictionary

by Austin Williams

 

Winter 2007

The Islamist by Ed Husain

Reviewed by Martin Earnshaw

Immigrants: Your Country Needs Them by Philippe Legrain

Reviewed by Steve Nash

 

Autumn 2007

Facts about London

by Austin Williams

Moving India

by Austin Williams

London Property Review

by Austin Williams

Recycling: Reducing waste or waste of time?

by Martin Earnshaw

More than Bricks and Mortar

by Dave Clements

 

May/June 2007

An Un-American Life: The Case of Whittaker Chambers, by Sam Tanenhaus

Reviewed by Austin Williams

 

April 2007

Something Stinks

By Austin Williams

 

March 2007

Building Esteem or Housing Discontent

Speech given by Dave Clements at ‘The Therapy Rooms’ debate, organised by The Future Cities Project at the Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL, 27th February 2007

 

February 2007

The political engagement’s off

by Austin Williams

Estates: An Intimate History

by Dave Clements

 

January 2007

Eating the greens

by Austin Williams

Waist Down: A traveling exhibition

by Elisabetta Gasparoni-Abraham

 

December 2006

Rod Eddington’s unedifying proposals

Reviewed by Austin Williams

Does Every Child really Matter?

by Dave Clements

 

November 2006

No carbon, lots of credit

by Austin Williams

Gardens of Canal Houses: Behind the Facades

Renate Dorrestein, Koen Kleijn, Harold Strak D'Arts/Architectura & Natura
Reviewed by Austin Williams

Design Like You Give A Damn: Architectural Responses To Humanitarian Crises

Edited by Architecture for Humanity
Reviewed by Austin Williams

'Camouflage' by Neil Leach, MIT Press, 2006

reviewed by Austin Williams

New York's Beaux-Arts masterpiece

By Elisabetta Gasparoni-Abraham

'Community Anchors'

Speech delivered to the Smaller Housing Associations Conference, 31 October 2006
by Dave Clements

 

April-October 2006

Ken’s planning for London?

by Austin Williams

Cities

by Austin Williams

Ornaments of the Metropolis:
Siegfried Kracauer and Modern Urban Culture, by Henrik Reeh

Reviewed by Austin Williams

Made to Break: Technology and Obsolescence in America, by Giles Slade

Reviewed by Austin Williams

Kicking the Carbon Habit: Global Warming and the Case for Renewable and Nuclear Energy, by William Sweet

Reviewed by Austin Williams

Stephen Rowland’s review of James Lovelock 'The Revenge of Gaia', written in the form of a letter to the author

Cities, People, Planet by Herbert Girardet

Reviewed by Austin Williams

Arts in Society, edited by Paul Barker

Reviewed by Austin Williams

Future Systems, by Deyan Sudjic

Reviewed by Austin Williams

 

March 2006

Mobilising Active Citizens

Highlights of a speech given by Dave Clements, social policy editor, Future Cities Project at the Future of Community festival, March 4th 2006 Read on...

Community, What Community

What's the similarity between David Miliband MP and a synthetic phonics teacher? Well, both want to emphasise the central position of 'u' in community and both will drum it into you until you finally accept it. Read on...

 


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