Design for London

Design for London was a unique experiment in urban planning, design and strategic thinking. Set up in 2006 by Mayor Ken Livingstone and his Architectural Advisor, Richard Rogers, the brief for the team was ‘to think about London, what made London unique and how it could be made better’. Sitting with...

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description Design for London was a unique experiment in urban planning, design and strategic thinking. Set up in 2006 by Mayor Ken Livingstone and his Architectural Advisor, Richard Rogers, the brief for the team was ‘to think about London, what made London unique and how it could be made better’. Sitting within London government but outside its formal statutory responsibilities, it was given freedom to question and challenge. The team had no power or money, but it did have the licence to operate without the usual constraints of government. With introductions from Ken Livingstone and Richard Rogers, Design for London covers the tumultuous and heady period of the first decade of this century when London was a test bed for new ideas. It outlines how key projects such as the London Olympics, public space programmes, high street regeneration and greening programmes were managed, critically examines the lessons that might be learnt in strategic urban design and considers how a design agenda for London could be developed in the future. By providing an engaging account of the strategic approaches and work of Design for London, and documenting the particular methodology and approach to urban theory it developed, Design for London will appeal to undergraduate and postgraduate students of planning, urban design and architecture, and to current practitioners from the public, private and community sectors who are struggling to achieve regeneration through poorly understood ‘placemaking’ concepts.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-747472025-07-30T11:55:05Z Design for London Bishop, Peter Williams, Lesley London design urban planning Richard Rogers Ken Livingstone public space Olympics 2012 high street regeneration greening programmes urban studies architecture built environment thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AM Architecture::AMD Architecture: professional practice thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AM Architecture::AMV Landscape architecture and design::AMVD City and town planning: architectural aspects thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AM Architecture::AMD Architecture: professional practice thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AM Architecture::AMV Landscape architecture and design::AMVD City and town planning: architectural aspects Design for London was a unique experiment in urban planning, design and strategic thinking. Set up in 2006 by Mayor Ken Livingstone and his Architectural Advisor, Richard Rogers, the brief for the team was ‘to think about London, what made London unique and how it could be made better’. Sitting within London government but outside its formal statutory responsibilities, it was given freedom to question and challenge. The team had no power or money, but it did have the licence to operate without the usual constraints of government. With introductions from Ken Livingstone and Richard Rogers, Design for London covers the tumultuous and heady period of the first decade of this century when London was a test bed for new ideas. It outlines how key projects such as the London Olympics, public space programmes, high street regeneration and greening programmes were managed, critically examines the lessons that might be learnt in strategic urban design and considers how a design agenda for London could be developed in the future. By providing an engaging account of the strategic approaches and work of Design for London, and documenting the particular methodology and approach to urban theory it developed, Design for London will appeal to undergraduate and postgraduate students of planning, urban design and architecture, and to current practitioners from the public, private and community sectors who are struggling to achieve regeneration through poorly understood ‘placemaking’ concepts. 2021-12-09T04:02:10Z 2021-12-09T04:02:10Z 2021-12-08T12:15:43Z 2020 book ONIX_20211208_9781787358942_15 OCN: 1225555616 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/51783 9781787358942 9781787358959 9781787358966 9781787358973 9781787358980 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/74747 eng open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg n/a n/a n/a https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/51783/1/9781787358942.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/51783/1/9781787358942.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/51783/1/9781787358942.pdf UCL Press UCL Press 10.14324/111.9781787358942 10.14324/111.9781787358942 29b9f0a3-1b0d-4bdd-99d7-b4d3432d7fcc 9781787358942 9781787358959 9781787358966 9781787358973 9781787358980 UCL Press London open access
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Design for London
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high street regeneration
greening programmes
urban studies
architecture
built environment
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high street regeneration
greening programmes
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architecture
built environment
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