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Zukunftswerkstatt Städtebau und Architekturfotografie: “Radikal Radial” − stadtentwicklungspolitische Auseinandersetzung mit den großen Straßen Berlins

CEU-Logo_Deutschland_Hobrecht_300px Ein Projekt des Council for European Urbanism Deutschland e.V. (C.E.U.D.) in Kooperation mit der Architekturfotografin Mila Hacke und dem Fachgebiet Planungs- und Architektursoziologie an der TU Berlin (Prof. Dr. Cordelia Polinna) und drei Berliner Oberschulen. Das Projekt wird gefördert von der Landeszentrale für politische Bildungsarbeit Berlin. Continue reading →

CEU White Paper on three major redevelopment projects in Paris: Le Projet Triangle, Paris Rive Gauche, Clichy-Batignolles

CEU-Logo_Europe_940px Download the CEU White Paper on Three Paris Projects. This report presents the results of an October, 2011, fact-finding study in Paris, France, to evaluate three new projects within the central city area, now in development in part as the result of recently liberalized planning restrictions on tall buildings. A fact-finding delegation from the Council [...] Continue reading →

CEU to review plans for new towers in Paris

CEU-Logo_Europe_940px Meeting with SOS Paris to share views A fact-finding committee from the Council for European Urbanism (CEU) will visit France during the last week in September to review new plans for building towers in Paris. They will share initial findings at a meeting with SOS Paris, a long-established organization specializing in architectural issues in Paris. [...] Continue reading →

New Website for City Lovers

The High Line, New York CityPicture aims to “make the city visible” A new web venture by Berliners Claudia Christen, Jürgen Cyranek and Rebecca Cyranek aims to make cities more visible on the web. The three feel that images are necessary to help explain theoretical concepts of the city. And indeed, the old adage that “a picture tells a thousand [...] Continue reading →

Paris Study Tour, 28 September – 2 October 2011

Le Plessis-Robinson, an urban extension to Paris, still under construction. The Urbanism of Paris: Old and New Traditional Neighbourhoods. Organised in collaboration with CEU – Council for European Urbanism, Norway. We will visit some of the most important historic neighbourhoods of Paris, and compare them with two recent developments based on traditional urbanism and architecture: Le Plessis-Robinson, an urban extension to Paris, still under construction. [...] Continue reading →

Growing Local: CNU19

CNU19 header The 19th annual event from the Congress for the New Urbanism CNU19 Growing Local ©Congress of the New Urbanism The annual Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU) is the leading venue for new urbanist education, collaboration, and networking. CNU members come from around the world to discuss development practices and public policies, learn from recent [...] Continue reading →

The City of Kashgar

Kashgar poster An Oasis of the Silk Road on the Brink of Extinction 9.00 – 12.30, Thursday 27 January 2011 Brussels, Belgium Two years into Beijing’s ‘Kashgar Dangerous House Reform’, and the Old City of Kashgar in East Turkestan, or China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), faces near total destruction. There is a pressing need to assess [...] Continue reading →