The Eco-town of Tomorrow and Its Planning.
Gordon Brown's "legacy" project of building 10 eco-towns in the South East of
England is an endeavour of specious rhetoric, of mobilised Nimbyism, and
unfettered hyperbole.
There seems to
Urban theory
Recently at SuperSpatial
Over at sister blog SuperSpatial [http://superspatial.blogspot.com], you'll find
a calvacade of inanity, including:
016. Reimagining Robin Hood Gardens
[http://www.superspatial.com/2008/07/016-reimagining-robin-hood-gardens.html]
> Robin
Cities and floods
What will be built in the Thames Gateway? Will it be more like Broadacre City or
Carpet City?
The Thames Gateway is an ideological battlefield. It is the stage upon which all
architects,
From Hodge to Hooverville
Could Margaret Hodge be our very own Sub-prime Minister?
There are more insane ramblings from UK architecture minister Margaret Hodge in
this weeks Building Design (20,03.2008). Cleverly giving herself enough rope
Introducing Superspatial
Just a quick note to mention the launch of a new collaborative weblog, called
Superspatial [http://superspatial.blogspot.com/], that I am involved in.
Superspatial will focus on architecture, urbanism and architectural speculation,