Webinar: Culture in crisis - Destruction, preservation or evolution?
Retaining the spirit of place in post-conflict communities: lessons from Iraq and Libya
What does the future hold for Middle East’s and North Africa’s historic towns and cities? Conflict over the last 20 years, and particularly following the 2011 uprisings, has done huge harm to some towns. At the same time, others that are being ‘modernised’ are at risk of making similar errors to those made in Europe and North America in the twentieth century. Is another, better future possible? Includes a private video tour of beautiful hilltop town of Amedi in Iraq
June 1st, 2021 @ 5pm to 6pm
Jointly with the Victoria & Albert Museum and the World Monuments Fund
Webinar: Breathe Free - how can we clean the air in Britain’s towns and cities?
Increasingly people are realising that just because you cannot see pollution, it does not mean it is not there. The genie is out of the bottle. Air in British towns and cities is too polluted and this is killing people. How can we fix this whilst supporting economic prosperity? And how will the politics of clean air evolve in the years to come?
March 25th, 2021 @ 6pm to 7pm
Sponsored by Transition Network, University of Birmingham and the Institute for Global Innovation.
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Webinar: Digital Planning - Big news or hot air?
With a reformed planning system on the horizon, there is an opportunity to introduce innovation that can have lasting impact. This session will ask what are the opportunities and risks of a more digital approach to planning. How can local authorities and developers respond to the opportunity?
March 22nd, 2021 @ 6pm to 7pm
Sponsored by Instinctif Partners
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Webinar: Design Codes Do's and Don'ts
The National Model Design Code and the Planning for the Future White Paper have set a clear ambition for design codes to play a greater role in ensuring quality, certainty and community consent for development. What will this mean in practice? What are some of the opportunities, advantages and risks?
February 24th, 2021 @ 8:30 am to 9:30 am
Sponsored by Countryside
Replay the video of the event here