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  • The politics of the Green Belt and potential reform:29/08/2024
    What is the green belt: First proposed as a vision in the 1930s, the first form of planning policy regarding the prevention of urban sprawl was the Town and Country Planning Act 1947. Following from this, local authorities were encouraged to strategically designate an orbital… Read more: The politics of the Green Belt and potential reform:
  • A confluence of style: the architecture and urbanism of Ljubljana19/08/2024
    Slovenia has a fascinating geographical location that has historically placed the country at a crossroads between the cultures and empires of years gone by. Through its borders with Italy and Austria, Slovenia holds political and cultural connections to Western Europe. But through Hungary, Croatia and… Read more: A confluence of style: the architecture and urbanism of Ljubljana
  • A critical exploration into the socio-economic impact of Olympic megaprojects17/08/2022
    A comparative analysis of the 2012 London Games and the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games designed to determine whether the Olympic Megaproject model is conducive to long term sustainable development in cities. This article was originally used in submission for a module in the MPlan… Read more: A critical exploration into the socio-economic impact of Olympic megaprojects
  • The hidden significance of psychogeography on our urban landscapes27/06/2021
    With reference to Baudelaire, Perec and Ellard Defined by the Tate Gallery as being “the effect of a geographical location on the emotions and behaviour of individuals”, psychogeography is a way of thinking which has grown on me with enormous fascination this past year. The… Read more: The hidden significance of psychogeography on our urban landscapes
  • What’s gone wrong with New York’s ‘Billionaires’ Row’?27/02/2021
    A product of New York City’s property boom in the recent years, the area along the southern end of Central Park dubbed ‘Billionaires’ Row’ is beginning to have its luxury and idyllic veneer removed. Many of the super slender skyscrapers in this area were designed […]

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