thenational.scot/business/17762… Scots property firm Places for People to start Longniddry extension | The National

scottishhousingnews.com/article/places… “Places for People welcomes green light for first phase of Longniddry village extension”

New homes for over-60s in Longniddry are welcomed eastlothiancourier.com/news/17764798.…

Thank you Scottish Field for your excellent feature on Bellsbank ... ‘The Power of Colour’. Delighted to see the community recognised in this way, adding to their Scottish Civic Trust My Place Award. East Ayrshire

Finding the building-density sweet spot is key to reducing carbon emissions from new developments. It’s also key to creating great neighbourhoods IMHO #ecologicalurbanism #greencities treehugger.com/urban-design/w…

Unanticipated moments of beauty in #Glasgow’s Southside 1: Alexander‘Greek’ Thomson’s memorial in the Southern Necropolis with thanks to Ed Taylor of TAU and GIA 🥰!

Thanks, Niall. A long time since I have seen the memorial. Great to see that it is still being well looked after. For interest, the full sized model that we constructed in my flat!

New critique of 20 proposed Garden Communities in England has implications for projects across the UK: bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…

Building yet more car-dependent, high emissions, anti-active places cannot be an option. Urban design needs to change and respond to the climate, nature and 'one health' crises. #urbanism

Had the pleasure of working closely with Sue Evans for many years whilst on the Board of Architecture and Design Scotland - she will be a very effective and energetic chair for the Scottish Civic Trust. Great appointment! 👏👍

Stay tuned and do not miss the opportunity to join in - virtually or phisically - for the #ISUF2021 conference organised by the Urban Design Studies Unit at the Department of Architecture, University of Strathclyde. Visit isuf2021.com

On 'ecological urbanism': for a new wave of nature-based design solutions to be successful, a fundamental rethink about how we perceive the physical form cities is needed. #cities #greencities #WorldCitiesDay unep-wcmc.org/news/re-thinki…

Freeways without Futures 👏 How brilliant is this! I nominate the M74 extension in Glasgow. via Congress for the New Urbanism TAU cnu.org/our-projects/h…

Village extension taking shape eastlothiancourier.com/news/19237742.…

Swifts in The Scotsman: I've written this for their magazine (with fine photos by Stephen Barlow). Print-version only, out today.

"We need to strengthen our alliances by involving the urban planners, architects, and engineers who are busy building our urban future." - IUCN Urban Alliance Chair Jonny Ecology speaking at the #IUCNcongress

Hope you enjoy this piece I wrote on nature and cities on #WorldCitiesDay. How can we help nature find its place in the urban century?

"Clearly, it will take more than pockets of success to scale #ecologicalurbanism and wholly transform our #cities - but what?" IUCN's Russell Galt outlines seven imperatives for ecological urbanism. iucnurbanalliance.org/seven-imperati…