Over one year on from this so it should be interesting to hear Olly Wainwright talk again tonight on the very much changed face of Manchester since this lecture... I think the question still stands, is this city for sale? URBED+

Great debate last night in a great venue. Lots of passion in the room and debate was lively 👍🏻 URBED+ Olly Wainwright @ShelaghLtd

Standing room only: Manchester is a city that cares deeply about its housing and built environment. Well done to URBED+ for a great event, and Olly Wainwright for challenging some of the city’s recent excesses.

What a fantastic turnout for our launch event 4x4 Manchester last night. Such energising debate on #housing and growth. We’ve been overwhelmed with the feedback and interest. Thank you to all who attended, our speakers and sponsors for making it such a success.

Thrilled to finally launch URBED+ last night, the research partnership I have been developing with urbed for the last few years. Follow us on twitter, find out more at msa.ac.uk/URBED+ and if you’d like to collaborate or just get in touch email [email protected]

More photos from Tuesday night's debate... Who can spot themselves in the crowd?

"We hope to make a small contribution to dragging #urbanism out of pseudo-science realm of unsubstantiated ‘best practice’ & into a more coherent field of research & study." The MSA's Dr Lucy Montague & @Davidurbedcoop1 discuss urbed partnership: ow.ly/6W2Z50wVcuj

We will soon be advertising an UBRED+ PhD scholarship related to this topic... watch this space!

It's here! Full video of the event with integrated slides. 00:00 Intro to URBED + 06:45 Olly Wainwright presentation: Sin City 30:54 Very lively panel/audience debate with @ShelaghLtd Jane Brake and Ola Alade vimeo.com/369818239 URBED+ urbed The MSA The Academy of Urbanism

TB to our packed launch event with more photos from the big debate! Are you there in the crowd? If you couldn't get a ticket then do not fear - you can now see the whole event at vimeo.com/369818239 #housing #urbanism

As we've said we like to encourage healthy debate at 4x4 so thought it worth sharing @SirRichardLeese's response to Olly Wainwright's article and the event. (FYI it's CHIC-chester, not Chichester as we first thought!)

We are thrilled to announce that we have been awarded the @Royalcom1851 Built Environment Fellowship to pursue our project ‘Tales of the High Street’, studying the stories of success and failure across 100 UK #highstreets

Want to do a PhD that engages with people, practice and academia? Help us URBED+ advance knowledge on one of the most critical built environment challenges we currently face. #retrofit #phd The MSA *Closes 28th Jan*

The results are out from this pioneering housing audit we supported through the advisory board and evaluatory work by @helgrimshaw and @Davidurbedcoop1 with The MSA Manchester Metropolitan Uni researchers. Link to read below... #housing #housingaudit2020

One week to go until applications close for our first URBED+ PhD. Link below #phd #retrofit #studentships

“The idea that a single building is going to be emancipatory for a whole totalitarian state is ridiculous.” My take on BjarkeIngels in today’s Guardian in clear eyed article by Olly Wainwright theguardian.com/artanddesign/2…

Individual tales of UK high street revitalisation could inspire future town success URBED+ researchers awarded £100,000 to illuminate town centre recovery and decline www2.mmu.ac.uk/news-and-event… #highstreets #urbanism

Join us, The Glass-House CLD and The MSA for an evening of hands-on, collaborative design and discussion - exploring ways of shifting culture and improving the quality, range and affordability of housing. theglasshouse.org.uk/?event=reconfi…

The biggest project to date from URBED+

@Victoria_Payne and I were delighted to present our #highstreet research and recommendations in the UK House of Commons yesterday to the All Party Parliamentary Group for Conservation, Places & People and Rebecca Long-Bailey. Thanks for the invitation IHBC and #jamesgrundymp