eco-towns – The CASA Blog Network

Problems of Scale

Posted on Friday 1 August 2008 by Jon Reades

So on Friday I went to hear my supervisor, Peter Hall, on a panel discussion with Hank Ditmar (of the Prince’s Foundation) and Will Alsop (famous architect/urban designer). The title for the discussion was “The Object, the City & the … Continue reading →

Built Environment, eco-towns, Front Page, neighbourhood, scale

Local Employment & Public Transit

Posted on Monday 23 June 2008 by Jon Reades

The Guardian reports that proposals for Britain’s new ‘eco-towns’ were found by a government panel to be ‘inadequate’. The two most oft-cited problems for the ones that weren’t “little more than a typical existing housing scheme” were local employment and … Continue reading →

behaviour, Built Environment, eco-towns, employment, Housing, Transport