Monday, 26 September 2005

Design and the public realm

Pedestrians_street_london The English Historic Towns Forum has a conference coming up on 'Transportation and the historic public realm,' 19-21 October 2005 in Oxford.

Although it's pricey, I note an interesting third morning on design and the public realm, with the following line-up:

'Seamless integration' - David Samuel, Associate, David Lock Associates

'The public realm: designing for people' - Brian Evans, Gillespies

'The role and use of masterplanning' - Chris Miele, RPS Planning, Transport & Environment

'Wayfinding and legibility with local identity' - Sue Manley, Placemarque

'Shared space: new hope for reconciling people, places and transport' - Ben Hamilton-Baillie, Hamilton-Baillie Associates Ltd.

26 Sep 2005 07:46:33 | Space and place

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