Arts and the City: A Response
Prof. Nicholas Whybrow reviews 'Arts & the City' (Vol 46, no 2) edited by Martin Crookston.
By Nicolas Whybrow 3 Nov 2020
Community-led housing as an active international field
Sam Brown, an Architect based in the UK, reflects on the international collection of case studies in our latest special issue,‘Collaborative Housing: Resident and Professional Roles’ guest-edited by Jasmine Palmer and Lidewij Tummers.
4 Dec 2019
Twenty years since the Urban Task Force: what about ‘Design’?
20 years on from the publication of Urban Task Force report ‘Towards an Urban Renaissance’, Martin Crookston, one of our editorial board members, describes the UTF impact on design.
9 Aug 2019
Embracing the Complexity and Justice of Mobilities Automation?
In response to the challenge of Self-driving Vehicle technology and technological transitions in everyday mobility, Miloš N. Mladenović examines Automated and Autonomous Spatial Mobilities, by Aharon Kellerman (2018)
14 Nov 2018
A Postcard from Rio
How does the art and culture of Rio’s favelas interact with urban change? Martin Crookston & Tom Crookston review Postcards from Rio, by Kátia da Costa Bezerra
8 Aug 2018
The nuances of sociability
Karin Krokfors reviews The Sociable City: An American Intellectual Tradition (Rowan, 2017), and its historical analysis of the development of sociability notions in the US.
27 Jul 2018
Prize for Papers on food systems planning in Brazil and US
Announcing the 2 prize winners from issue 43.4 on Planning for Equitable Urban and Regional Food Systems.
13 Mar 2018
The Craft of Innovative Industry
Martin Crookston reflects on the arguments being made in BE’s latest issue, and glimpses a possible future of manufacturing in the UK.
16 May 2017
Gamer Changer: Adaptable Architecture, theory and practice
What is Adaptable Architecture? Karin Krokfors reviews Schmidt & Austin's new book about the strategies and features in theory and practice.
27 Apr 2017
A Sure Bet: Megaprojects - Not on Time and Not on Budget
In the wake of grand claims to make America great via new infrastructure, infrastructure Karen Trapenberg Frick explains “7 C’s of Megaprojects” and introduces the story of San Fransico's Oakland Bay Bridge.
7 Apr 2017