Those of you who know me in my private life know that I spent two years in a minor elected position which included major reviews of projects which would change the urban landscape. During this time, I read many, many books on urban planning and nearly all of them referenced Jane Jacobs ( Read more... )

According to The Guardian book blog, there's a new pub about to open in Nottingham called The Lady Chatterley. The question then became what literary pub names would we like to see. My list is below ( Read more... )

As many of you know, I've been reading lots of books on urban planning and architecture. One of the concepts that I find exciting is Biophilia especially as it applies to design and Victor Horta who established the "Brussels Ribbon Pattern" which is widely considered the earliest form of Art Nouveau. I look at Charles Rennie Mackintosh whose ( Read more... )