Las Vegas’ journey to what it is today counts about 200 years. This is great and everything, but when it comes to city planning and design, there are a number of challenges associated with it. In principle, when designing a place from scratch – say a greenfield site -, a vision is formed first, and…
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SF Downtown 0.1 – A downtown for people
Building on my previous blog post The spatial dynamics, planning background and many contrasts of San Francisco, it is a fact that the downtown of the city has been enormously hit by the pandemic and the decline is more than…
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A coherent vision for the city of San Francisco
Building on my previous blog post The spatial dynamics, planning background and many contrasts of San Francisco, a new approach to place-branding is suggested aiming to reimagine the city in a more resilient way. San Francisco is a special place,…
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San Francisco, California
This is an itinerary for San Francisco including routes, points of interest, suggestions for lunch/dinner and other tips. This itinerary promises a unique experience of the entire city, and surroundings, drawn up from an urban designer’s perspective, myself. The aim…
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Prague, Czech Republic
This is an itinerary for Prague including points of interest, suggestions and other tips. This itinerary promises a unique experience of the city drawn up from an urban designer’s perspective, myself. The aim is, for the traveller, to experience the…
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Prague vs Budapest
I still, vaguely, remember one of Le Corbusier’s quotes about city planning; it is like playing with all the things found on your breakfast table. I heard this phrase during my first year in architecture and, it may sound funny…
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Spatial framework for Ilion municipality, Greece
In September 2020, I published the blog post Is it time for a planning upgrade? | Using UK planning tools as an inspiration towards a decentralised Greek planning system. This blog post was about the centralised planning system in Greece,…
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Budapest, Hungary
This is an itinerary for Budapest including points of interest, suggestions and other tips. This itinerary promises a unique experience of the city drawn up from an urban designer’s perspective, myself. The aim is, for the traveller, to experience the…
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Tenerife, Canary Islands
This is an itinerary for Tenerife island including points of interest, suggestions for lunch/dinner and other tips. This itinerary promises a unique experience of the entire island drawn up from an urban designer’s perspective, myself. The aim is, for the…