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BUILDING A SUSTAINABLE CITY: a blog


A new town vision: thousands of affordable homes in London’s ‘villages’
Mark Twain described London as “50 villages massed solidly together over a vast stretch of territory”. Each of these villages had — and...
philthornton01
Oct 75 min read


Rivers of asphalt and steel: the arteries that connect and divide us city dwellers
While all city dwellers tend to root themselves and thus embed their identity in the street or the block in which they live, the arteries...
philthornton01
Sep 304 min read


Tourist invasion: how your holiday choice might be destroying the cities you love
Every year households in Britain take individual decisions on where to take an overseas holiday (if they can afford it). Taking into...
philthornton01
Sep 195 min read
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