(Article published in Urban Realm, Summer 2012 issue) If planning and architecture are two sides of the same coin, then you might say that placemaking is the coin itself. The fact that we continue to adjust the new planning system whilst also shaping an updated architecture and placemaking policy is more than synchronicity. At the […]
Scotching Urban Myths
This week, we learn in The Herald that the water of life may be heading down the same plughole as the black gold. In a recent book, Scotland’s Economic Future (Ed. Sir Donald Mackay), Professor John Kay sets out some home truths on the value of whisky to Scotland’s economy. 80% of the industry is […]