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URBAN AGE ISTANBUL CONFERENCE
Urban Age Istanbul, NOVEMBER 2009
From 4-6 November, the Urban Age Istanbul Conference gathered over 400 people together to explore the vast and complex challenge of contemporary city making and the interconnected issues of the impact of the global economic condition on world cities, the effect of climate change on urban sustainability and the role of urban design in creating socially cohesive environments. Over 100 innovators of urban change from 15 countries, half a dozen mayors, renowned scholars and authors side-by-side with architects and developers leading major urban regeneration projects around the globe offered presentations about urban transformations and policies, urban pasts and futures. Read more...
DEUTSCHE BANK CREATES NEW INTERNATIONAL CENTRE AT LSE
LSE Cities established by Deutsche Bank
Deutsche Bank Chairman Josef Ackermann and LSE Director Howard Davies announced the creation of LSE Cities, an international centre for urban excellence, with an endowment of £1 million from Deutsche Bank each year over a period of five years. Architect Richard Rogers joined to celebrate this new initiative aimed at improving the lives of people in cities across the world. LSE Cities, to be located in the Department of Sociology, will start on 1 January 2010 and will be directed by Ricky Burdett, LSE Professor in Architecture and Urbanism. Read more...
DEUTSCHE BANK URBAN AGE AWARD
2009 Istanbul Award Winner
The third Deutsche Bank Urban Age Award went to Barış İcin Müzik (Music for Peace), an urban intervention in the form of a community music project located in Edirnekapi, one of Istanbul’s most disadvantaged inner-city neighbourhoods. It was presented in İstanbul, Turkey, on the evening of 4 November 2009. Read more... (Türkçe.)
URBAN AGE COLLABORATION
URBAN AGE SOUTH AMERICA REPORT
São Paulo | Rio de Janeiro | Buenos Aires | Bogotá | Lima
With inclusive planning policies and practices, Cities and Social Equity details how urban leaders can combat debilitating inequality with opportunities for social mobility and put their cities at the forefront of sustainable and inclusive growth.
THE ENDLESS CITY
Urban Age announces the launch of The Endless City
The Urban Age project by the London School of Economics and Deutsche Bank's Alfred Herrhausen Society
New York, Shanghai, London, Mexico City, Johannesburg and Berlin - illustrated by photos, graphics, data and essays
Published by Phaidon Press - released 12 March 2008
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13/11/2009
Burdett shifts from ODA to advise on games legacy
4-6/11/2009
URBAN AGE ISTANBUL CONFERENCE — 4-6 November 2009
The next stage of Urban Age's ten city investigation focuses on Istanbul.
30/10/2009
Urban Age Istanbul Newspaper now available: English | Türkçe
19/10/2009
Urban Age Istanbul City survey now available for download
16/10/2009
16/07/2009
07/05/2009
28/04/2009
08/04/2009
Deutsche Bank Urban Age Award call for entries submission deadline: 11 September 2009
03/04/2009
Urban Age / Rogers Stirk Harbour & Partners / Arup submission for the future of Paris on view at the Cité de l'architecture & du patrimoine through 22 November. Press release.
20/02/2009
Urban Age South America conference presentations and videos available online
01/2009
The Endless City recognised by Business Week and Planetizen