/home/news 2009-06-25T00:00:00Z udf.org.au udf-newshttp://feedburner.google.com /home/news/post/udfq-86-june-2009-is-now-available-online/ 2009-06-25T00:00:00Z Urban Design Forum <p>The latest version of UDF Quarterly is online now - subscribers will receive the printed edition in their mailboxes in the next couple of days.</p> <p>Lead Article: <a href="http://udf.org.au/udf-quarterly/udfq-86-june-2009/article/we-don-t-need-to-keep-on-sprawling/">We don’t need to keep on sprawling</a> by Rob Adams</p> <p><em>More than 80% of Australians and over half of the world’s population now live in cities — cities that are responsible, directly or indirectly, for nearly 75% of the world’s greenhouse gases. The design and operation of our cities is therefore a critical challenge facing humanity in the 21st century. Our successes or failures to transform cities over the next 20 years will be a key legacy to future generations ...</em></p> <div class="captioned largeCaptioned"><img alt="Maribynong Road study area" class="large" src="http://www.udf.org.au:80/static/files/assets/838172e1/img01.jpg" title="Img01" /><blockquote><p>Maribynong Road study area</p></blockquote></div> <div class="captioned largeCaptioned"><img alt="... and possible future" class="large" src="http://www.udf.org.au:80/static/files/assets/78dfa01a/img02.jpg" title="Img02" /><blockquote><p>... and possible future</p></blockquote></div> <p><a href="http://udf.org.au/udf-quarterly/udfq-86-june-2009/article/we-don-t-need-to-keep-on-sprawling/">Read full article ></a></p> <p><a href="http://udf.org.au/udf-quarterly/udfq-86-june-2009/">Other articles in UDF Edition 86 ></a></p> /home/news/post/udfq-85-march-2009-is-now-available-online/ 2009-04-08T00:00:00Z Urban Design Forum <p>The latest version of UDF Quarterly <a href="http://udf.org.au/udf-quarterly/udfq-85-march-2009">is online now</a> - subscribers will receive the printed edition in their mailboxes in the next couple of days.</p> /home/news/post/udfq-84-december-2008-is-now-available-online/ 2008-12-16T00:00:00Z Urban Design Forum <p>The latest version of UDF Quarterly <a href="http://udf.org.au/udf-quarterly/udfq-84-december-2008">is online now</a> - subscribers will receive the printed edition in their mailboxes in the next couple of days.</p> /home/news/post/udf-2008/ 2008-08-28T00:00:00Z Urban Design Forum <p>The NUDF08 Nathalia and Shepparton was a success and it will be reported in the December edition.</p> /home/news/post/udfq-83-september-2008-online-now/ 2008-08-24T00:00:00Z Urban Design Forum <p>The latest version of UDF Quarterly is <a href="http://udf.org.au/udf-quarterly/udfq-83-september-2008">now available online</a> - subscribers will receive the printed edition in their mailboxes in the next couple of days. </p> <p>Planning for this year’s National Urban Design Forum is well advanced, with the theme of “Design for Vitality in Rural Communities”. It will be held in Nathalia and Shepparton in rural Victoria - find out <a href="http://udf.org.au/home/events/event/udf-conference-2008-design-for-vitality-in-rural-communities">all about it</a>. Registration packs will be available from this website this week.</p> <p>In the spirit of NUDFs, there will be some excellent presenters to start us thinking, but everyone attending will have the chance to make a contribution – and enjoy the friendly networking, food and wine.</p> <p>As you may have noticed, there have been some changes around this site in the last month or so - we hope you find the information better organised and easier to browse. We've also got dedicated pages for urban design-related events and links - you can submit information for either section via our contact page.</p> <p>Remember, too, our <a href="http://register.udf.org.au">register of Australian urban design practices</a>. It's growing fast, and is a great way to showcase your work and promote your business.</p> /home/news/post/national-urban-design-forum-2008/ 2008-08-09T00:00:00Z Urban Design Forum <p>This year’s National Urban Design Forum will be held in Nathalia and Shepparton in rural Victoria. The theme will be "Design for Vitality in Rural Communities".</p> <div class="captioned med_rightCaptioned"> <img alt="Nathalia post office" class="med_right" src="http://www.udf.org.au:80/static/files/assets/b6de1039/800px-NathaliaOldPostOffice_medium.JPG" title="Nathalia post office" /> <blockquote><p>Nathalia Post Office</p></blockquote> </div> <p>Recent NUDFs have been in state capital cities and major regional centres, but never in a rural town. Yet today, large shires, after having catered for their larger towns are now engaging firms to do planning and landscape designs for many of their smaller rural towns - with varying success. Part of the reason for this may be the lack of local knowledge, and the differences between larger urban and regional centres and smaller communities. Nathalia provides the quintessential environment in which to hold this discussion. (Locate it on a map or Google Earth!) Some of the questions we will address include:</p> <ul> <li>how do you change the town centre streetscape (often only one or two blocks long) in a rural town and contribute to its economic strength, its amenity and its social cohesion?</li> <li>how can planners, landscape architects and artists acknowledge existing assets and create built form solutions that compliment these?</li> <li>what will be the effects to design (ESD for example) in rural communities in a future with greenhouse effect taking hold?</li> <li>what will be the effects of planning with the possibility of “peak oil” reducing travel to larger rural centres for materials and entertainment? (even before ‘peak oil’, current prices are affecting travel patterns to regional centres).</li> </ul> /home/news/post/udfq-82-june-2008-now-available-online/ 2008-06-06T00:00:00Z Urban Design Forum <p>The latest edition of UDF Quarterly is now available for online browsing. Visit the <a href="http://www.udf.org.au:80/udf-quarterly/udfq-82-june-2008">edition page</a> for the table of contents, or to downline a PDF of the edition as it appeared in print.</p> <p>Submissions for UDFQ 83 close on August 10th. Send all enquiries to Co-ordinating Editor <a href="mailto:wchandler@bigpond.com">Bill Chandler</a>.</p>