Recent News Articles

1. 

   RIBA Publishing titles now available from Routledge

   We are delighted to announce that RIBA Publishing books are now available via Routledge, for customers outside of the UK and Ireland. 

   RIBA Enterprises remains the exclusive distributor for the UK and Ireland.
    

2. 

   Featured Authors, Grotton Revisited

   Taking time out of their busy schedules Stephen Ankers, David Kaiserman and Chris Shepley answer some in depth questions about their new book Grotton Revisted ( published in conjunction with the RTPI)

   Quotes

   "Loved it , I almost had to be resuscitated" - Professor Sir Peter Hall, Bartlett Professor of Planning and Regeneration, University College London, UK

   "It is an extremely funny book, but close enough to the reality of planning practice to be unsettling. It will certainly make you laugh, but it will be a rather nervous sort of laughter." – Australian Planner
    

3. 

   Tower and Slab has won the annual International Planning History Book Prize

   Congratulations to Florian Urban. 

   Tower and Slab has won the annual International Planning History Book Prize "for the most innovative book in planning history written in English and based on new research".

4. 

   Insurgent Public Space winner of the 2012 Place Book Award from EDRA

   Congratulations to Jeffery Hou, author of Insurgent Public Space: Guerrilla Urbanism and the Remaking of Contemporary Cities winner of the 2012 Place Book Award from EDRA 
   

   For more inforamtion about the award click here

5. 

   The Temporary City reviewed on The Pop-Up City blog

   The Temporary City has received another very positive review on internet blog, The Pop-Up City, who describe Peter Bishop and Lesley Williams' new book as "a decent and thorough-full document that combines inspiring examples with interesting academic reflections."
    

6. 

   Responsive Environments wins Lifetime Achievement Award

   On Wednesday 15th February 2012, Routledge attended the Urban Design Group (UDG) Awards in London, held at the prestigious 61 Whitehall in London. Routledge were very proud to be one of the sponsers for this event, with awards presented for Best Student, Best Public Sector Project, Best Publisher, Best Practice and Lifetime Achievement. We are delighted to announce that Responsive Environments was awarded this year's Lifetime Achievement Award, presented by the Chair of the Urban Design Group, Amanda Reynolds, and our congratulations go to the authors, Alan Alcock, Paul Murrain, Sue McGlynn and Graham Smith, and editor Ian Bently.
    

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   Leonardo Vazquez wins National Planning Leadership Award

   Leonardo Vazquez, one of the editors of the upcoming book "Diálogos", was recently chosen as the winner of the American Planning Association's 2012 National Planning Leadership Award for Advancing Diversity and Social Change in Honor of Paul Davidoff. For a link to all the award winners and more info please follow this link >>> http://bit.ly/zD4MtM  
    

8. 

   Donald Shoup in Los Angeles Magazine discussing free parking

   Donald Shoup, author of The High Cost of Free Parking was featured in Los Angeles Magazine last month, in an article entitled "Between the Lines", in which Shoup raises his arguments against free parking and his proposals for new ways that cities could regulate parking. Read more >>>

   * This title is unfortunately not available for distribution in the USA and Canada by the Taylor & Francis Group.

9. Professor Anthony Sutcliffe, 1942–2011

   It is with regret that we have to announce the death on 5th December 2011, of Professor Anthony Sutcliffe who, with Professor Gordon Cherry, founded the Planning History Group – later the International Planning History Society. He was also editor of the Planning, History and Environment series and of the Routledge journal, Planning Perspectives. 　

10. 

    ‘Urban Design’ by Ron Kasprisin - shortlisted for the UDG Publisher Award 2012

    'Urban Design: The Composition of Complexity' by Ron Kasprisin has been shortlisted for the UDG Publisher Award 2012. The winner will be announced at the Urban Design Group Awards on Wednesday 15 February 2012 at RUSI, on Whitehall, London. Tickets will be available in mid-January.

    For more details about the awards and tickets, see www.udg.org.uk, or to read more about 'Urban Design', please take a look at the book’s page on our website by clicking on the title link.

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