Walk, Talk, Drink, Celebrate!
There’s still time to book for our fifth birthday celebration event. Join us on Tuesday 3rd March for a walking tour of Digbeth, a masterclass with Sean Griffiths of FAT Architects, and an evening reception hosted by Fazeley Studios. All activities are free of charge. See invitation. RSVP to sally@made.org.uk
Mayor to present ‘eco-metropolis’ ambition
By 2015 Copenhagen aims to be famous as the capital city in the world with the best urban environment. It wants to become the ‘eco-metropolis of the world’. Klaus Bondam, Mayor of Copenhagen will explain what that means at the next ‘Talking Cities’ lecture on April 6th. More
Planning and design: start with the landscape
The landscape should be seen as the ‘base layer’ against which decisions about all future development need to be made. That will be the major theme of ‘Seeing the Bigger Picture’ an international symposium on new approaches to masterplanning, to be hosted by MADE and Birmingham City University in Birmingham on the 7th April 2009. Klaus Bondam, Mayor of the City of Copenhagen will be there: to see what other leading European design experts we have lined up click here.
Building for Life: get your assessors trained
We now have a date and venue for training for in-house, local authority Building for Life assessors. It is 31st March in North Smethwick. If you have not nominated someone to be your in-house assessor contact David Tittle now: david@made.org.uk more
Councillors get together
The first meeting of the West Midlands local authority design and historic environment champions network has been set for 26th March at MADE’s offices in Birmingham. more
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