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A tribute to Donald Shoup (1938-2025)
With permission, Stuart Donovan, a Senior Fellow at Motu Research and urban economist, has allowed us to share this brief tribute he made on LinkedIn to Donald Shoup, an American engineer and professor in urban planning who died on 6 February.
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A starter menu of Conferences for 2025
Every year presents a smorgasbord of Conference events – here’s a taster of some of these for 2025. If you spot events that would be good to publicise to UDF followers please send an email to media@urbandesignforum.org.nz NZ
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Your reading list for 2025: Why not start with Innerland?
While not written specifically for urban designers or landscape architects, Matt Vance’s innerland: a journey through the everyday landscape of New Zealand – published by Potton & Burton in the last quarter of 2024 – offers thoughtfully surprising insights aplenty for both.
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Best wishes for the holiday season … and into the New Year!
Kia ora UDF members! The Urban Design Forum National Committee for 2024-2026 wishes all our members and supporters a Meri Kirihimete, peaceful holiday season and happy beginnings to another challenging and fulfilling year of urban design mahi ahead in 2025. The
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Book review: “Like a good Christmas cake, The Future Embraced is rich, deep and dense”
A book review by UDF member George Weeks – find out more on how to purchase The Future Embraced here. The Future Embraced is more than a book. It is an accumulation of 50 years of work, 13 years in the making. It
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Speaker Event: Miriam Moore reflects on the Urban Future conference
UDF are pleased to be collaborating with UDINZ to bring you ‘Reflections from the Urban Future Conference‘, with two speaker events: one in Te Whanganui a Tara Wellington on Tuesday 5th November followed by Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland on Thursday 7