Informationen zum Autor Ian Bentley Ian had a background in architecture and property development. In 1985, he co-authored, with Sue McGlynn and others, the publication Responsive Environments , which underlies much current UK urban design guidance, and has been translated into many languages. In 1999 he published Urban Transformations , exploring the financial and political reasons why today's development takes on its characteristic forms, and suggesting ideas for improvement. In 2007, with Georgia Butina Watson, he published Identity by Design . From 1980s Ian was involved in the multi award-winning regeneration of Brixton's Angell Town estate. He has been invited as keynote speaker at conferences in UK, China, Colombia, Australia, Iran, New Zealand, Russia, Canada, Brazil, Mexico and the Czech Republic. He was an emeritus professor at Oxford Brookes University's Joint Centre for Urban Design until 2011. Since 2012, Ian with Soham De and Prachi Rampuria ran a series of urban design workshops around the latest EcoResponsive design concepts, in a range of countries that are experiencing rapid urban change. In recognition of his contribution to the field, he was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Urban Design Group in 2012. Soham De With a background in architecture and urban design, Soham is driven by solutions that underpin a circular economy and embrace a holistic approach to contextual design and place identity. He draws from his past experience in Ernst and Young's global team of climate change and sustainability specialists and as an senior urban designer for multiple practices in London. Since 2018, he is a co-founding director at EcoResponsive Environments, an award-winning architectural and urban design practice based in London with a singular mission: we design to support health and well-being, today and for future generations. Recent experience encompasses RIBA competition-winning projects: a modern-day Garden City masterplan for a 45-ha expansion site to the north of Letchworth, UK for 900 new homes, amenities, and a primary school; a masterplan for regenerating the 60-acre Heath Business and Technical Park in Runcorn, UK as a mixed used zero-carbon neighbourhood; and public realm regeneration strategy for two council-owned housing estates in Tower Hamlets, London. Since 2017, he has been teaching on the BA and MA in Urban Design courses at Oxford Brookes University. He is also a visual artist and has undertaken several exhibitions and illustration of books. Sue McGlynn Sue is an urban designer whose career has merged practice, teaching and research in settlement design. Well-known as a presenter and author, Sue has taken a lead role in many national design training initiatives, such as the roll-out for Design Council Cabe's Design Codes pilot projects, DfT's Manual for Streets and Homes England/ Design for Homes' Building for Life. Since 2006 she has been an independent consultant, with much of her work involving design review and enquiry-by-design workshops for masterplans and design codes of major new settlements and garden villages. Previously, Sue worked for many years at the Joint Centre for Urban Design at Oxford Brookes University. With Ian Bentley and colleagues at the Joint Centre, she co-authored the seminal urban design text Responsive Environments: A manual for designers . Sue was a founding co-editor of the journal URBAN DESIGN International and more recently has contributed to Building for a Healthy Life, a housing and neighbourhood assessment guide sponsored by Homes England, the NHS and Design for Homes. Sue's contribution to urban design has been recognized by the Urban Design Group with a Lifetime Achievement Award. Prachi Rampuria Prachi is passionate about places and place-making. She studied architecture in India, followed by a Masters in U...

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Ian Bentley

Ian had a background in architecture and property development. In 1985, he co-authored, with Sue McGlynn and others, the publication Responsive Environments, which underlies much current UK urban design guidance, and has been translated into many languages. In 1999 he published Urban Transformations, exploring the financial and political reasons why today's development takes on its characteristic forms, and suggesting ideas for improvement. In 2007, with Georgia Butina Watson, he published Identity by Design.

From 1980s Ian was involved in the multi award-winning regeneration of Brixton's Angell Town estate. He has been invited as keynote speaker at conferences in UK, China, Colombia, Australia, Iran, New Zealand, Russia, Canada, Brazil, Mexico and the Czech Republic. He was an emeritus professor at Oxford Brookes University's Joint Centre for Urban Design until 2011.

Since 2012, Ian with Soham De and Prachi Rampuria ran a series of urban design workshops around the latest EcoResponsive design concepts, in a range of countries that are experiencing rapid urban change. In recognition of his contribution to the field, he was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Urban Design Group in 2012.

Soham De

With a background in architecture and urban design, Soham is driven by solutions that underpin a circular economy and embrace a holistic approach to contextual design and place identity. He draws from his past experience in Ernst and Young's global team of climate change and sustainability specialists and as an senior urban designer for multiple practices in London.

Since 2018, he is a co-founding director at EcoResponsive Environments, an award-winning architectural and urban design practice based in London with a singular mission: we design to support health and well-being, today and for future generations. Recent experience encompasses RIBA competition-winning projects: a modern-day Garden City masterplan for a 45-ha expansion site to the north of Letchworth, UK for 900 new homes, amenities, and a primary school; a masterplan for regenerating the 60-acre Heath Business and Technical Park in Runcorn, UK as a mixed used zero-carbon neighbourhood; and public realm regeneration strategy for two council-owned housing estates in Tower Hamlets, London.

Since 2017, he has been teaching on the BA and MA in Urban Design courses at Oxford Brookes University. He is also a visual artist and has undertaken several exhibitions and illustration of books.

Sue McGlynn

Sue is an urban designer whose career has merged practice, teaching and research in settlement design.

Well-known as a presenter and author, Sue has taken a lead role in many national design training initiatives, such as the roll-out for Design Council Cabe's Design Codes pilot projects, DfT's Manual for Streets and Homes England/ Design for Homes' Building for Life. Since 2006 she has been an independent consultant, with much of her work involving design review and enquiry-by-design workshops for masterplans and design codes of major new settlements and garden villages.

Previously, Sue worked for many years at the Joint Centre for Urban Design at Oxford Brookes University. With Ian Bentley and colleagues at the Joint Centre, she co-authored the seminal urban design text Responsive Environments: A manual for designers. Sue was a founding co-editor of the journal URBAN DESIGN International and more recently has contributed to Building for a Healthy Life, a housing and neighbourhood assessment guide sponsored by Homes England, the NHS and Design for Homes. Sue's contribution to urban design has been recognized by the Urban Design Group with a Lifetime Achievement Award.

Prachi Rampuria

Prachi is passionate about places and place-making. She studied architecture in India, followed by a Masters in Urban Design at Oxford Brookes University. Early career influences include being trained at Sangath; studio of the Pritzker-prize and RIBA Royal Gold Medal winner architect B.V. Doshi.

As an urban designer, she has led multi-disci…