Hi there!

Do you remember registering for Urban Design London's learning space? The learning space is an e-learning site that tells you how to create good places and it covers basic urban design, planning and street design issues.

We have just registered our 1000th user (with users from 52 countries) and thought we would take this opportunity to remind you about some of the content available. Most recently we have added new courses and content:

• What is urban design: introducing urban design and its history
• Inclusive design: looking at how to meet the needs of different social groups through design
• Renewing housing estates: considering how to improve the public spaces in housing estates
• The basics: presenting the essential elements of urban design: urban design theory, assessing design quality and policy and law

We also have regularly updated blogs which report on discussions and new thinking presented at UDL events.

If you are interested in attending face to face events, we are running around 90 events this year.

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September events:

10-Sept Shared and Level Surfaces in Streets (Tricky Issue seminar)
14-Sept Designing Infill Housing Schemes (Tricky Issue seminar)
15-Sept Granville New Homes (Site visit)
starting 20-Sept Housing Design Foundation (4-day Foundation course)
starting 20-Sept Planning and Design Foundation (4-day Foundation course)
starting 20-Sept Street Design Foundation (4-day Foundation course)
starting-20 Sept Green Space Foundation (4-day Foundation course)

Visit www.urbandesignlondon.com for more info and to book.

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You can also email or call us on +44 (0) 207 593 8379

Best wishes from
Esther and the UDL Team

We've just created a brief overview looking at the history of urban design and how it relates to the places we live, work and play in today. You can access it by clicking on the picture.

We are pleased to announce the release of our Housing Design resources, including new course materials on Renewing Housing Estates.

The course looks at how estates can be improved by changing the spaces surrounding the buildings and using the principles of urban design to increase residents’ feelings of well being, safety, pride and sense of community where they live. It also considers how the application of urban design principles can change the environment of existing estates as well as the processes required to implement change.

The course has been devised by Liz Kessler, formerly Public Space Co-ordinator for EC1 NDC and we should like to thank her for all her work on this resource. Liz has included a large number of examples, all taken from four estates in the ‘EC1 New Deal for Communities' (NDC) area: Wenlake Estate, Brunswick Estate, Gambier House and Chadworth House, South Islington and one in Southwark, Styles House, The Cut, SE1.

If you would like to learn more about Housing design and Renewing Housing Estates, please enrol on the course (for free) and explore.

There are also lots of other resources in the learning space, so come and visit and explore!