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SUMMARY:CfP: Critiquing the Urban Renaissance Design\, Architecture\, 
 Planning Conference 2026
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DESCRIPTION:Critiquing the Urban Renaissance Design\, Architecture\, 
 Planning Conference 2026 Dates: 17-19June\, 2026 University of Salford\, 
 Manchester Event Partners: AMPS\; UCL Press\; Cambridge Scholars 
 Publishing https://amps-research.com/conference/manchester-livable-cities/
  Call: Some 25 years ago Richard Rogers proposed an urban renaissance for 
 cities across the UK. It was a moment of optimism for an urbanised world 
 that\, a decade ago\, the United Nations identified had become the most 
 common mode of living for peoples around the globe. The intervening years 
 have brought many criticisms\, with cities being seen as places of 
 inequality\, social injustice\, unsustainability and sites of global 
 health problems. They can\, of course\, also be places of cultural 
 creativity\, intelligent design and cutting edge architecture and 
 planning. They are\, almost by definition\, places of contradiction\, 
 contrast and contestation. This conference is interested in diverse 
 readings of the design of the buildings and cities in which we live. It is
  interested in critiques of urban regeneration and creative economies\, 
 whether they come from the North or South America. It seeks debate on 
 tourism and its impacts from across Europe\, Asia and beyond. It welcomes 
 examinations of the urban economies and smart cities of the digital age\, 
 whether stemming from Silicon Valley or Taiwan. It is open to explorations
  of design agendas in the Pacific Rim\, and the effects of climate change 
 in both the Global South and North. Engaging with these questions from the
  city of Manchester\, UK\, the conference location is a perfect example of
  the complexity that typifies urbanisation. A quintessential post-
 industrial city\, it is the birth place of the industrial revolution. One 
 of the UK&rsquo\;s most important historic locations\, it is a gateway to 
 the north of England and its iconic country estates and landscapes. A 
 national and global transport hub\, it is central to the UK economy and 
 has been branded a &lsquo\;Northern Powerhouse&rsquo\;. However\, 
 alongside these successes are inevitably the long-term problems that 
 typify cities the world over: gentrification\, unsustainable design\, 
 social divisions and unaffordable housing\, to name but a few. From this 
 location\, the 16th Annual Livable Cities Conference\, &lsquo\;Critiquing 
 the Urban Renaissance&rsquo\; explores how we design the buildings\, 
 parks\, streets and public spaces of cities globally. Abstracts: 1 April\,
  2026 https://amps-research.com/conference/manchester-livable-cities/ 
LOCATION:Manchester\, UK
PRIORITY:5
URL:https://www.designresearchsociety.org:443/events/cfp-critiquing-the-
 urban-renaissance-design-architecture-planning-conference-2026
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