Shade in the urban environment as provided by trees, buildings, and infrastructure is sadly lacking in most of our newer towns and villages and it’s causing us increasing levels of discomfort as we face the reality of hotter summers due to climate change. Trees cast the most natural of shade in our environments; urban or rural – and it seems the almost quintessential picture of … Continue reading Shade in the Urban Environment
Copse Magazine believes that campus style living is the next big growth area in urban letting, which we discussed in our article ‘Campus Lifestyle‘. Here, Fast Company, takes a look at WeWork – the co-working space provider – as they make their first foray into residential units. “Coliving” is obviously not new (see the kibbutz, the commune, the close-knit neighborhood), and WeWork is not the … Continue reading WeWork creates its first residential building (via Fast Company)
Last weekend I had the pleasure of attending the 50th anniversary of my former university – the University of Kent. Formerly known as the University of Kent at Canterbury – UKC. Part of the scheduled festivities included attending my first lecture for 13 years, in a lecture theatre I knew well, but that had been refurbished in the intervening time. Nothing much had changed aside … Continue reading Campus lifestyle: future urban living
