LSE Cities is a research centre at the London School of Economics and Political Science .
30-483: Urban Age is a research programme started in 2005. It is led by LSE Cities with support from Deutsche Bank ’s Alfred Herrhausen Society into the relationship between the shape and society of cities. Research includes comparing urbanisation in already urbanised and currently urbanising regions of the world. Urban Age emerged as a product of the research and ideas of LSE Cities' Ricky Burdett , Philipp Rode and Richard Sennett and has since centred around conferences in
60-403: A KANTAR Information is Beautiful Award and included in a book detailing how data visualisation will impact on scholarly, academic, cultural, social, and political spheres. The Queen's Anniversary Prize for 2016-2018 was awarded in recognition of LSE Cities’ work on ‘training, research and policy formulation for cities of the future and a new generation of urban leaders around the world.’ In
90-666: A number ethnographic and sociological studies on diversity, migration and urban adaptation. It has also been captured in a short film looking at the inner workings of life and local business on Peckham's Rye Lane and has led to a £100,000 Philip Leverhulme Prize for the work to be extended into South Africa. The findings of the Urban Uncertainty Project, coordinated by Sobia Ahmad Kaker and Austin Zeiderman, have similarly been presented in various academic journals and reports. The Urban Governance research unit has also produced
120-574: A one-week Executive Education short course since 2014 on "London and Global Cities - Governance, Planning and Design". LSE Cities regularly organises a range of events, including public lectures, seminars, workshops and exhibitions in London and internationally. In November and December 2015, the centre collaborated with Guardian Cities for the "Urban Age 10 Global Debates", which included five public events on issues such as social equity and designing urban infrastructure, accompanied by articles published in
150-637: A part of the Venice Art Biennale since 1968. The main agenda of the Architecture Biennale is to propose and showcase architectural solutions to contemporary societal, humanistic, and technological issues. Although leaning towards the academic side of architecture, the Biennale also provides an opportunity for local architects around the world to present new projects. The Biennale is separated into two main sections: The permanent, national pavilions in
180-747: A range of cities worldwide, as well as accompanying newspapers containing both global data sets and in-depth case studies. The first Urban Age conference was held in New York in February 2005 and subsequent conferences have taken place in Shanghai , London , Berlin , Johannesburg , Mumbai , São Paulo , Istanbul , Chicago , Hong Kong , Rio de Janeiro and Delhi . The Urban Age conferences have aimed to bring together planners, mayors, architects, academics and other stakeholders to discuss themes such as urban health and well-being, urban governance and how cities respond to
210-498: Is an international exhibition of architecture from nations around the world, held in Venice , Italy, every other year. It was held on even years until 2018, but 2020 was postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic shifting the calendar to uneven years. It is the architecture section under the overall Venice Biennale and was officially established in 1980, even though architecture had been
240-540: The Guardian . Participants included sociologist Saskia Sassen , writer Suketu Mehta , architects Norman Foster and Alejandro Aravena , as well as the executive director of UN Habitat , Joan Clos . The centre has also co-led the organisation of several events, such as the 2015 Disrupting Mobility Summit in Cambridge, MA , along with MIT Media Lab , U.C. Berkeley ’s Transportation Sustainability Research Center (TSRC) and
270-512: The 2018 New Year Honours , Professor Richard Sennett was awarded an OBE for services to design. Sennett Chair of the advisory board at LSE Cities and contributed to founding the Urban Age . In the 2017 New Year Honours , Professor Ricky Burdett was appointed a CBE for services to urban planning and design. Burdett is the Director of LSE Cities and the Urban Age . Suzanne Hall , Director of
300-560: The Biennale Gardens as well as the Arsenale , which hosts projects from numerous nations under one roof. The 18th Venice Architecture Biennale is curated by Lesley Lokko . The international architecture exhibition is entitled The Laboratory of the Future. Awards: Curated by Hashim Sarkis , The 17th Venice Architecture Biennale was entitled How will we live together? Due to
330-426: The COVID-19 pandemic , it took place in 2021 instead of 2020. National pavilions, contributions and curators (selection) Awards The 16th International Architecture Exhibition was titled FREESPACE and was curated by Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara . National pavilions, contributions and curators (selection) Awards: The 15th International Architecture Exhibition, entitled Reporting from
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#1732894406388360-726: The Berlin Social Science Centre. It also co-led a policy unit on urban governance, capacity and institutional development in preparation for the October 2016 Habitat III conference in Quito , Ecuador as well as one of three Urban Talks, which were central to the official programme. In 2016, the Urban Age programme presented one of the three Special Projects featured at the 15th International Architecture Exhibition realised by La Biennale di Venezia . Titled Conflicts of an Urban Age ,
390-571: The Cities Programme, won a Philip Leverhulme Prize (2017) to extend her Ordinary Streets project on how migrants inhabit the city to Cape Town, South Africa. Hall also won LSE Teaching Prize in 2017. 51°30′57″N 0°06′54″W / 51.515750°N 0.11504500°W / 51.515750; -0.11504500 Venice Biennale of Architecture Venice Biennale of Architecture (in Italian Mostra di Architettura di Venezia )
420-678: The Developing Urban Futures conference and publication in Addis Ababa on 29–30 November 2018. Each Urban Age conference has also produced a newspaper with feature articles, global, regional and city-specific data and graphics, as well as reflections from conference participants. This content has been organised and disseminated through the Urban Age digital platform, launched in December 2015. Ricky Burdett and Deyan Sudjic have also edited two books: The Endless City (2008) and Living in
450-542: The Endless City (2011), which chronicle the main findings, discussions and research of the early Urban Age conferences. The Urban Age programme and concept has generated significant debate among urbanists, with critiques and appraisals produced in several academic journals. Urban Age data visualisations have also been featured in a variety of online and print media, including urban footprint graphics, transport infrastructure maps and residential density graphics. A third book in
480-1551: The Front was directed by Alejandro Aravena 28 May – 27 November. In his curation of the exhibition, Aravena foregrounded social housing , incremental housing, rural-urban relationships, the balance between technology and natural materials, and an attentiveness to manual labor and handicraft. Aravena invited, among others, Raphael Zuber , Herzog & de Meuron , Tadao Ando , Peter Zumthor , David Chipperfield , SANAA and Francis Kéré . National pavilions, contributions and curators (selection) Awards: The 14th International Architecture Exhibition: Fundamentals . Directed by Rem Koolhaas . 7 June – 23 November 2014. National pavilions, contributions and curators (selection) Awards: The 13th International Architecture Exhibition: Common Ground . Directed by David Chipperfield . 29 August – 25 November 2012. National pavilions, contributions and curators (selection) Awards: The 12th International Architecture Exhibition: People meet in architecture . Directed by Kazuyo Sejima . 29 August – 21 November 2010. Awards: The 11th International Architecture Exhibition: Out There: Architecture Beyond Building . Directed by Aaron Betsky . 14 September – 23 November 2008. National pavilions, contributions and curators (selection) Awards: The 10th International Architecture Exhibition: Cities, architecture and society . Directed by Ricky Burdett . 10 September – 19 November 2006. The collateral section City-Port
510-526: The New Urban Governance project, co-funded by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation , which features the urban governance survey, developed along with UN Habitat and United Cities and Local Governments ( UCLG ), aiming to redress the lack of empirical research on the functioning and capacity of local and city governments worldwide. The project includes a dedicated website which was shortlisted for
540-463: The centre is to increase knowledge and understanding of how people and cities interact in a rapidly urbanising world, focusing on how the physical form and design of cities impacts on society, culture and the environment; and educate and train new generations of researchers and executives through its postgraduate and executive programmes. The 13-year old Urban Age project is the centre's major outreach component. This international investigation of how
570-527: The conference was hosted as part of the 15th International Architecture Exhibition in Venice and the forthcoming conference is expected to take place in Addis Ababa in November 2018. Urban Age is jointly organised with Deutsche Bank ’s Alfred Herrhausen Gesellschaft. The centre's main research activities are divided into three research units: Ricky Burdett is the director of LSE Cities. Philipp Rode acts as
600-575: The executive director. The centre offers MSc , PhD and executive education. The MSc in City Design and Social Science is unique within the LSE as it has a practical, studio-based component. An 18-month part time Executive MSc in Cities for working professionals is also available as of 2016. Urban Age and Bloomberg Philanthropies scholarships provide financial support to applicants. The centre has offered
630-431: The exhibition examined global urban trends from 1990 to 2015 and asked how the world can accommodate five billion urban dwellers by 2030. In 2017, a version of the exhibition travelled to Berlin and the 2017 Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism. In Seoul, the exhibition was renamed Dynamics of the Urban Age . A variety of publications have been produced by LSE Cities. The centre's Urban Age project has led to
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#1732894406388660-635: The impact of major events like the hosting of the Olympic Games . Participants have included a number of current and former city leaders, including Bogotá 's Enrique Peñalosa , London 's Boris Johnson , Delhi 's Sheila Dikshit , Kampala 's Jennifer Musisi , and Barcelona 's Ada Colau , and national leaders including German Chancellor Angela Merkel and UK Prime Minister David Cameron . The ten year celebration of Urban Age, taking place in November and December 2015, consisted of five Global Debates on cities and climate change, designing urban infrastructure,
690-1248: The included projects. Photography for the exhibition by Michael Goodman . Graphic Design by Paula Kelly Design NYC . The exhibition traveled to Bangkok (2007), Panama City (2007), and Los Angeles (2008). The exhibition also marked the beginning of the international symposium series Sustainable Dialogues, which connected architects, city planners, and environmentalist from Southeast Asia, Central and South America with American architects in each region to exchange ideas and knowledge and propose solutions to issues of ecological disasters, global climate change, and sustainable architectural strategies. Collaborators included Global Green and Make it Right (founded by Brad Pitt ). The 9th International Architecture Exhibition: METAMORPH . Directed by Kurt W. Forster . 12 September – 7 November 2004. The exhibition attracted over 115,000 visitors. Awards: National pavilions, contributions and curators (selection) The 8th International Architecture Exhibition : NEXT . Directed by Deyan Sudjic . 8 September – 3 November 2002. The exhibition attracted over 100,000 visitors. Awards: National pavilions, contributions and curators (selection) Commissioner: Robert Ivy , Chief Executive Officer of
720-947: The next economy (2013) , the product of a survey of 90 city governments with the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) and ICLEI – local governments for sustainability. Other reports have addressed issues ranging from transport and mobility, to cities and energy, including leading the cities research for the Global Commission on the Economy and Climate, and the prospects for technological innovation in urban environments. Recent reports include Towards Urban Growth Analytics for Yangon and Resource Urbanisms: Asia’s divergent city models of Kuwait, Abu Dhabi, Singapore and Hong Kong . Several academic articles by LSE Cities researchers and directors have also been published. The Ordinary Streets project led by Suzanne Hall has produced
750-463: The past 25 years and has since exhibited in Berlin , the inaugural 2017 Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism and at Arup Group 's phase2 gallery in London and Sydney . The Urban Age Shaping Cities conference was held alongside the exhibition. Between 2017-2018 the programme focused on African cities including Addis Ababa, Dar es Salaam, Nairobi, Kampala, Lagos, Accra and Cape Town culminating with
780-482: The physical and social are interconnected in cities has held conferences in 13 cities across four continents, including Delhi, Rio de Janeiro , London , Hong Kong , Istanbul , São Paulo , Mumbai , Mexico City , Johannesburg , Berlin , Shanghai and New York City . In 2010 the conference, which investigated the economic health of cities post-recession, was co-hosted with Brookings Institution in Chicago . In 2016,
810-400: The politics of equity, social inclusion and steering urban growth. These debates were accompanied by a series of articles published by Guardian Cities . In 2016 Urban Age was invited to curate a Special Project at the 15th International Architecture Exhibition in Venice . Conflicts of an Urban Age highlights the changes to seven cities that have experienced significant population increases in
840-521: The publication of two books edited by Ricky Burdett and Deyan Sudjic : The Endless City (2008) and Living in the Endless City (2011). A third book in the series, Shaping Cities in an Urban Age , is expected in 2018. These books address the broad themes discussed at Urban Age conferences, produce data on various economic, social and environmental indicators and provide more detailed chapters on specific cities. The centre has also published several reports, such as Going Green: How cities are leading
870-508: The series, Shaping Cities in an Urban Age , became available in 2018. Edited by Burdett and Philipp Rode, the book was launched at the 16th International Architecture Exhibition in September 2018. Urban Age Scholarships provide financial support to applicants of LSE Cities ' Executive MSc in Cities programme in an effort to broaden access to knowledge and debate around how cities are designed and governed. LSE Cities The purpose of
900-708: Was held in Palermo until January 14, 2007. The exhibition attracted over 130,000 visitors. Awards: National pavilions, contributions and curators (selection) After the Flood: Building on Higher Ground: Architectural responses to the August 2005 devastation in New Orleans and the Gulf Coast wrought by Hurricane Katrina . Curated by Christian Ditlev Bruun . Projects by Anderson+Anderson Architects and Eight Inc. were among
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