Urban Renaissance Institute :: Regeneration Research, Training & Consultancy

• Professional Training
• Thought Leadership
• Resource Development

Professional training projects

We have organized masterclasses and training seminars on the following topics:

• What? Why? How? The Urban Renaissance
• Talking Together - People Skills for the Urban Renaissance
• The Principles of Good Urban Design
• Form based design
• Design for Housing
• Sustainability - Are the priorities being delivered?
• The Importance of Streets and Movement
• Design of integrated transport and interchanges
• Designing streets and car parks
• HomeZones - Practical Reality or Utopia?
• Better briefing for better design - Rationales, frameworks and coding
• Community Engagement and Objection Management - the ground rules
• Density and Quality, A quick assessment tool
• Testing development feasibility factors and negotiations
• Design at Appeal
• Urban Design in Practice
• Design to Reduce Crime
• Town centre design
• Design and Quality issues for Taller Buildings and the alternatives
• Making Places Better - The Challenges for Councillors & Developers
• The role of the Design Champion
• Changing Cities: Ebbsfleet and the Compact City
• Future Cities? Designing Sustainable Communities
• Local Delivery Vehicles - benchmarking and essential tools and skills