Useful urban design links

I was asked yesterday to recommend some useful urban design links. Here's some:

1. Resource for Urban Design Information: http://www.rudi.net/bookshelf/ej/udq/78/case1-udq78.shtml

2. Urban Design Group: http://www.udg.org.uk/?section_id=1

3. Irish Architecture online: http://www.archeire.com/news/2000/000197.htm

4. Royal Town Planning Institute: http://www.rtpi.org.uk/

5. Urban Design Alliance: http://www.udal.org.uk/

6. Arcosanti – an urban laboratory? http://www.arcosanti.org/

7. Washington University’s Cities and Buildings database: http://content.lib.washington.edu/cities/

8. Cyburbia – the urban Planning portal: http://www.cyburbia.org/

9. Congress for the New Urbanism: http://www.cnu.org/

10. New Urbanism: http://www.newurbanism.org/pages/416429/index.htm

11. MIT Urban Design course: http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Urban-Studies-and-Planning/11-001JFall2001/LectureNotes/detail/lec1.htm

12. Disney’s New Urban Community at Celebration in Florida: http://www.celebrationfl.com/

13. URBANE: Urban Resource Base for Analysis and Networked Education

http://www.clr.utoronto.ca/PRECEDENTS/URBANE/

14. Project for public spaces: http://pps.org/

15. Hafencity Hamburg: http://hafencity.com/html/info_uk.html

Online document:

By Design, Urban Design in the Planning System

http://www.odpm.gov.uk/stellent/groups/odpm_planning/documents/page/odpm_plan_605981-08.hcsp

Irish urban design documents:

1. Cork Docklands: http://www.corkcorp.ie/docklands/pdf/urban30_40.pdf

2. Ballymun Regeneration: http://www.brl.ie/pdf/page28.pdf

3. Dublin Docklands North Lotts: www.ddda.ie/uploads/pdfs/North%20Lotts%20all.pdf

4. Frances Street/Meath Street: http://www.dublincity.ie/profile/publications/iap/Urban%20Design%20Framework1.pdf

5. Ballinamore Urban Framework Plan 2003: http://www.leitrimcoco.ie/Services/Planning/urbanFramework/137_Ballinamore_CH3Final.pdf

6. A Future for Temple Bar, Urban Framework Plan 2004: http://www.temple-bar.ie/media/download/UFP_2004.pdf

7. Fatima Mansions: http://www.dublincity.ie/profile/Publications/Fatima/fatima7(urban%20design).pdf

8. Murray O’Laoire Architects (MOLA): http://www.murrayolaoire.com/urban/urban.html

9. The Reflecting City: www.reflectingcity.com

10. Future of Towns & Villages in Ireland Architecture, planning, & Engineering where to next? http://www.riai.ie/futuretowns/notes.htm

11. Manorhamilton Urban Framework Plan: http://www.leitrimcoco.ie/Services/Planning/urban.htm

12. Carlow 800: http://www.countycarlow.ie/services/reportspublications/reports/0Carlow800_Cover_and_Content.pdf