All articles by Hank Dittmar – Page 2
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OpinionThe urbanist’s Stirling Prize
Hank Dittmar assesses this year’s contenders for what they give back to the street
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OpinionCan smart urban design tackle the rise of nationalism?
Jane Jacobs’ ideas about the role of the city in creating community cohesion and promoting sustainable development could be usefully applied to those disaffected communities who voted for Brexit, says Hank Dittmar
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OpinionUrban recycling and doubling-up: How cities really respond to growth
Adapting existing stock could have a bigger impact on the housing crisis than mass construction. Hank Dittmar draws some parallels from wartime Washington DC
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OpinionSadiq Khan, you need to read these reports by Boris' design advisors
London’s new mayor has his work cut out on housing and planning, but he has plenty of excellent advice to draw on, says Hank Dittmar
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OpinionLondon's tall buildings bloopers
There’s lots of great new architecture in London but you wouldn’t know it to look at the skyline, says Hank Dittmar
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OpinionA towering mess that the government has the power - but not the will - to address
We must act to shape the market or we’ll have a skyscraper glut and still no affordable housing, warns Hank Dittmar
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OpinionJust because the Powell & Moya site is available doesn't mean it's the right place for a concert hall
London should think carefully about where to build its newest cultural venue. And Leon Krier’s Regent’s Park proposal beats Boris’s commercial opportunism, says Hank Dittmar
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OpinionAre we serious about estate regeneration?
If so the government needs to invest a lot more money and put communities before developers, argues Hank Dittmar
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OpinionJe suis en terrace: Paris reclaims its streets
We’ll need to harness the same esprit de Paris if the Habitat conference on urban planning is to be a success, says Hank Dittmar
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OpinionClimate change will force us to think much bigger than floating houses
It’s good news that urbanism will be on the agenda at next month’s climate talks, but they’re unlikely to do more than scratch the surface of a topic that will engage architects and planners for decades to come, writes Hank Dittmar
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OpinionWhen will Stirling laureates be allowed to quote from Wren?
If pastiche is so bad, why is it OK to be influenced by Breuer or the Smithsons, asks Hank Dittmar
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OpinionYou’ve got to hand it to post-modernism
It took capitalism and consumer nostalgia to rescue our brutal utopias, says Hank Dittmar
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OpinionLondon's housing problems are beyond the power of market forces to solve
The global pressures shaping London’s built environment now include the Airbnb effect, says Hank Dittmar
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OpinionLondon needs a walker's charter
The first two London mayors championed buses and bikes. The next one should put pedestrians first, argues Hank Dittmar
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OpinionThe High Line has a lot to answer for
Hank Dittmar questions whether landscape urbanism offers cities anything more than window dressing
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OpinionDon’t scrap the Palace of Westminster
The idea that we should build a new, literally transparent parliament is simplistic and learns nothing from recent history, says Hank Dittmar
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OpinionRiding the railroad to revival
Hank Dittmar explores how the US’s organic approach to urban revival could take hold in Britain’s regions
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OpinionSometimes rebuilding is the right thing to do
Hank Dittmar hails the appointment of Page\Park by Glasgow School of Art and makes the case for reconstruction
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OpinionWhen it comes to housing, small is beautiful
Small plots, small builders and small architects. The next government must open the market if it wants to solve the housing crisis, argues Hank Dittmar
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OpinionCan architecture reclaim the lost territory of the good ordinary?
Hank Dittmar says the profession needs to get better at the mundane
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