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You are here: ICR : Events : Seminar : Feb 2008 : Prof.BurdettAs more and more people come closer together to live in cities - over 50% of us are now urban dwellers, in 1900 it was 10% - the design of the built environment takes on greater social, spatial and psychological significance for the individual and the collective. By analysing the spatial and living conditions of global cities across the world, - from Johannesburg to Caracas, from Mexico City to Shanghai - this illustrated lecture explored the impact of the architecture of the city on the human condition. Based on extensive research by the Urban Age Programme at the London School of Economics, the investigation explores how democracy, social justice and environmental equity are affected by the decisions we make - as architects, planners and politicians - about the shape of our buildings and cities.
Professor Ricky Burdett is Chief Adviser on Architecture and Urbanism for the London 2012 Olympics and Centennial Professor in Architecture and Urbanism at the London School of Economics and Political Science. He was adviser to the Mayor of London from 2000-2006 and Director of the 10th International Architecture Exhibition at La Biennale di Venezia.
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