Towards an Urban Renaissance was a report written by the United Kingdom's Urban Task Force chaired by Lord Rogers of Riverside[1] and published on 29 June 1999. It examined the question of how 4 million projected new homes over 25 years, might be accommodated in the UK without further encroachment into the green belt or other areas of countryside.[2]
The review leading to the published report was commissioned by the then Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott in 1998, to identify the causes of urban decline and establish a vision for Britain's cities based on the principles of design excellence, social well-being and environmental responsibility.[3] Participants included Peter Hall.
Towards an Urban Renaissance resulted in the Our Towns and Cities – the Future – The Urban White Paper published in 2000, and was influential in the revised Planning policy guidance note 3: Housing (PPG 3) which was also published in 2000.
Rogers published an independent update titled Towards a Strong Urban Renaissance in 2005.[3] The report is seen as a milestone in the development of New London Vernacular, an responsive architectural style observed in London from about 2010 onwards.[4][5]
- ^ "Delivering the urban renaissance". The Guardian. 21 July 2002. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Urban Task Force - ^ a b "Towards a Strong Urban Renaissance: Launch of the Urban Task Force Report". IPPR. 22 November 2005. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
- ^ Birkbeck, David; Hart, Julian (2012). A New London Housing Vernacular (PDF) (Report). Urban Design London.
- ^ Smallman, Etan (4 May 2016). "Boris Johnson's Most Important Legacy May Be a Particular New Housing Style". Bloomberg UK.
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