The Public Realm
Information Advice Network
The purpose
of this site is to encourage and disseminate best practice in the
design,
management and maintenance of the public realm by exchanging
information, building
networks and raising standards among professionals
working in the field. We hope to
make a positive contribution to
the quality of the urban experience in the UK.
Latest
News!
Evening
Master Class - 2nd July 2008
PRIAN is holding
an evening master class with a focus on Local Transport Note
1/08
Traffic Management and Streetscape with an insight how the case studies
in the
publication were achieved.
If you are interested in attending and would like more information
email us with link:
PRIAN publicrealmprian@aol.com with subject of 2nd July Master Class.
• Centre of London venue • Tickets are £7.50 • Limited
places
so book early.
The event is supported by IHIE
Department
for Transport launch Local Transport Note 1/08
Traffic Management and Streetscape
The
Department for Transport published its latest guidance
this week, to further
link traffic and highway engineering
with the visual considerations of the public realm.
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Design
and Management of the Public Realm presents
this latest thinking with two of the contributors, Mike
Morris
and Colin Davis.
Book your place on the course
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Mike
Slinn, IHT President endorses public realm course for CPD.
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members can obtain an IHT, Public Realm CPD certificate
and learn how
to apply more widely the principles set out in the Manual
for Streets.
Book on the PRAIN course and learn direct from leading
experts who were
the authors and contributors
of the DFT and the Department for Communities
manual.
Course
details & Booking information
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Mike Slinn, President of the IHT, has
announced that the Design and Management of the Public Realm
course is the new accredited CPD for IHT members. It follows
a programme of workshops and conferences organised by CABE
for quality streetscape.
For more Top Tips |
Peter Heath's 3 pre-conditions for sucessful
public realm
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Peter Heath, Principal Urban
Designer
www.atkinsglobal.com
Go to our Top
Tips page to view Peter's 3 pre-conditions
for
sucessful public realm improvement.
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CABE endorses Spring
2008 course
The course supports CABE's priorities in
the public realm.
"the course offers delegates an active,
high quality learning experience."
Sarah Gaventa, Director, CABE Space
Spring
2008 course dates
An intensive
residential course with CPD accreditation from English
Heritage and the
Institute
of Highway Incorporated Engineers (IHIE).
The six day residential course is split into two, three day sessions
with course work
to be completed after each session.
Session One: 23rd-24th April, 2008
Session Two: 17th-19th June, 2008
We anticipate spaces on the course will again be at a premium so
please book early.
Our studying techniques provide a unique learning experience which
encourages
informal debate and interaction between professionals
from different backgrounds.
All sections of the
course are devised
and tutored by experts in the field with taylor made exercises
to build
confidence in new techniqes.
To see the studying environment click here
Recent
IHIE Design and Management of the Public Realm course
students
give us their views.
Students
give the course a resounding thumbs up. The last course
was fully
booked with representation from a wide cross section
of professionals, including engineers,
urban designers, landscape
architects and planners, recognition of
the value of a
course which
places inter-disciplinary knowledge and
understanding at its core.
Fiona Wilkinson, Public
Realm Project Coordinator at Leeds City Council said:
“The course is an excellent opportunity to network and
engage with experienced,
management level professionals from a
range of relevant disciplines and from both
public and private
sectors. The process of sharing extensive subject knowledge and
learning from one another is very valuable.”
The residential course is held at the Barns Hotel in Bedford, affording
students the
opportunity to get properly immersed in the subject
matter and fellow practitioners.
Commenting on his
first three days, Ryhan Thomson, engineer, West One consultancy,
“The course venue was excellent, with plenty of attractive
space providing a quality environment
for 3 days of thinking and
exchanging ideas. The range of lecturers provided stimulation
and variety and the group of students as a whole were committed
and enthusiastic.”
The Professional Certificate
in the Design and Management of the Public Realm covers
all
the primary delivery systems, policies, techniques and design skills
required to enable someone to successfully prepare practical designs
for public realm interventions.
For more information click on the
Courses link above.
The
PRIAN course in the Design & Management of the Public Realm
has
been recognised by the Urban Design Group.
Founded in 1978 the Urban Design Group believes that urban design
is not the job of any single profession. Making successful places
depends on breaking down professional barriers and building collaborations
between the people with the power to make things happen. By backing
the course the UDG is actively supporting the training and development
of professionals in the public realm arena.
