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Image: Untouchable for housing development? Looking down on the rooftops of Old Amersham in the Chiltern Hills, located in an AONB and in the Green Belt but what about the 'Grey Belt'? (courtesy Shutterstock) Future Cities Forum has been talking to two academics about the forthcoming autumn Budget 2026. Professor Yolande Barnes, former Chair of The Bartlett Real Estate Institute, UCL and Director of World Research at Savills, now Director of Yolande Barnes Consulting and Prof

Image: courtesy of MICA MICA+WXY are leading Princeton University's 2026 Campus Plan Update, a 30-year framework for development through 2056. After a period of substantial expansion, the planning team is examining how Princeton can accommodate shifting academic needs, adapt existing buildings, and strengthen connections across its campus neighbourhoods in New Jersey, USA. MICA says: 'The study encompasses 3,380 acres and more than 400 buildings across three municipalities, a

Image: courtesy of Newcastle City Council An ambitious long-term masterplan for the engine room of the North East will unlock billions of pounds of investment, creating new opportunities and jobs for local people and increasing the number of homes in the heart of Newcastle and Gateshead. Newcastle City Council says: 'The new draft Strategic Regeneration Framework presents a shared vision for the “urban core” of Newcastle and Gateshead over the next 25 years. 'Subject to con

Image: railway tracks running into Bristol Temple Meads Station, taken from the Executive Boardroom Suite at The University of Bristol's Sloane Robinson's building, courtesy of Future Cities Forum, looking beyond towards Temple Quay and Castle Park. Future Cities Forum is publishing its report part two from its 'Innovation Cities' discussion at The University of Bristol's newly opened Sloane Robinson building at Bristol Temple Quarter. This part of the report covers the futur

Image: The science district design panel at Cohen Quad with (from left) Fred Pilbrow, Co-founder, Pilbrow & Partners, Matthew Humphreys, Director, Scott Brownrigg, Amber Morley, Development Executive, British Land, Dafydd Warburton, Director, LDA Design, Jade Piper, Project Director Capital Projects and the Programme Manager for the Medical Sciences Division at the University of Oxford and Jinjie Wang, Director of Science and Healthcare, Canary Wharf Group Future Cities Forum

Image: The growing city of Nordhavn, Copenhagen - courtesy of COBE Future Cities Forum has been in Nordhavn, looking at the development of Copenhagen's new emerging city and speaking with developer By & Havn's Rita Justesen, Head of Planning and Urban Space. By & Havn is 55% owned by the Copenhagen Municipality and 45%% by the Danish government. The transformation of Nordhavn (North Harbour), the largest metropolitan development in northern Europe, continues Copenhagen’s hist

Image: courtesy SLA The nature-based international design studio SLA reports that 'for the first time in a generation, the City of Copenhagen will create an entirely new, large-scale urban park. SLA is leading the design team that will deliver this landmark project over the next many years.' Team SLA’s project Nordør – New Park in Nordhavn will deliver what is arguably one of Copenhagen’s most important urban design projects in more than a decade: A new 30-hectare (75-acre) c

Image: view of Copenhagen's inner harbour towards the opera house and retired warship Peder Skram CPH City & Port Development is looking for experienced project managers for the Construction Department The organisation writes: Do you want to use your engineering experience to influence the development of the Copenhagen of the future? And are you motivated by being on the client side in large and complex construction and infrastructure projects? Then you might be one of our fu

Image: courtesy Solvenergy Are you ready to shape the future of high-voltage substations asks Ramboll? Do you want to contribute to complex energy infrastructure projects and help enable the green transition? Ramboll is recruiting a High Voltage Substation Primary Engineer. It says: 'Whether you already bring solid substation design experience or you are looking to grow further within high-voltage primary engineering, we would like to hear from you. 'Join us in delivering rob

Image: Eastern Ring Road, courtesy of Arup An Eastern Ring Road constructed as an immersed tunnel along the eastern coast of Amager, connecting Nordhavn in the north to the Øresund Motorway in the south, is projected to reduce traffic in central Copenhagen by 14% by 2050. It will remove nearly one in four trucks from Rådhuspladsen and save road users more than 4 million hours annually in traffic, says infrastructure firm, Sund and Baelt. It says: 'New traffic model calculatio