BIG NEWS! Save the dates for TWO great IMCL 2024 conferences in two fascinating venues
The 60th IMCL will be in Newport, RI USA, April 26-28, and the 61st IMCL will be in Cortona, Italy, October 1-5 The site of the 60th...
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Participants commit to ongoing collaboration for research into action at the 59th IMCL conference
The conference explored a rich set of urban topics, with partners including The Prince’s Foundation, The Congress for the New Urbanism,...
Why environmental beauty matters more than we once thought
Relegated in the modern era to the status of entertainment or luxury, the universal human experience has more recently come roaring back...
IMCL 2023 will celebrate Jane Jacobs and other pathfinders - and moreover, continue their work
With the start of the 59th International Making Cities Livable conference in one week, thought leaders will gather to advance the reforms...
All is ready for an epic 59th International Making Cities Livable!
Executive Director Michael Mehaffy reports from Poundbury and Dorchester on final preparations LEFT: Poundbury, site of the opening...
Visionary Carmel Indiana Mayor Jim Brainard reflects on his remarkable 28-year tenure
The long-time advisor and participant in the International Making Cities Livable conferences, who will speak at the upcoming Poundbury...
Less than one month until IMCL 2023 in Poundbury and Dorchester!
A jam-packed conference will include 25 plenary speakers and 48 breakout speakers, with terrific partners including the Duchy of...
Tickets now available for optional IMCL reception, tours, awards dinner!
The optional Monday reception and Saturday tour are free but first-come, first-served. The Wednesday awards dinner is limited to...
Why Kevin Lynch's "Theory of Good City Form" still resonates
The lesser-known work of the famed MIT urbanist offers important lessons for livable cities even - especially - today Illustration from...
New journal issue assesses Christopher Alexander's "complex contributions"
The continuing influence of the seminal theorist, author and architect will also be explored at the IMCL 2023 Poundbury conference ABOVE:...
Final speaker roster set for IMCL 2023, on health, equity, ecology, climate resilience and more
25 plenary speakers and 48 breakout speakers will explore new and effective tools and strategies in code reform, zoning innovations,...
Author Roberta Brandes Gratz on the former Prince of Wales' legacy
Jane Jacobs' former colleague, who will attend the October IMCL conference in Poundbury, draws strong parallels with Jacobs' ideas...
A photo essay of Poundbury from 2005
Scholar Besim Hakim compiled the photos shortly after the completion of the first phase in the southeast corner of the 400-acre urban...
IMCL 2023 will explore Christopher Alexander's legacy and a "post-Alexandrian agenda"
The Cambridge-educated physicist and mathematician later studied architecture, and made seminal contributions in many fields The title...
UK King and Queen visit Poundbury to mark completion of new public spaces
The couple commemorates the 30-year anniversary of the start of construction, and assess the success of its many innovations ABOVE: The...
Stellar lineup of additional speakers and session leaders announced for IMCL 2023 in Poundbury
Leading experts in street retrofits, missing middle housing, main street retail, original green design, architectural neuroscience and...
October Poundbury IMCL conference seats are going fast, and may become unavailable
Those planning to attend are encouraged to register promptly, as the small but beautiful venue could fill before the end of the...
IMCL 2023 receives 94 abstract submissions
Leading universities, practitioners and institutions are represented from around the world, submitting proposals on a wide range of...
Why do some architects hate Poundbury? (When so many others love it?)
King Charles’ model village gets grudging respect on its impressive stats – but its revival architecture still rankles some Image: Duchy...
IMCL '23 will focus on "changing the operating system for growth" at a critical time for settlements
Partners, researchers and practitioners will bring the latest research and action on code reform, transportation design, financial...
The surprisingly important role of symmetry in healthy human environments
In the first of a series of topical posts leading up to the 2023 International Making Cities Livable (IMCL) conference, we examine new...
Assessing Poundbury at 30
In the year of its founder’s coronation, the next IMCL conference with key partners will examine in detail the pioneering development’s...
Last month of Call for Abstracts ahead of IMCL 2023
Topics listed in the Call for the International Making Cities Livable (IMCL) UK conference, "The Ecology of Place: From Understanding to...
Publication options announced for IMCL 2023 papers
For those seeking to publish a peer-reviewed paper and/or in a refereed journal, our upcoming conference, The Ecology of Place: From...
Report from Poundbury and London for IMCL 2023!
IMCL team makes preparations for landmark gathering in October, “The Ecology of Place: From Understanding to ACTION” Partnerships are in...
How Charles was right (it's probably not what you think)
As the former Prince of Wales moves into a new and more circumscribed role, many people are reassessing his legacy for planning and...
A very memorable IMCL 2022 gathering draws to a close!
Le Plessis-Robinson, our host venue, offered many delights – and many inspiring and thought-provoking lessons A full set of videos will...
Welcome to Le Plessis-Robinson!
The City has rolled out the welcome banners, and the weather looks to be excellent at least through Wednesday. The 58th IMCL is ready to...
ONE WEEK until IMCL 2022!
The draft program is published and final preparations are made, as city leaders, experts and scholars from around the world prepare to...
Jam-packed content announced for IMCL 2022!
22 plenary speakers and 46 breakout speakers will address frontier urban topics: 15-minute cities, climate resilience/adaptation/mitigati...
Less than one month to go to the 58th IMCL conference in PARIS!
Join us as we share tools and strategies to build "15-minute cities" (and suburbs) for ALL The fascinating and impressive 15-minute...
Why Christopher Alexander still matters
The author of “A Pattern Language” and “Notes on the Synthesis of Form” had an outsize influence far beyond architecture and urbanism —...
58th IMCL Update: Tours announced, speakers set!
Over 40 breakout speakers will join 18 plenary speakers as well as two workshops; in-depth case study tours of our amazing host city, Le...
All systems are GO for 58th IMCL Paris, May 18-20!
Our team visits the venue for final preparations as COVID restrictions are rapidly ending, and European travel conditions have largely...
Program announced for 58th IMCL in Paris
Three information-filled days of plenaries and breakouts, plus receptions, dinners, tours, a final party, and more! Above: The Theatre de...
REMINDER: Early Bird rate and Call for Abstracts end January 31st!
We hope you'll submit now, or register now, before the deadline. SUBMIT ABSTRACTS HERE: https://www.imcl.online/call-for-abstracts...
NEW! Conference videos from our successful 57th IMCL are now available to all!
Enjoy any of six plenary sessions, six breakout sessions, an evening plenary session, a "speed presentations" session, and a highlights...
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS RE-OPENED!
Omicron variant creates new issues -- especially the need for cities to adapt their public spaces to this and other threats to resilience...
IMCL PARIS NEWS: Early Bird Rate Extended, Carlos Moreno of Paris' "15-Minute City" Will Keynote
All eyes are on Omicron, but conditions still appear favorable for a LIVE conference, 18-20 May, 2022 MORENO JOINS OTHER CITY LEADERS We...
Call for Abstracts extended to November 30!
Excellent proposals already received, more solicited on conference themes “Architecture and the Edges of Public Space: Tools and...
Join us in Paris for a premier international gathering!
Announcing the venue for the next International Making Cities Livable conference series: a fascinating European case study of suburban...
The International Making Cities Livable conference series was begun in 1985 by Dr. Henry L. Lennard, a Viennese medical sociologist, and Dr. Suzanne C. Lennard, an architectural researcher. Both were committed to sharing knowledge to make healthier, more ecological, more equitable, more beautiful -- more livable -- cities, towns and suburbs. The conference series, study tours, and other events, bring together leaders from policy, practice and academia, to share effective tools and strategies, and to examine instructive case studies.
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