Metropolitan architects

The Problem With VisionsDavid Prichard

The Influence of Time

Urban Design History Industrial Cities 1800 - 1850

Industrial Cities 1800 - 1850Garden Cities 1890 - 1940

Garden Cities 1890 - 1940 Parker and Unwin 1900 - 1920

Parker and Unwin 1900 - 1920 Homes for Heroes 1918 - 1939

Homes for Heroes 1918 - 1939Ville Radieuse 1933

Ville Radieuse 1933 Abercrombie Plan 1945

Abercrombie Plan 1945 New Towns 1945 - 1980

New Towns 1945 - 1980 Suburban Sprawl 1970 - 1980

Suburban Sprawl 1970 - 1980 Mono Zoning 1945 - Present

Mono Zoning 1945 - Present Urban Renaissance 1999

Eras and Experiments

20th Century Legacy

Layers of History

Helicopter Thinking

Social spaces

Failed Visions

Bespoke Vision – Dubai ?

Bespoke Vision – Shanghai ?

Context Culture Climate

Museum of conflict, Libya

Dead Sea

Dead Sea Resort

Dead Sea Future

Charles Correa

‘He had a rare capacity to give form

to something as intangible as

culture and society’

David Prichard