The University of Sheffield
School of Architecture
David Rudlin
  • My aerial perspective for the New Bolton Woods Masterplan currently being developed in Bradford
    Aerial perspective for the New Bolton Woods Masterplan currently being developed in Bradford
  • My competition winning drawing for a masterplan for the former Spode Pottery works in Stoke
    Competition winning drawing for a masterplan for the former Spode Pottery works in Stoke

Qualifications

David Rudlin is an established urban designer who’s practice URBED (Urbanism Environment and Design) is the winner of the 2012 Urban Design Group Practice of the year award. A planner by training David started his career with Manchester City Council with responsibility for the early stages of the redevelopment of Hulme. He was a founder member of the Homes for Change housing cooperative, responsible for commissioning one of the flagship buildings of the Hulme Redevelopment. He has worked extensively across the UK including major regeneration strategies and private sector masterplans. He is Chair of the Sheffield Design Panel and of Beam in Wakefield and a member of the Academy of Urbanism. He has been a member of the CABE Design Review Panel, a judge on Europan 08 and the Congress of New Urbanism Awards in the US.

Publications

'21st Century Homes’ for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation 1995

‘Tomorrow a peaceful path to urban reform’ for Friends of the Earth 1998

‘But would you live there?’ for the Urban Task Force 1999

‘A City of Villages – Promoting a sustainable future for London’s suburbs’ GLA 2002

Books

‘Sustainable Urban Neighbourhood – Building the 21st Century Home’ Architecture Press 2009

Chapters:

‘Urban Design Futures’, edited Malcolm Moor and Jon Rowland - Routledge, 2006
Space Place Life - Learning from Place 1, Routledge 2011

‘Urban Identity’ - Learning from Place 2, Routledge 2011 (joint editor with Brian Evans and Frank MacDonald)