Latest comments posted about Reaching new heights of inspiration on ChinaDialogue en-gb http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/show/single/en/1843-Reaching-new-heights-of-inspiration http://staging.chinadialogue.net/images/cdlogo.gif http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/show/single/en/1843-Reaching-new-heights-of-inspiration British architect Norman Foster’s planned zero-carbon city at Abu Dhabi shares the same disadvantage as British architect Arup’s design for the new Shanghai Eco-City at Dongtan, near Shanghai – and so do the present British government’s planned new Eco-towns in England. Indeed the whole British “new town movement” after World War II made the basic mistake of turning their backs on the problems of the large parent cities like London, Liverpool, Glasgow, Belfast – and in many ways made them worse. It is always a nice idea for architects “to start with a clean sheet of paper” and no doubt the above experiments will provide useful new information on conservation techniques. But as with the British New Town movement of the past, the real challenge is tackling the problems where many millions of urban city dwellers already live! Des McConaghy, Liverpool. Tue, 01 Apr 2008 12:40:41 -0400 http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/summary/1843#comment-7179 http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/summary/1843#comment-7179