Blog Archives - Philip Kassanis

Unplanned and experimental space

August 8, 2021/admin

Sarah Featherstone makes some excellent points in this article about creating space for the unplanned and experimental. I would love to know more about Tŷ Pawb’s business model. I...

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Architectural employment opportunity

Blog, News

December 12, 2020/admin

Philip Kassanis Architect & Urban Designer has a burgeoning number of projects including domestic and High Street schemes and government funded work on dwellings for the future; and is...

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Build It

Blog, Residential

November 4, 2020/admin

Built It is dedicated to self-build and it provides a treasure trove of inspirational and informative material. Here is a case in point... a garden room. We are working on...

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Piggy back loft extension

Blog, News, Residential

June 23, 2020/admin

Pre-application advice has just been received from Kingston upon Thames planning authority for this proposal. The outcome was helpful to the client for deciding on a strategy for upgrading...

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Topography and heritage 2

Blog, Heritage, News, Residential, Urban design

March 27, 2019/admin

The last post featured Park Green's site in Stoke Gabriel with a focus on the topography. This was a challenge in the first instance for the design but then...

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Topography and heritage 1

Blog, News, Residential

March 26, 2019/admin

Last week's visit to Devon - referred to in the previous post - included a visit to Park Green's Gabriel Court site in the village of Stoke Gabriel. This...

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Challenging topography

Blog, News, Residential

March 25, 2019/admin

Last week Philip Kassanis was in Devon visiting both the sites that he has been helping Park Green with on a freelance basis. The photograph is from the site...

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Consent for new external feature to heritage asset

Blog, Community, Heritage, News

March 18, 2019/admin

In November 2018, the Vineyard Life Church (VLC) was in an advanced stage of negotiations with a local school to provide it with "pack away" nursery accommodation on its...

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Design & Access Statements

Blog

October 14, 2017/admin

In his essay "Let's be real about good design" Philip Kassanis welcomed the advent of the Design and Access Statement (DAS) - some years ago now - because it...

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Manston Airport

Blog, Masterplanning

July 12, 2017/admin

Earlier this year the third book in the series A Detailed History of RAF Manston 1941-1945 was published: Invicta - The Undefeated. At this stage of its story recording...

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Teaching Coventry University 2

Blog

July 10, 2016/admin

Virtual tour of Rome was Philip Kassanis's last lecture in a series entitiled "Understanding Buildings" given to 2nd year students on the Interior Design course at Coventry University. Most...

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Teaching Coventry University

Blog

March 13, 2015/admin

On Monday Philip Kassanis will carry out the last of 9 teaching sessions to 2nd year Interior Design students at the School of Art and Design at Coventry University....

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Redcar & Cleveland After waiting for months after the deadline for making a decision on the tender process (7th May), Kassanis+Thomas today received the disappointing and frustrating news that the council has cancelled...

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Co-creation of local plans

Blog, Business initiative, Community

April 25, 2014/admin

OurPlanning™ Philip Kassanis as director at Open Urbanism OurPlanning™ is open source planning that facilitates communities to unite in common purpose to co-author a plan for their area. It is based on a cross-sectorial...

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Update masterplanning good practice

Blog, Business initiative

April 24, 2014/admin

M10 research programme Philip Kassanis as director at Open Urbanism M10 is an academic research programme that aims to enhance the practice of masterplanning by learning the lessons of the last 10...

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Residential Merton

Blog, Residential

January 3, 2014/admin

Merton Philip Kassanis as director at Kassanis+Thomas 2013 Kassanis+Thomas prepared the design and access statement to support a full planning application for this small scheme in the London Borough of...

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Dialogue with Penza

Blog

December 10, 2013/admin

Kassanis+Thomas has been invited to meet the administration - including the Governor - of the Penza Region in Russia with a view to setting up a relationship to help...

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Moreton Town Centre

Blog, Community, Mixed use, Urban design

September 24, 2013/admin

Moreton in Marsh Philip Kassanis as director at Kassanis+Thomas 2013 Town centre study for uk market town. As part of his personal involvement with the stakeholder groups in Moreton in Marsh, Kassanis+Thomas Chairman Steve...

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Open Urbanism work with The Glass-House

Blog

September 2, 2013/admin

Open Urbanism, won an Innovation Voucher to develop its OurPlanning™ initiative. It used this to work over a period of 3 months with The Glass-House Community Led Design to re-work the concept. OurPlanning™...

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Open Urbanism website

Blog

February 2, 2013/admin

Open Urbanism now has a...

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Open Urbanism

Blog

October 25, 2012/admin

Last week Philip Kassanis founded Open Urbanism. It will sit alongside Kassanis+Thomas as a not for profit company carrying out research and development in the field of urbanism. It has...

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Two years on

Blog

August 8, 2012/admin

It only seems a short while ago that I posted about One year on. There is a lot to include in this update in 3 areas: the research programme,...

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OurPlanning takes over from MasterplanningPlus

Blog

July 12, 2012/admin

Rigorous bench testing of the initiative exposes aspects that require improvement. Masterplanning is an unhelpful term....

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MasterplanningNow to MasterplanningPlus

Blog

March 17, 2012/admin

The name has now evolved to MasterplanningPlus, which better reflects the nature of a service that doesn't just provide masterplanning but also the means of ownership and funding of it for stakeholder...

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MasterplanningNow update

Blog

February 27, 2012/admin

I am working with the London Business Support Service Ltd to develop the business planning for the initiative and am indebted to Peter Landau for continually pushing me to refine...

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Introduction to masterplanning

Blog, Featured

January 19, 2012/admin

At Kassanis+Thomas we recently published an introduction to masterplanning. It forms a useful starting point to the way in which we would practice masterplanning and the base from which...

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Climate Change Design

Blog, Featured, Sustainability

January 18, 2012/admin

Over the last six months we have been pushing forward with interesting work at Kassanis+Thomas. We led a successful bid in a Technology Strategy Board competition for the maximum...

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One year on

Blog

July 26, 2011/admin

Its now just over a year since I launched this website and things have really come on apace. After a few months as a sole trader I set up...

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MasterplanningNow

Blog, Masterplanning

May 20, 2011/admin

WHAT IS MasterplanningNow MasterplanningNow is a service that facilitates residents, businesses and institutions in an area to create a sustainable strategic plan for their place and becomes the instrument by...

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Masterplanning: learning the lessons of the last 10 years

Blog, Featured, Papers

May 7, 2011/admin

WHAT IS THE RESEARCH A research programme within a leading university probably of three year duration and involving three to four researchers. It will evaluate the masterplanning evidence of the...

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Remaking Barnsley: a useful masterplan model?

Blog, Masterplanning, Papers, Urban design

August 15, 2010/admin

Dissertation for the MA in Urban Design at the Joint Centre for Urban Design, Oxford Brookes University 2008 Philip Kassanis ABSTRACT The research aims to gain more understanding about the art and science...

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Hounslow Town Centre

Blog, Masterplanning

August 15, 2010/admin

Hounslow town centre is the largest commercial centre in the Borough and is identified as one of eleven metropolitan town centres across London. However, the recent 2009 London Town...

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Manor Royal

Blog, Business Park, Masterplanning

August 14, 2010/admin

Crawley Philip Kassanis in the name of Roger Griffiths Associates 2009 In Crawley's original new town masterplan of 1947, Manor Royal was designated as the industrial area of the town. Since its...

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Princes Sqare, Ipswich: towards a design

Blog, Papers

August 13, 2010/admin

PREFACE Princes Square does not yet exist but is a name, for the purposes of this essay, I am giving to a public space adjacent to Princes Street Bridge, Ipswich...

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Up and running

Blog

July 15, 2010/admin

Welcome to my presence in cyberspace created in response to a growing interest in, and demand for information on, what I do, what I can do and what I...

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Resilient High Streets

Architectural employment opportunity

Build It

Piggy back loft extension

Topography and heritage 2

Topography and heritage 1

Challenging topography

Consent for new external feature to heritage asset

Design & Access Statements

Manston Airport

Teaching Coventry University 2

Teaching Coventry University

Regeneration masterplan

Co-creation of local plans

Update masterplanning good practice

Residential Merton

Dialogue with Penza

Moreton Town Centre

Open Urbanism work with The Glass-House

Open Urbanism website

Open Urbanism

Two years on

OurPlanning takes over from MasterplanningPlus

MasterplanningNow to MasterplanningPlus

MasterplanningNow update

Introduction to masterplanning

Climate Change Design

One year on

MasterplanningNow

Masterplanning: learning the lessons of the last 10 years

Remaking Barnsley: a useful masterplan model?

Hounslow Town Centre

Manor Royal

Princes Sqare, Ipswich: towards a design

Up and running

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