Burdett, Richard
Professor Richard Burdett
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Experience keywords:
architecture and public space; sustainable design and communities; relationship between urban environment and urban society; urban design; urban regeneration and planning policies; design competitions and initiatives
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Ricky Burdett is Professor of Urban Studies at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and director of LSE Cities and the Urban Age programme. He is a Global Distinguished Professor at New York University. He was Chief Adviser on Architecture and Urbanism for the London 2012 Olympics and now advises the Olympic Legacy Park Company. He was architectural adviser to the Mayor of London from 2001 to 2006.
In addition to leading innovative research on global cities, Burdett has curated numerous exhibitions including 'Global Cities' at Tate Modern, was Director of the 2006 Architecture Biennale in Venice and chairman of the Jury for the 2007 Mies van der Rohe Prize. He is architectural adviser to the cities of Genova and Parma, and a member of the Milan Expo 2015 steering committee. He is a Council member of the Royal College of Art and sits on the Mayor of London’s Promote London Board. He is co-editor of 'Living in the Endless City' and a regular contributor to journals, books and media programmes on contemporary architecture and urbanism.
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Countries and regions to which research relates:
Hong Kong; Venice; Genova; Sao Paulo; Italy – Milan; China - Shanghai; Turkey – Istanbul; Germany – Karlsruhe; UK - London; Torino; South America – Mexico City; South Africa – Johannesburg; USA – New York; India - Mumbai; Parma
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Languages: Italian [Spoken: Fluent, Written: Fluent]
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Media experience:
Radio; TV
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The following references are sourced from LSE Research Online|. References that are linked lead to the full text.
Colantonio, Andrea and Burdett, Ricky and Rode, Philipp (2013) Transforming urban economies: policy lessons from European and Asian cities. Routledge, Hampshire, UK. ISBN 9780415830577 Burdett, Ricky (2013) Designing urban democracy: mapping scales of urban identity. Public culture, 25 (2). ISSN 0899-2363 Burdett, Ricky (2013) Resilience and culture in the contemporary city. In: Wang, Wilfried, (ed.) Culture:city. Lars Müller, Berlin. ISBN 9783037783351 Burdett, Ricky (2013) Abhärtung und Kultur in der Stadt der Gegenwart. In: Wang, Wilfried, (ed.) Kultur:stadt. Lars Müller, Berlin. ISBN 9783037783368 Rode, Philipp and Burdett, Ricky (2012) The electric city. In: Burdett, Richard and Rode, Philipp, (eds.) The electric city: Urban Age electric city conference London 6-7 December 2012. The London School of Economics and Political Science is a School of the University of London, Alfred Herrhausen Society, London, UK, pp. 2-4. Burdett, Richard (2012) Mapping scales of urban identity. Architectural design, 82 (6). pp. 92-97. ISSN 1554-2769 Burdett, Ricky and Kaasa, A. (2011) Color as an urban discourse. In: Doherty, G., (ed.) Urbanisms of color . Harvard University Press, Cambridge, USA. ISBN 9781934510261 Burdett, Ricky and Sudjic, Deyan, (eds.) (2011) Living in the endless city. Phaidon, London, UK. ISBN 9780714861180 Burdett, Richard and Rode, Philipp and Soares Gonçalves, Joana Carla (2011) Buildings. In: Towards a green economy: pathways to sustainable development and poverty eradication. UNEP, Nairobi, Kenya, pp. 330-371. ISBN 9789280731439 Burdett, Richard and Rode, Philipp (2011) Cities. In: Towards a green economy: pathways to sustainable development and poverty eradication. UNEP, Nairobi, Kenya, pp. 450-489. ISBN 9789280731439 Burdett, Richard (2011) London - the Olympic legacy. A+U - Architecture and urbanism, (485). pp. 70-74. ISSN 0389-9160 Burdett, Ricky and Rode, Philipp (2011) Living in the urban age. In: Burdett, Ricky and Sudjic, Deyan, (eds.) Living in the endless city. Phaidon, London, UK, pp. 8-43. ISBN 9780714861180 Burdett, Richard (2011) Cities. In: Towards a green economy: pathways to sustainable development and poverty eradication. United Nations Environment Programme, Nairobi, Kenya, pp. 449-489. ISBN 9789280731439 Burdett, Ricky and Kaasa, Adam (2011) Governing change: the metropolitan revolution in Latin America. Architectural design, 81 (3). pp. 42-51. ISSN 1554-2769 Rode, Philipp and Burdett, Ricky and Soares Gonçalves, Joana Carla (2011) Buildings: investing in energy and resource efficiency. In: Towards a green economy: pathways to sustainable development and poverty eradication. United Nations Environment Programme, pp. 331-373. ISBN 9789280731439 Burdett, Richard (2010) Heart of the city. Financial times, ISSN 0307-1766 Burdett, Ricky (2010) Bruce Graham obituary. Guardian News and Media Limited Burdett, Richard (2009) City-thinking for city building. In: Naik, Deepa and Oldfield, Trenton, (eds.) Critical cities: ideas, knowledge and agitation from emerging urbanists. Myrdle Court Press, London, UK, pp. 9-13. ISBN 9780956353900 Rode, Philipp and Burdett, Ricky and Brown, Richard and Ramos, Frederico and Kitazawa, Kay and Paccoud, Antoine and Tesfay, Natznet (2009) Cities and social equity: inequality, territory and urban form. Urban Age Programme, London School of Economics, London, UK Burdett, Richard and Sudjic, Deyan, (eds.) (2008) The endless city: the Urban Age project by the London School of Economics and Deutsche Bank’s Alfred Herrhausen Society. Phaidon, London, UK. ISBN 9780714848204 Burdett, Ricky, (ed.) (2008) Cidades Sul-Americanas: assegurando um futuro urbano. Urban Age. Burdett, Richard and Rode, Philipp (2007) The Urban Age project. In: Burdett, Richard and Sudjic, Deyan, (eds.) The endless city: the Urban Age project by the London School of Economics and Deutsche Bank’s Alfred Herrhausen Society. Phaidon, London, UK, pp. 8-31. ISBN 9780714848204 Burdett, Richard and Rode, Philipp (2007) The capital of suburbia. In: Sudjic, Deyan and Burdett, Richard, (eds.) The endless city: the Urban Age project by the London School of Economics and Deutsche Bank’s Alfred Herrhausen Society.. Phaidon, London, UK, pp. 145-154. ISBN 9780714848204 Burdett, Ricky and Burdett, Ricky and Ichioka, Sarah (2006) Cities: people, society, architecture: 10th International Architecture Exhibition - Venice Biennale. Rizzoli. ISBN 0847828794 Burdett, Ricky (2006) Feeling the urban age. In: Burdett, Ricky, (ed.) Towards an urban age. Urban Age. ISBN 0753020459 Burdett, Ricky (2006) Urban Age erleben. In: Burdett, Ricky, (ed.) Towards an urban age in Deutsch. Urban Age. ISBN 0753020459 Burdett, Richard and Travers, Tony and Czischke, Darinka and Rode, Philipp and Moser, Bruno (2005) Density and urban neighbourhoods in London: summary report. Enterprise LSE Cities, London, UK Burdett, Richard and Travers, Tony and Czischke, Darinka and Rode, Philipp and Moser, Bruno (2005) Density and urban neighbourhoods in London: detailed report. Enterprise LSE Cities, London, UK Burdett, Richard (2002) Stadt am fluss. DB : Deutsche Bauzeitung, 2 pp. 42-51. ISSN 0721-1902 Burdett, Richard (2001) Student city. Domus, 839 pp. 98-111. ISSN 0012-5377 Burdett, Richard (2001) Urban living. Royal Academy magazine, 73 pp. 44-46. ISSN 0956-9332 Burdett, Richard and Firth, Kathryn (2001) Thames Barrier park: a catalyst for urban regeneration. Topos, (35). pp. 54-62. ISSN 0942-752X Burdett, Richard (2000) Rome: the mayor and his architects. Domus, (832). pp. 70-83. ISSN 0012-5377 Burdett, Richard (2000) A future for Salerno. Domus, (829). pp. 95-105. ISSN 0012-5377 Burdett, Richard (2000) Urban design by stealth. Domus, 829 ISSN 0012-5377 Burdett, Richard (2000) Eine radikale weltstadt. Baumeister, 6 pp. 48-51. ISSN 0005-674X Rogers, Richard and Burdett, Richard (2000) Let's cram more into the city. New statesman, ISSN 1364-7431 Burdett, Richard (2000) London: the coolest city. In: Biswas, R. K., (ed.) Metropolis now! Urban cultures in global cities. Springer, New York, USA. ISBN 9783211834961 Power, Anne and Burdett, Richard (1999) Towards an urban renaissance. Urban task force, department of the environment, transport and the regions, Wetherby. ISBN 9781851121656
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