Burdett, Richard
Professor Richard Burdett
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Experience keywords:
relationship between urban environment and urban society; urban design; architecture and public space; design competitions and initiatives; sustainable design and communities; urban regeneration and planning policies
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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:
Germany – Karlsruhe; USA – New York; Hong Kong; Italy – Milan, Parma, Torino, Genova, Venice; South America – Mexico City, Sao Paulo; UK - London; China - Shanghai; Turkey – Istanbul; India - Mumbai; South Africa – Johannesburg
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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.
Burdett, Ricky and Sudjic, Deyan, (eds.) (2011) Living in the endless city. Phaidon, London, UK. ISBN 9780714861180 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 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 (2011) London - the Olympic legacy. A+U - Architecture and urbanism, (485). pp. 70-74. ISSN 0389-9160 Burdett, Richard (2011) Green cities. In: Towards a green economy: pathways to sustainable development and poverty eradication. United Nations Environment Programme, pp. 256-256. ISBN 9789280731439 Burdett, Richard (2011) Living in the urban age. In: Burdett, Richard and Sudjic, Deyan, (eds.) Living in the endless city. Phaidon, London, UK. ISBN 9780714861180 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, (ed.) (2009) Istanbul: city of intersections. Urban Age. ISBN 9780853284192 Burdett, Richard, (ed.) (2009) İstanbul: kesişimler şehri. Urban Age. ISBN 9780853284280 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) South American cities: securing an urban future. Urban Age. Burdett, Ricky, (ed.) (2008) Cidades Sul-Americanas: assegurando um futuro urbano. Urban Age. Burdett, Ricky, (ed.) (2007) Urban India: understanding the maximum city. Urban Age. ISBN 9780853282228 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, (ed.) (2006) Mexico City: growth at the limit? Urban Age. ISBN 0753019515 Burdett, Ricky, (ed.) (2006) Johannesburg: challenges of inclusion? Urban Age. ISBN 0753020432 Burdett, Ricky, (ed.) (2006) German cities: success beyond growth? Urban Age. ISBN 0753019531 Burdett, Ricky and Burdett, Ricky and Ichioka, Sarah (2006) Cities: people, society, architecture: 10th International Architecture Exhibition - Venice Biennale. Rizzoli. ISBN 0847828794 Burdett, Ricky, (ed.) (2006) 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, Ricky (2006) Feeling the urban age. In: Burdett, Ricky, (ed.) Towards an urban age. 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: detailed 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: summary report. Enterprise LSE Cities, London, UK Burdett, Ricky, (ed.) (2005) Shanghai: the fastest city? Urban Age. Burdett, Ricky, (ed.) (2005) London: Europe's global city? Urban Age. ISBN 0753019507 Burdett, Ricky, (ed.) (2005) New York: is almost alright? Urban Age. 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) Designing urban regeneration. Regeneration and planning, Burdett, Richard and Firth, Kathryn (2001) Thames Barrier park: a catalyst for urban regeneration. Topos, (35). pp. 54-62. ISSN 0942-752X Burdett, Richard (2001) Urban living. Royal Academy magazine, 73 pp. 44-46. ISSN 0956-9332 Burdett, Richard (2000) Rome: the mayor and his architects. Domus, (832). pp. 70-83. ISSN 0012-5377 Burdett, Richard (2000) Urban design by stealth. Domus, 829 ISSN 0012-5377 Burdett, Richard (2000) A future for Salerno. Domus, (829). pp. 95-105. 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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