Liveable Cities: Critiquing the Urban Renaissance

Some 25 years ago, Richard Rogers proposed an urban renaissance for UK cities, marking a moment of optimism for a rapidly urbanising world. Since then, cities have faced criticism as sites of inequality, social injustice, unsustainability, and global health challenges, while also offering economic opportunity, cultural creativity, and innovative architecture and planning.

This conference, held in partnership with the University of Salford and AMPS, explores diverse perspectives on urban life, including design, planning, management, social policies, and cultural trends. It brings together scholars and practitioners to examine how cities and the built environment shape social, cultural, political, and technological life.

Architecture Media Politics Society (AMPS) is an interdisciplinary research organisation that fosters dialogue through conferences, publications, and collaborations, investigating critical issues in architecture, urbanism, sustainability, media, and public policy.