For ray gindroz, it was a great little jolly. In september, 60 American architects and planners crossed the Atlantic to meet the UK's most influential politicians. First they were addressed by deputy prime minister John Prescott at Admiralty House in London. Then they journeyed out to the Cotswalds for a private seminar with Prince Charles at his private retreat, Highgrove. The government is so eager to please US architects such as Gindroz because it wants to borrow their ideas for key UK housing projects, such as the Thames Gateway growth areas and the East Lancashire housing market renewal pathfinder. Gindroz is a new urbanist That means he is a member of the movement among American planners and architects dedicated to the creation of sustainable urban communities that are pedestrian rather than car-friendly - as opposed to the placeless sprawl of the past two decades. Prescott believes that the new urbanists hold the key to the implementation of his sustainable communities plan.
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