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What Would You Die For?

Essays by Roger Scruton, Ken Worpole & Ghassan Hage, with an introduction by Chris Rawlings.
British Council, Counterpoint Series, 2004.
This essay, The meaning of death or the death of meaning?, examines the historic role which cemeteries have played in the architectural and moral geography of the town or city.

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21st Century Libraries

Changing Forms, Changing Functions, Ken Worpole.
Building Futures, CABE, May 2004. This report on the challenges facing contemporary public library architecture, was commissioned by Building Futures, a unique collaboration between CABE and RIBA, with additional support from MLA (Museums, Libraries, Archives).
Better Public Libraries
Introductory essay, Ken Worpole. CABE & Re:Source, September 2003.
Ken Worpole outlines some of the principal differences which now might be drawn between traditional and modern library architecture, and how design might be used to enable libraries to capture the public imagination once more.
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Children, Young People and Public Space. Ken Worpole.
Groundwork, June 2003.
This report argues that planning for play, and the need to create safe street networks and spaces for children and young people, is a pre-condition of a healthy community life and urban 'liveability'.
 
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