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News, Urban Design, Interviews March 10, 2024

Public encouraged to reduce use of vehicles in town centres

Five years ago the Local Councils Association kick-started a Slow Streets project, aimed at establishing routes in certain localities through which vehicles are driven at a reduced speed. The intention ...

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News January 18, 2024

Local Councils’ Role ‘Central’ in Development of Shared Transport

STUDJURBAN recently presented its fourth Sustainable Mobility strategy document on Shared Transport on behalf of the Local Councils Association, which champions shared transport for enhanced urban living. "Shared transport is vital ...

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News November 14, 2023

Removal of Mosta Trees Not Part of Studjurban’s Plans

STUDJURBAN refers to the public outcry following the removal of ficus trees from next to Mosta parish church and disassociates itself completely from this decision. In fact, we reiterate that our ...

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News November 6, 2023

‘Better’ Exists And Residents Have A Right To Demand It

Studjurban Presents Walkability and Accessibility Document at Local Council Association’s Resident First Initiative Malta could be doing things much better than it is doing at the moment and citizens and their ...

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News October 20, 2023

Housing sector’s ‘severe lack of data’ leading to ‘reactive’ policy decisions

The National Statistics Office’s failure to collect a comprehensive set of data on the housing and development sector has led to “reactive” policies from government agencies and prevents the introduction ...

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News, Urban Design August 15, 2023

This is what Mosta square will soon look like

The new Mosta square will still allow traffic through but is designed to allow the authorities to make it fully pedestrianised for a day or during the weekend, according to ...

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News June 9, 2023

In defence of the Maltese terraced house

Urban planner Antoine Zammit wants to change the perception that the only value terraced houses in towns like Santa Luċija, San Gwann, Pembroke, Imtarfa and Ta’ Xbiex have is in ...

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News, Publications May 31, 2023

Sustainable Mobility: Guidelines on Parking Management

Malta is the most densely populated country in the EU, with 424,904 registered vehicles at the end of December 2022 (CEIC, 2022) – most of which are passenger vehicles. Current ...

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News May 28, 2023

In Balluta, a battle over how to restore a historic villa’s value

An architect who drew up plans for the proposed regeneration of the large 19th-century Villa St Ignatius in Balluta says the project will restore the building to its original glory ...

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News May 23, 2023

Dr Antoine Zammit represents Malta within the UM Schools of Architecture and Urban Planning

Dr Antoine Zammit, Senior Lecturer in Spatial Planning, Urban Design and Urban Governance at the Department of Spatial Planning and Infrastructure, within the Faculty for the Built Environment, has recently returned ...

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News March 3, 2023

New website for Studjurban

Studjurban, a leading architectural and urban design boutique consultancy firm is launching its brand-new website www.studjurban.com, a compendium of the studio’s best work to date, its research projects, as well ...

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News December 5, 2022

Pride in our profession – Architect Antoine Zammit

As, together with my team, we commemorate 10 years since the founding of our architecture studio, Studjurban, I find myself thinking not only of this journey of urban and architectural ...

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News November 20, 2022

Studjurban founder on editorial board of Journal of Urban Design

Antoine Zammit, founder of urban design studio Studjurban, was recently appointed on the editorial board of the prestigious international Journal of Urban Design, a scholarly journal addressing urban design theory, research ...

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News February 28, 2022

2022 MASP Awards Announcement

Watching one’s work acknowledged and valued, is always a source of pride and satisfaction. All of us at #TeamStudjurban are delighted that our project in Sliema’s Manwel Dimech Street has ...