Centre for Urban Development

and Environmental Management

Staff

Lindsay Smales
Course Leader, Urban & Regional Planning (Undergraduate)
Tel: +44 (0)113 283 2600 ext. 1963
Email: l.smales@leedsmet.ac.uk

Lindsay Smales has worked as an urban design consultant with ECOTEC, on the regeneration of Birmingham's central office area, and on the redevelopment of major waterfront sites for Leeds Urban Development Corporation and Llewelyn-Davies Planning. He is currently working with Leeds City Council's Planning Department on Urban Design Strategy. He has also advised Hambleton DC on key design policies and initiatives. He has extensive experience of organising and running community planning and design workshops for, amongst others, The Leeds Initiative and Leeds Development Agency.

Between 1996-8 Lindsay also worked on a British Council-funded programme in Turkey to develop community-based urban design guidance. In 1995 he was Visiting Research Fellow at the Department of Architecture, The University of Cape Town. He has held senior positions in Higher education for the last thirteen years and is currently joint Course Leader for Leeds Metropolitan University's MA in Urban Environment. He is presently undertaking research into the various bids in West Yorkshire for Objective 2 status and funding.

Recent Publications

Smales, L. & Whitney, D. (1996) Inventing a Better Place: Urban Design in Leeds in the Post-War Era, in Haughton, G. Corporate City, Avebury, Aldershot.

Smales, L. (1996) Urban Design Strategies for Millennium Cities: Report on Workshop Session, Urban Design Quarterly, October.

Smales, L. & Burgess, M. (1999) Tapping into Local Talent: The Production of the Leeds City Centre Urban Design Strategy, Built Environment, December.