Videos
Hangzhou Future City Competition
JTP has won first place the urban design competition for Hangzhou’s Future Sci-Tech City. This video features JTP’s winning design which reflects the traditional watertown typology found across Hangzhou, the capital city of Zhejiang Province in Eastern China, located 180 km to the southwest of Shanghai.
Fulham Reach, London
With its riverside walk already open to the public, in this video, JTP’s chairman, John Thompson, explains how Fulham Reach will soon offer London a new destination along the north bank of the River Thames.
New Zhukovsky, Moscow
The JTP led design team worked closely with the National Centre for Aviation client and local consultants through a week long Charrette to produce a Vision and Illustrative masterplan for New Zhukovsky, a large new town on the banks of the Moscow River to the south east of Moscow.
This video captures the highlights from the week-long Charrette.
Pingshan Central District Shenzhen, China
This award winning competition entry for a new eco-district has the principles of bioclimatic design and sustainable urbanism at its core. This video shows how the layout of the district has been shaped by the environment to create a truly responsive low carbon settlement.
Hornsbruksgatan Community Planning Weekend
John Thompson explains how we worked with over 200 members of the local community at Sweden's first Community Planning Weekend to build a Vision for Hornsbruksgatan, one of Stockholm's inner city streets.
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JTP Community Planning
My Introduction to Community Planning
Part of a series of soundbites from John Thompson, chairman of JTP. In this soundbite John speaks about his personal journey into Community Planning and fascination of learning from place.
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JTP Collaborative Planning
Community Planning at JTP
As pioneers of the Community Planning process JTP have over 15 years experience in carrying out the community engagement processes. John Thompson speaks about what Community Planning means at JTP.
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JTP Visioning
Academy of Urbanism
John Thompson founded the Academy of Urbanism in 2006. In this Soundbite John explains the innovative work that the Academy of Urbanism carries out in promoting best practice in urbanism and learning from place.
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The Academy of Urbanism
What is Community Planning?
John Thompson speaks about Community Planning - JTP's participatory process that engages stakeholder knowledge and commitment at every stage of the process.
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Community Planning Projects
MEZE - Micro Enterprise Enabling Zone
MEZE is a new service offered by JTP Cities that enables people to be involved in the commissioning and creation of their homes and work places from the beginning of the development process.
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JTP Meze
Shenzen Xiasha
JTP, in collaboration with Alan Dunlop Architects and Gillespies, was awarded third place in an international design competition for a large seaside resort on the Dapeng Peninsula of Shenzhen. This video showcases JTP’s competition entry for the 150 hectare site, which the local authority looks to transform into an international tourist destination.
Moscow Expansion Winning Team
John Thompson & Partners is delighted to announce that it has been named one of the winners of the Moscow Expansion design concept competition as part of the Capital Cities Planning Group team.
The film presented here is a summary of this submission.
Suzhou Eco-Town, China
Designed as an integrated eco-system, the Suzhou Eco-Town masterplan was informed by the concept of agro-urbanism and combines Chinese principles with bio-climatic strategies. This video describes the innovative bio-climatic design and collaborative process that formed the first phase of this low carbon settlement.
Sustainable Urbanism
The City as an Eco-System: In this short clip John Thompson speaks about bioclimatic urbanism and architecture.
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The City as an Eco-System
China
In March 2011 JTP opened a studio in Shanghai on the back of its growing Chinese workload. In this short-clip, John Thompson talks about the exciting possibilities for JTP to change the direction of place-making in China.
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Building Design, 7 April 2011
The Work of Our Practice
Are you a modernist or a traditionalist? John Thompson speaks about the body of work of the Practice which creates new and interesting places that are relevant to context.
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JTP Architecture
What Makes a Good Building?
10th in the series of soundbites, John Thompson speaks about what he believes makes a good building.
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JTP Architecture
JT on JTP
In this soundbite John Thompson speaks about the work of JTP and the challenges for the Practice in the future.
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About Us
Localism
With over 15 year's experience, JTP's collaborative planning approach sits at the heart of the 'localism' agenda and is now more relevant than ever.
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JTP Localism