In a further sign that the British establishment is going whole hog for new urbanism, the Royal Institute of British Architects‘ president, George Ferguson, issued a call for architects to come out of their shells and embrace the label of “urbanist,” alongside “(in alphabetical order!) architects, developers, engineers, environmentalists, landscape architects, leisure consultants, planners, politicians, sociologists, surveyors, technologists, transport consultants or urban designers.”

More from The Guardian, including a follow-up letter from Richard Rogers, who doesn’t understand that new urbanism “transcends style” (in the words of the Charter).