Scott Burnham

I am an urban strategist and author who has created, developed, and directed initiatives for over a dozen cities worldwide. I am the author of Reprogramming the City and contributor to Metropolis, The Guardian, Architizer and others. I have addressed The World Bank, The World Urban Development Congress and the European Cultural Conference on strategies for resourceful design, urbanism and creative engagement in cities, and have consulted and delivered keynote addresses on the topic in over 20 countries.

The Future of Phone Booths: Workshop

Phone booths are an endangered urban species, joining the ranks of newspaper boxes, parking pay meters, and other urban elements whose original function has been replaced by technology and changing … Read more

Note of Appreciation:
Last Remaining Overhead Cable, Oslo

Everything is a “last remaining” at some point. In 2016, the last remaining journalists still working on London’s “newspaper row”, Fleet Street, left. There are last remaining survivors from moments … Read more

NatureStructure: Design that works with nature by Scott Burnham

NatureStructure: Design that Works with Nature

The history of the built environment could be broadly defined as a battle against nature: barricading cities and coasts with sea walls, expanding over wetlands and green terrain, dividing migration … Read more

Workshop: Resourceful Design Innovation by Re-imagining Existing Urban Assets

The course I teach for the University of British Columbia is being offered again this year as an online workshop, and registration is now open. As UBC describes it… In … Read more

Reprogramming the City Stockholm What If

Stockholm’s “What If” Campaign for Reprogramming the City

Stockholm communication agency Le Bureau put together a video overview of their campaign for my Reprogramming the City initiative at ArkDes, the Swedish Centre for Architecture and Design. The agency did … Read more

Scott Burnham Design With the City Not For It

Delivering “The Big Chance” Lecture for American Planning Association, Chicago

On Thursday, October 1, 2015 I will be delivering the latest lecture in The American Planning Association’s “The Big Chance” lecture series in Chicago. In The Big Chance series, the … Read more

Scott Burnham Interview in Totally Stockholm Magazine

Revealing the Hidden Potential of the City: Interview

Below is an interview I gave to Totally Stockholm Magazine when Reprogramming the City opened at ARKDES, Stockholm, Sweden. As the article’s author Peter Steen-Christensen introduces the piece: “Burnham is … Read more