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Willie Miller is a designer and urbanist based in Glasgow, Scotland. He is Principal of Willie Miller Urban Design (WMUD), a design practice based in the West End of Glasgow. Miller studied at Glasgow School of Art, then at the Scott Sutherland School of Architecture and The Built Environment in Aberdeen, and was Assistant Director of Planning at Monklands District Council, prior to establishing (WMUD ) in 1996. Willie Miller has worked (see (location map of projects )) throughout the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands, the Republic of Ireland and the United States (with partner practice (Studio Cascade )). Recent projects undertaken by WMUD under his direction include the production of a Healthy Sustainable Neighbourhoods Model for Glasgow City Council, (development guidance ) for the (Energetica ) project in Aberdeenshire, a cultural study of Derry City Walls, tourism studies of Moyle and County Leitrim in the Republic of Ireland, the spatial aspects of the Regional Strategic Framework for the (Irish Cross Border Area Network ) (ICBAN) with KPMG and a study of the (Crafts Industry in Southern Ireland ) commissioned by the (Crafts Council for Ireland ) in association with a consortium of (LEADER Companies ). These projects suggest a move towards strategic design, though the practice maintains a core of strategic urbanism work through recent projects including a new (town centre and riverfront strategy ) for Dumbarton, a (concept design study ) for Leven town centre in Fife and (physical proposals for the town centre ) of Strathaven. Willie Miller promotes a collaborative and contextual approach to urban design - working across disciplines, in liaison with local communities, businesses and organisational stakeholders, and respecting local context and heritage. As well as being a practising urbanist, Miller is also a commentator on urban design issues, a member of the editorial board of Urban Realm magazine, and is involved with urban design education at the University of Strathclyde's (Department of Architecture ) and the University of Glasgow's (Department of Urban Studies ). He is a member of the Architectural Association. Miller is also a member of the Paris-based (Association Internationale de Développment Urbain ) (INTA); he was a member of the INTA Panels for (Bordeaux Metropolitan 2010 ) and (Repositioning of the South-West sector of the Lyon Metropolitan Area: Givors-Grigny ) in January 2013. He has written for (The Guardian ), (The Architectural Heritage Society of Scotland magazine ) and Urban Realm magazine, and has lectured on (European Urbanism ) at Wayne State University, Detroit. He is also Director of (Co-occurrence ), a digital agency based in the West End of Glasgow which creates web presence, graphics and photography for small businesses and public agencies. He talked about his photography at the Edinburgh Pecha Kucha held during the Edinburgh Festival in August 2012 and won a commendation for his work in the (Jon-Marc Creaney Photography Competition ) organised by the (Glasgow Institute of Architects ) in 2012. ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Willie Miller (urbanist)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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