Paul F Downton

A partial list of publications, conference presentations, research, awards and media 1976 – 1996.

Books

The Politics of Aesthetics
Paul F Downton
1976, Commercial and Community Printers
Cardiff, Wales
EcoCity 2 — The Second International Ecological City Conference Proceedings
Paul F Downton & D Munn (eds)
1992, Urban Ecology Australia
Adelaide, South Australia
Urban Ecology Bibliography — Annotated
Paul F Downton & D Munn (eds)
1993, Centre for Urban Ecology
Adelaide, South Australia
Urban Ecology Bibliography — Annotated (revised expanded second edition)
Paul F Downton & D Munn (eds)
1996, Centre for Urban Ecology
Adelaide, South Australia, ISBN 0646172336
The World's First Piece of EcoCity
Paul F Downton
1994, Centre for Urban Ecology
Adelaide, South Australia
The Second Blitz: The Demolition and Rebuilding of Town Centres in South Wales
R Dumbleton & Paul F Downton (illustrator)
1978, Cleglen
Cardiff, Wales

Sections or Chapters

Green City Handbook
3 chapters
Roman Orszanski (ed)
1991, FoE Nouveau
Adelaide, South Australia
Craft in Society: An Anthology of Perspectives
If a Robot could Weep — The Place of Craft and the Loss of Place in Modern Industrial Society
commissioned chapter, pp 236 – 253
Noris Ioannou (ed)
1992, Fremantle Arts Centre Press
South Freemantle, Western Australia, ISBN 1863680187
Partnerships in Practice
How can partnerships work to ensure sustainable urban communities?
contributor to workshop report, pp 63 – 67
1994, Department of the Environment
London, England

Articles

(sole author unless otherwise indicated)

Cities for the Future
A Carter, Paul F Downton & M Fisher
SA Volunteering
1995/04
Adelaide, South Australia
Supersheep
Arcade
1980 – 1981
Fortnightly cartoon strip
Cardiff, Wales
Architecture is a Verb
Building + Architecture
1986, Volume 13, Number 8
Organic Housing Machine
Architectural Technology
1986, Volume 1
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Postscript to an Unscripted Melodrama
Building + Architecture
1986, Volume 13, Number 9
'Spine of Light' to Transform High Ceiling House
The Advertiser
1986/09/13
View from the Studio
Building + Architecture
1986, Volume 13, Number 6
Buildings Fall Down — Architecture Endures
Building + Architecture
1987, Volume 14, Number 2
Architectphobia — Fear of Architects
Building + Architecture
1987, Volume 14, Number 6
Cox at the Helm
Building + Architecture
1987, Volume 14, Number 9
Daring to Tell the Truth/Architectphilia
Building + Architecture
1987, Volume 14, Number 9

Public Talks

Since 1988 Paul F Downton has given dozens of public talks and presentations on the concept of ecocities in general and the Halifax EcoCity Project in particular.

Awards

Tractor-transportable Sheep Shelter for Welsh Hill Farms
Paul F Downton & Martin Roberts
1st Prize
1979, Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Frenhinol Cymru/Royal National Eisteddfod of Wales, Civil Engineering (Mobile Hill Farm Shelter)
Cardiff, Wales
Intelligent Architecture
computerised ecological housing concept proposal
1980, Tomorrow's New Community
Wales
Portable Theatre Design for Edinburgh Festival
Runner-Up
1981, Edinburgh Festival Mobile Theatre Design
Edinburgh, Scotland
Wine Fountain Design
1st Prize
1981
United Kingdom
Proposal and Design for Local Community Involvement in an Inner-city 'Urban Wasteland' Improvement Project
1st Prize
1982, Prince of Wales Trust Environmental Improvement Project
Cardiff, Wales
Demountable Tent Structure for an Annual Musical Extravaganza
Honourable Mention and Publication
1983, Lightweight Structures Competition
United Kingdom
Design for Extensions and Additions to West Pier Brighton, UK.
Selection
1987, West Pier 2000 International Competition, International Union of Architects XYI Exhibition
Brighton, England
Logo Design for the International Union of Architects
honourable mention
1987, UIA Logo International Competition
[Need thing for which award was granted here]
Paul F Downton & Gar Smith (Earth Island Journal editor)
1992, Environmental Journalism Award
USA
Halifax EcoCity Project proposal
Commendation
1992, Civic Trust Award
Adelaide, South Australia
Halifax EcoCity Project proposal
Outright Winner
1994, World's Best Eco-City Project Award
Berkely, California, USA

Audio/Video Recordings

Ecopolis
Paul F Downton
1990/03/31, video recording by Ariel Rubissow
Berkely, California, USA
Ecological Cities
Paul F Downton
1991/11/20, video recording for Indian Institute of Architects
Calcutta, India

Exhibitions & Poster Presentations

Adelaide, South Australia
1987
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
Beverley, England
1976
Brisbane, Queensland
1995
Istanbul, Turkey
1996
London, England
1981
1983
Melbourne, Victoria
1993
Mid-Pacific Institute, Hawaii
1993
Oxford
1982
Padova, Italy
1995
Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
1992
Sydney, New South Wales
1992