As architects and urban designers, we are drawn to settlement boundaries and the defined transitions between city neighbourhoods. In our search for the moments along the edge where framed views of a world beyond become places to pause, reflect and interact, we have become fascinated by the urban set-piece structures - promenades and loggias - which often define the urban threshold: where boundaries become belvederes. This edition of & explores these moments and the nature and importance of boundaries in buildings and settlement design through the study of five of our recent studio projects and framed by two short inspirational essays by Professor Alison Wright and Dr Husam AlWaer.
