Gold medallists on the road to a happy city

Town planning was once an Olympic event. Gold medals were introduced in the 1928 Games held in Amsterdam for town planning as a distinct category, with medals also awarded for the three following Olympic Games until 1948.

Since the onset of the recession, those operating in the planning and wider property sector might well experience every day like a pentathlon – swimming (to stay afloat), fencing (in the cut-and-thrust of negotiation), running (to stand ...