Description: Comedia was founded in 1978 by Charles Landry and has comprised a group of people who developed projects concerned with city life, culture and creativity
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Web site by Artlook Software Hosting by Drive 33 Comedia has now become less of a structured organisation and more a network of collaborators, who share thinking, ideas, projects and initiatives. This website provides direct links to all aspects of Comedias work, a significant amount of which is now undertaken under the charleslandry.com banner.
Comedia was founded in 1978 by Charles Landry and has comprised a group of people who developed projects concerned with city life, culture and creativity. Many individuals like Phil Wood, Jonathan Hyams, Fred Brookes, Ken Worpole, Dave Morley, Franco Bianchini, Crispin Aubrey, Peter Hall, Geoff Mulgan, Jude Bloomfield, Patrick Wright, Naseem Khan, Russell Southwood, Peter Boyden, Liz Greenhalgh, John Montgomery and Francois Matarasso have contributed to Comedias growth. This 30 year history resulted in ove
Project highlights include The Richness of Cities , Culture At The Crossroads , and The Art of Regeneration , Creativity and Culture , and our work in cities as diverse as Osaka and Wakefield, Dubai and Doncaster, Melbourne and Tirana, Johannesburg and St. Petersburg, Perth and Penang, Helsinki and Huddersfield. Important books include: The Creative City , The Art of City Making , The Intercultural City , and Riding the Rapids: Urban Life in an Age of Complexity .