Yuli Cadney-Toh, an architect director at multi-disciplinary firm BDP’s<\/a> Bristol studio, who recently returned to the city after 30 years working around the world, says the city’s skyline had barely changed in the last four decades. She says that we are at risk of being distracted by the debate around Bristol’s skyline and missing the more important civic brief.<\/p>\n “As a city, we need to define with clarity and vision the positive contribution we want these developments to make to their surrounding streets, city quarter, the environment and beyond\u00a0\u2013 with that vision, the built environment will follow. The true value to a city of tall buildings<\/a>, or indeed any buildings, is not in \u2018how high’ but in how we want them to contribute to the public realm, businesses, employment, sustainability and quality of life on the ground”, says Yuli.<\/p>\n