Project / Elephant and Castle Town CentrePiccadilly of the south

Book / Citymakers: Pragmatics of the Picturesque

The Picturesque has come to influence how we look at and respond to the city. We investigate what the picturesque is, as both a theory of historic origins and as a practical design tool for urbanists

Talk 24.11.2022 / Citymakers - What we leave behind, Urban Legacies: Future

Can we create cities for the future, when we have no idea what the future will be?

ProjectHackney Characterisation Study

Project / King's CrossA work of urban repair

Research / SustainabilityNet Zero 2030

Net zero in the city: call for projects for a GLA research paper that will guide London’s decarbonisation journey.

Project / Bayside, WorthingSetting sights

Research / Making Heritage WorkThe National Gallery's front door

The curious case of The National Gallery's front door: Considering the urban role of the cultural institution in the city.

Project / Imperial College White City CampusA campus of serendipity

Book / Citymakers: A new Urban Model

Msheireb Downtown Doha has sought to engage with a growing Gulf city's local climate and culture. To better appreciate it, we explored it as a case study in urban change.

ProjectProject Prospero, Shakespeare's Globe

ProjectWhitechapel Road Development

ProjectMarlborough College Innovation Centre

Research / Making Heritage WorkTowards a better balance between heritage and growth

Commissioned by Historic England, our report 'Towards a Better Balance between Heritage and Growth' addresses public concern that many historic places are being damaged by unsustainable development.

ProjectMaine Montparnasse

Research / SustainabilityUpfront Carbon

Getting upfront with embodied carbon: a tool to empower designers at the beginning of building projects

Book / Complex City

Complex City is a detailed mapping of London’s historic layers, emerging from our work in characterisation studies. The book puts forward a new argument for character-based development.

Project / Addenbrooke's Hospital and Cambridge Biomedical CampusHospital to Cambridge and the world