Research

  1. Research / Making Barbican Centre: Grain and Scale

    The design and making of Barbican Centre: Grain and Scale. The experience of representing a project yet to be, and of experimentation and abstraction in architectural model-making.

  2. Research / Universities as urban catalysts Urban opportunism and higher education

    Urban opportunism and higher education: How has one urban university, across multiple sites in London, evolved as both a patron of architecture and a participant in urban regeneration?

  3. Research / Sustainability Net Zero 2030

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

  4. Book / Blurring the boundaries between town and gown

    A new book illustrates our experience as planners and architects for some of the most ambitious university developments in the UK and abroad.

  5. Book / Citymakers: City Knowledge, Knowledge City

    A centuries old relationship; knowledge production and the city. We explore how that relationship manifests itself in three UK cities, and how the dynamic is evolving.

  6. Research / Making Heritage Work The 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.

  7. Research / Making Heritage Work Towards 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.

  8. Book / Citymakers: What we leave behind

    The climate emergency demands we retain much more of our urban fabric rather than build anew. Here we explore ways of approaching the often awkward urban inheritance of the 20th century.