ProjectBarbican Renewal

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.

Talk 07.11.2023 / Citymakers - City Knowledge, Knowledge City: Manchester

When university, developer and city collaborate to transform a piece of city, how can design nurture this reinvention?

ProjectSnape Maltings Masterplan

ProjectMarlborough College Innovation Centre

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.

ProjectMsheireb Eid Prayer Ground

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.

ProjectAlUla Framework Plan

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 / Banham HeadquartersSecuring the future

ProjectHinsley Lane

ProjectOrange Tree Theatre

Research / SustainabilityUpfront Carbon

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

ProjectVan Hasselt Centre, Cranleigh School

Research / Fabric of PlaceDensity and its virtues

Density and its virtues: what is our residential footprint?

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.

Project / Clandon ParkLearning from Clandon