Research

  1. 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.

  2. Research / Sustainability Sustainability Strategy

    The climate emergency demands a paradigm shift in our everyday lives. This is why we have developed our Sustainability Strategy to underpin what we do and inform how we design.

  3. Research / Fabric of Place Density and its virtues

    Density and its virtues: what is our residential footprint?

  4. Book / Citymakers: Exploring Models of Urban Development

    To understand how new pieces of city emerge (or how existing ones evolve), we went back to study three models of urban development.

  5. Research / Fabric of Place Eminent Ground: tall buildings in the city

    Eminent Ground: tall buildings in the city

  6. Research / Sustainability Passivtower: a sustainable solution for the high-density city?

    Passivtower: a sustainable housing solution for the high density city?

  7. Research / Madinat al Irfan Urban Picturesque

    Urban Picturesque: on composing, representing and experiencing the city

  8. Book / Fabric of Place

    The Fabric of Place explores how cites, towns and villages can evolve and change by building on their historic form and identity rather than by sacrificing them.