Archives: Events
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Bartlett School of Planning Expo 2026: Right to the Good City
Date: 7 May 2026More info This year’s theme explores two interconnected ideas. The Right to the City represents a demand for justice: that all residents should have the power to shape, access, and actively participate in urban life and city-making processes. The notion of the Good City asks what makes an urban environment successful, who benefits from it, and…
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UCL Bartlett Faculty of the Built Environment: From Sustainability to Regeneration (Rethinking the Built Environment?)
Date: 4 June 2026More info Join us for an in-person seminar, discussing regenerative design as a potential new paradigm for the built environment. This event brings together speakers from industry and academia for a series of short lectures, followed by a panel discussion and networking. Focused on the potential shift from sustainability to regeneration, the…
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Geography in Practice: The Connectivity Tool – A Data-led Approach Designed to Achieve Better Spatial Outcomes
Date: 20 May 2026More info Join us for an insightful webinar with Robert Singleton, Greg Haigh and Marco Picardi from the Department for Transport (DfT), as we explore how transport and spatial planners, built environment professionals and geographers can use the DfT Connectivity Tool to unlock sustainable development opportunities and analyse the spatial connectivity of…
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A Celebration of the Life and Work of Michael Twyman
Date: 27 June 2026More info Michael’s family and the Department of Typography & Graphic Communication would like you to join us to share and remember the extraordinary breadth and reach of Michael’s research, teaching, leadership and friendship. RSVP It is an informal event with treasures from family and departmental archives, and just a few short…
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LSE Festival: Place Matters (Community Action for Climate and Wellbeing)
Date: 16 June 2026More info With climate politics at the national and international level so often deadlocked, could action at the community level offer a way forward? This workshop explores how local neighbourhoods can become powerful drivers of climate action and social wellbeing when top-down approaches fall short. The discussion will examine what motivates people…
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Modulex Webinar: Seeing Wayfinding Through Human Eyes: Using Verifind to Design Better Navigation
Date: 7 May 2026More info Wayfinding projects involve a lot of decisions made on instinct. Verifind is Modulex’s innovative solution for changing that, bringing clarity, confidence, and data to signage projects of any size, and transforming the way teams design, specify, and deliver. By leveraging advanced eye‑tracking technology, Verifind reveals how real people actually navigate…
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Northern Design Festival 2026
Start date: 13 May 2026End date: 15 May 2026More info Unifying community and opportunity for creatives in the North of England. Centred on the theme of ‘heritage’, the festival includes speakers from Sea, Wolff Olins, Studio Sana, Baxter & Bailey, plus CR’s editor Eliza Williams. From design workshops and talks to art installations, we aim…
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Exploring Gender Sensitive & Nature Positive Cities (with May East)
Date: 4 June 2026More info An evening exploring urban design through a gender lens with International Urbanist and Author, May East. Join us for an inspiring and interactive evening exploring why those who shape our cities must recognise the gender imbalance and embrace a timely regenerative approach to create gender sensitive and nature positive places.…
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Young Urbanists Present: Where Do Good Ideas Come From?
Date: 6 May 2026More info As long-standing collaborators and sponsors of the Academy of Urbanism’s Young Urbanist network, Foster + Partners and Space Syntax come together for a Young Urbanists led conversation between David Nelson and Tim Stonor exploring a fundamental question: where do good ideas come from? Reflecting on past collaborations and shared ways of working, the discussion examines the processes that…
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Architecture on Stage: Neil Gillespie, Reiach and Hall
Date: 26 May 2026More info In a talk entitled In Two Minds, the practice’s director Neil Gillespie turns his attention to a curated handful of Reiach and Hall’s projects that carry particular personal meaning for him. The Edinburgh-based architectural practice is among the most highly regarded in Scotland today. Shortlisted on four occasions for the Stirling…