Archives: Events
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Accessibility is not an afterthought
Date: 16 May 2024More info Accessibility affects everyone, not just those with visible disabilities. This series will challenge your perceptions, highlight the universal benefits of inclusive design, and debunk common accessibility myths. Whether you are a developer, a business leader, or a proactive team member, gaining insights into accessibility can significantly impact how you develop…
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RNIB introduction to inclusive environments
Date: 12 June 2024More info RNIB Health and Social Care Skills Development team will deliver a short introductory course that will highlight the fundamental design principles that can be reasonably applied to home, working and public places and that can support wayfinding and useability for people with differing levels of sight loss. These design principles…
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Inclusive design, placemaking for everyone
Date: 11 June 2024More info This event will explore how we can create a built environment where everyone, regardless of their economic circumstances, gender, ethnicity, age, sexual identity, physical ability, nationality or religion, can participate fully in all available social, economic, cultural , political opportunities. Key issues covered will include: Access to amenities Economic inclusion…
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The Pineapples prize-giving party
Date: 16 May 2024More info Join us for the presentation of the golden pineapples to the best in place at this party and presentation event. As we like to challenge the status quo and do things differently, our awards ceremonies reflect this. We like to mingle, so it’s not a formal sit-down dinner but there…
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2024 SEGD exhibition + experience design
Start date: 20 June 2024End date: 21 June 2024More info This biannual 2024 SEGD event in Washington DC, themed “Transformational Impact of Exhibition and Experience Design,” is set to explore the pivotal role of design in addressing today’s complex global challenges. Focusing on issues like climate crisis, societal polarization, and technological ethics, it positions exhibition…
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London National Park City: Integrating natural & cultural heritage to build metropolitan resilience
Date: 13 June 2024More info This workshop presented by London National Park City and the London Hub of Heritopolis will explore progress in developing the potential of London’s National Park City. London was designated as a ‘National Park City’ in 2019, with the ambition to ‘turn London into a more liveable, workable and sustainable city’, emphasising the importance of…
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CNU32.Cincinnati
Start date: 15 May 2024End date: 18 May 2024More info The congress focus this year is restorative urbanism. The Charter calls for the restoration of existing urban centers and towns within a coherent regional structure. Recognising the complexity of this challenge, a practice of restorative urbanism heals the past harms inflicted on the built environment,…
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Reimagining the future of the built environment: exploring places, movement and materials
Date: 16 May 2024More info Buro Happold’s Young Employees Forum (YEF) and BH Backstop, Buro Happold’s employee climate action group, are hosting a Climate Conference, exploring the future of the built environment, structured around three themes: Materials, Nature, and Places. The event aims to inspire the next generation of built environment professionals to think beyond business-as-usual…
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The Wales Map Symposium 2024
Date: 17 May 2024More info This year’s symposium will be looking at the role of cartographers and surveyors in creating maps, and how an examination of the work of mapmakers through the centuries can help us better understand the maps they created.
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The Nature of Cities Festival
Start date: 3 June 2024End date: 7 June 2024More info TNOC Festival is part conference, part radical imagination, part retreat. Take part in a global community of urban thinkers and changemakers to build cities that are better for nature and all people by mixing art, science, and urban practice. TNOC Festival schedule.