
November 2018
The Urbanism Awards + Learning from Europe Seminar
7 November 2018 15:00 Learning from Europe 17:30 The Awards CeremonyU+I 7a Howick Place London SW1P 1DZTickets Join 200 urbanists…
Find out more »Cambridge – Milton Keynes – Oxford Arc evening at Foster + Partners!
Join us at Foster + Partners, the Young Urbanists co-Sponsor, on Wednesday 21 November, for a Young Urbanists evening, supported…
Find out more »December 2018
Coastal Towns in the 21st Century
Perhaps historically the most challenging to regenerate, many coastal towns are finding a new direction, which could provide a model…
Find out more »Young Urbanists Christmas Party at Space Syntax!
Have you been naughty or nice? We’re not bothered either way, so come join us for our 5th annual Members…
Find out more »End of Year Review + Talk by Kevin Murray
Our bi-annual review event to review recent activities and find out what's planned for the next six months. This Review…
Find out more »Recommended Event / Royal Society of Medicine conference
Building health into the urban environment: Evidence and opportunities Join the Royal Society of Medicine as they provide an opportunity…
Find out more »January 2019
Young Urbanists 2019 Urban Pub Quiz!
Kick-start 2019 with another SPECIAL EDITION of the Young Urbanist monthly pub night: an Urban Pub Quiz! Test your urban knowledge…
Find out more »February 2019
Forging Place and Identity in Sheffield : Preserving Distinction in Twenty-First Century Urban Regeneration
Join the Young Urbanist Network for a day discovering Sheffield's story of 21st Century Urban Regeneration. A day of walks…
Find out more »Charrettes: Combining Professional Skills with Real Lives and Emotions
The Association of Dundee Architecture Students kindly invite you to the following event. In partnership with: The Academy of Urbanism,…
Find out more »Oxford-Milton Keynes-Cambridge Growth Arc: Global powerhouse?
The Government is promoting the Oxford - Milton Keynes - Cambridge Arc as a region of economic growth that will…
Find out more »The Future High Street Fund: inspiration for success
Half-day conference in conjunction with the Urban Design Group An intense afternoon of presentations from a cross section of the…
Find out more »March 2019
Charrettes – best practice for 21st Century Placemaking
The Academy of Urbanism is supporting this event by The Urban Design Group Jane Jacobs famously wrote: “Cities have the…
Find out more »Placemaking and Populism: Securing informed community participation in contemporary urban design
Event led and hosted by the University of Dundee Programme 3.15pm - 4.00pm: Registration 4.00pm - 4.15pm: Welcome and Introduction…
Find out more »Her Barking – an evening exploring women-centred urban design.
Join us for a evening of presentations, questions and discussion on women-centred urban design, showcasing the work of Young Urbanist…
Find out more »Learning from Ljubljana
Visit one of Europe’s best small cities. The Academy of Urbanism is organising a two-day visit to Ljubljana to mark…
Find out more »April 2019
Urbanism Awards Shortlisting Workshop
Academicians and Young Urbanists are invited to join this workshop event to select a shortlist of 10 candidates in each…
Find out more »Urbanism Awards Finalists Selection
Academicians and Young Urbanists are invited to join this workshop event to select the finalists of the 2020 Urbanism Awards.…
Find out more »AoU Spring Debate: is our planning system fit for purpose?
Join us for the Academy's annual Spring debate hosted by Grosvenor. This year we table the motion: This House believes…
Find out more »May 2019
Tour de Frome with Young Urbanists
Tour de Frome Join the AoU Young Urbanists on a tour of the Somerset town of Frome, voted the best…
Find out more »Young Urbanists Water Series #1 – Building-Water Resilient Cities
Join us for our first event of the Young Urbanist series exploring the relationship between water and urbanism, for an…
Find out more »Design for Living: The role of design in building a million homes in the Oxford-Cambridge Arc
About Programme Speakers Study Tours Venue Book Now! Milton Keynes is working towards a Festival of Creative Urban Living for…
Find out more »June 2019
Zone in, zone out. Should boundaries be celebrated?
The Young Urbanists Network is organising a debate in the context of the London Festival of Architecture 2019 - whose…
Find out more »Supported / From Boundaries to Belvederes
“Boundaries are actually the main factor in space, just as the present, another boundary, is the main factor in time.”…
Find out more »Young Urbanists Short Talk: Sharing the City – Urban Farming in Bristol
When: Tuesday 11 June, 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm Where: The Architecture Centre, Bristol The event is co-organised by the…
Find out more »AoU Congress Eindhoven – A Place to Call Home: Urbanism and affordable housing
Towns and cities across the world are grappling with the same crisis of housing affordability. Urban areas are now the…
Find out more »July 2019
2020 Urbanism Awards Assessment Visits – Dates Confirmed
This year’s 15 assessment visits to our Urbanism Awards finalists will take place between July and October 2019. Academicians and…
Find out more »Bradford Diagnostic Visit
Bradford City Centre Diagnostic Visit Join Our Diagnostic Panel 4-5 July Bradford, UK Bradford city centre is facing a number…
Find out more »AoU Regions & Nations – July catch-up call
AoU Regions & Nations catch-up calls Next call on Friday 12 July 2019, 0900-1000 (GMT) We're pleased to bring you…
Find out more »2019 Cycle Trip – Schnitzel and Saddle to Vienna and Bratislava!
Cycle study tour to Vienna and Bratislava with the Young Urbanists Are you interested in architecture and urban planning?…
Find out more »Mid-Year Review 19 + Talk: ‘TOWARDS LONDON 3.0’ by Patricia Brown
Supported by Programme 15:00 Arrivals 15:30 Introduction + Mid-Year Review 17:30 Break + further arrivals 18:00 Talk by Patricia Brown…
Find out more »August 2019
Young Urbanist Water Series 2 – Royal Docks Walk + Talk
Join the Young Urbanists for an informal study visit to the Royal Docks, a historic and evolving waterfront neighbourhood in Newham, East…
Find out more »Fast-Track Urbanism Workshop and Research
Where do things live before they're in-stock now, click-and-collected or same-day delivered fresh to your door? The answer is…
Find out more »Young Urbanists 2019 Summer Party!
Join us at Highbury Fields from 6pm on Thursday 29 August 2019 for our members only late-summer party! Please…
Find out more »September 2019
Masterplanning, Scalability and Complexity
It's argued that modern planners are fighting a losing battle to impose order on complex systems because they fail to…
Find out more »AoU Regions & Nations – September catch-up call
AoU Regions & Nations catch-up calls Next call on Friday 6 September 2019, 1000-1100 (GMT) We're pleased to bring you…
Find out more »13th European Biennial of Towns and Town Planners 2019 | Planning on the Edge
Plymouth will host the biennial conference, which aims to launch a debate on how planners and urban designers can help…
Find out more »The UNECE Glasgow Conference on City Living
Background Programme Speakers RSVP By 2050, almost three-quarters of the world’s population will live in urban areas; the 21st…
Find out more »2 Wheel Revolution
Bristol has a reputation as a cycle-friendly city and was awarded ‘Cycling City’ status in 2008. However, many cyclists find…
Find out more »Recommended / A Festival of Creative Urban Living
A Festival of Creative Urban Living brings together the worlds of art, architecture, design, and high-tech within the urban context…
Find out more »October 2019
Making Places Better: The Paisley Pilot Project
Seminar and panel discussion followed by drinks reception Join The Academy of Urbanism and Revo Community for an evening of…
Find out more »Whose public realm?
In the third of their short-talk series, the Young Urbanists present an event for all looking at the freedom of…
Find out more »Towards a Humanising Urbanism – a talk by Dr Rasem Badran
17:15 – Registration + Networking 18:00 – Introduction by Charles Campion (JTP) and Husam AlWaer (AoU+UDG) 18:20 – Towards a…
Find out more »Creating Places for People
This keynote seminar will cover a variety of current topics related to promoting good urban design and the importance of…
Find out more »Supported / Creating ‘Market Cities’: Leveraging the Power of Public Markets as Public Spaces
Speaker: Professor Stephen Davies Principal, Place-Solutions Group, LLC Co-Founder, Project for Public Spaces Visiting Assistant Professor, Pratt Institute Discussion Convenor:…
Find out more »4×4 Manchester – Sin City?
Join us for a special 4x4 event featuring The Guardian's Oliver Wainwright 4x4 is back on the 22nd of October…
Find out more »Reading 2050 lecture by John Worthington MBE: A personal perspective – the role of Reading in a dynamic knowledge economy 1980-2050
John Worthington MBE AoU is a prominent architecture academic and co-founder of architecture and space planning consultancy DEGW. His Reading…
Find out more »Urbanism at the Edge of the Internet
The event will be co-organised by the PETRAS National Centre of Excellence. The centre’s research focus includes investigating issues around…
Find out more »November 2019
Supported / Heritage Trust Network Annual Conference – Vitality, Vibrancy & Revival through Heritage
Join the Heritage Trust Network for their annual conference 2019, this year taking place in Northern Ireland! Early Bird Offer…
Find out more »2020 Urbanism Awards Ceremony + Learning From Europe
27 November 2019 15:00 Learning from Europe 17:30 The Awards CeremonyU+I 7a Howick Place London SW1P 1DZTickets Join 200 urbanists…
Find out more »December 2019
Is there a place for ‘Place’ in Highway Design?
With Hosted by The importance of good placemaking is finally being recognised and yet it remains a concept that…
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