April 2019
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…
Find out more »End of Year Review 19 + Building Better, Building Beautiful – a talk by Sir Roger Scruton and Nicholas Boys Smith
10 December 2019 15:00 Review 18:00 Talk The Gallery, 70 Cowcross Street, London EC1M 6EJ The Review – 15:00-17:30 Join…
Find out more »Book Launch: CLIMAX CITY Masterplanning & the complexity of urban growth
Human settlements are the result of a mix of self-organisation and planning. Planners are fighting a losing battle to impose…
Find out more »AoU Scotland Christmas Drinks – Glasgow
Come and join Scottish members of The Academy of Urbanism for a Christmas drink (or two), catch up with familiar…
Find out more »January 2020
Kick-off Workshop ‘Planning Under Emergency’
The ‘Planning Under Emergency’ project examines the current planning system in the UK focusing on the level of responsibilities and…
Find out more »Young Urbanist’s North Street Bar Crawl-Bristol
Wednesday 22 January 2020 18:00 - 20:00 Tobacco Factory, Raleigh Road, BS3 1TF Bristol, United Kingdom Join us for our bar…
Find out more »Young Urbanists ‘Winter Party’!
Are you ready for the new decade or not just yet? We are excited, so come join us for our…
Find out more »February 2020
Homes and Neighbourhoods for All – Urbanism and Affordable Housing in the UK
Venue: Karakusevic Carson Architects Unit E03, The Biscuit Factory, 100 Clement Road London, SE16 4DG United Kingdom Afternoon seminar following…
Find out more »SOLD OUT: Integrative placemaking – addressing the ‘silos’ with collaborative approaches
This event is sold out This event is now sold out. Complete the form below to add your details to…
Find out more »March 2020
Limerick: Resilience, Revival and Regeneration
Book Now The transformation of mid-level European cities is providing space for new ideas, enterprise, investment and even building…
Find out more »NPF4 Workshop – Glasgow
Come and join fellow members of The Academy of Urbanism for an evening workshop responding to Scottish Government's NPF4 Call…
Find out more »NPF4 Workshop – Edinburgh (CANCELLED)
This event has been cancelled due to the continued spread of the Coronavirus. We will be in touch directly with…
Find out more »Young Urbanists 2020 Urban Pub Quiz! (CANCELLED)
This event has been cancelled due to the continued spread of the Coronavirus. We will be in touch directly with…
Find out more »Young Urbanist: Monthly Drinks in Bristol! (CANCELLED)
This event has been cancelled due to the continued spread of the Coronavirus. We will be in touch directly with…
Find out more »Join AoU Scotland’s coffee break
Take a break from work, and join AoU Scotland online for a coffee Make yourself a tea or coffee, launch…
Find out more »April 2020
Urbanism Awards 2021 Shortlisting – (CANCELLED)
Afternoon workshop for Academicians and Young Urbanists to shortlist nominations for the 2021 Urbanism Awards.
Find out more »Online NPF4 Workshop
Come and join fellow members of The Academy of Urbanism online for a workshop responding to Scottish Government's NPF4 Call…
Find out more »Young Urbanist: ‘Planning Under Emergency’ Map Launch Workshop (POSTPONED)
This event has been postponed due to the continued spread of the Coronavirus. We will be in touch directly with…
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