Conferences Dubrovnik, Croatia

EU Sustainable Urbanism Conference

Urban Projects Bureau delivered a lecture on Urbanism and Citizen Empowerment at the
EU-sponsored Sustainable Urbanism conference in Dubrovnik in March 2013.

Client: Zelena Akeija – Green Action Croatia

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Conferences Architectural Association, London

Informal City - Design As Political Engagement

Urbanism & The Informal City research cluster explores the concept of the ‘informal’ as a parallel modality that shapes the urban condition.

Client: Urbanism and the Informal Research Cluster, AA

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Conferences Nairobi, Kenya

Transparent Cities_Corruption & Urban Development

Working in collaboration with Transparency International, UPB have been developing a pedagogic model that addresses corruption and urban development.

Client: UN Habitat

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Conferences Medellin, Colombia

UN World Urban Forum 7

Networking event at the World Urban Forum 7 in Medellin.

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#GREATSCHOOLS Think Tank

UPB, together with Hawkins\Brown, Aecom, Creative Wit and the Architects Journal, are part of a think tank about the value of design intelligence in delivering good school buildings.

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Design and the Informal City Research Cluster

UPB are part of the AA Research Cluster rethinking the spatial conditions of informal cities, run by Elena Pascolo, Alex Warnock-Smith and Jorge Fiori.

Client: The Architectural Association

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Teaching Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Making Zuidas

UPB taught a design workshop in Amsterdam, developing integrated urban design proposals and spatial strategies for the Zuidas region of Amsterdam, February 2012.

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Teaching Recife, Brazil

Urban Mobility and Social Housing - International Urban Design Workshop, Brazil

Urban Projects Bureau teach an international urban design workshop in Recife, Brazil.

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Teaching UNICA, Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy

Univer(C)ity

Elena Pascolo was a visiting professor at the University of Cagliari, Italy.

Guardian Cities #42: Medellín

UPB Contributes to the Guardian’s Stories of Cities, #42: Medellín

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Conferences Abu Dhabi, UAE

UN World Urban Forum 10

Cities of Opportunities - Connecting Culture and Innovation.

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Writing Central Saint Martins, London

Spatial Practices Book Launch

Edited by Mel Dodd, and published by Routledge, the book explores ‘spatial practices’ - a loose and expandable set of approaches that embrace the political and the activist, the performative and the curatorial, the architectural and the urban.

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Writing London

100 Projects UK CLT

UPB's Bradford Block at Graveney School featured in 100 Projects UK CLT

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