Urban Design Events

Most of our online events are free and are open to the general public as well as members. Registration is required and you can do this via the event listings below.

Upcoming Events

Urban Design Group Events Design Codes - An International Comparison
Tuesday 28 January 2025 - 12:30
This one hour lunchtime event features Rob Cowan and Marcus Wilshere, talking about their recent international study of Design Codes undertaken for the Office for Place.  It is an opportunity for anyone from any country involved in preparing or using design codes to learn important lessons based on global experience.  
Urban Design Group Events UDG Film Night - The White Flats - Designed for Children
Wednesday 29 January 2025 - 18:00
Join friends and colleagues for this delightful film on the Whittington Estate locally known as "The White Flats"  followed by discussion with some of the people involved in the production of the film.  Speakers include:
Urban Design Group Events Applied Urban Design - Book Launch
Monday 17 February 2025 - 17:30
  About this event Admission includes refreshments 17:30 - Doors Open 18:15 - Introduction and Presentations 19:00 - Discussion 20:00 - Close  
UDG Event
Thursday 6 March 2025 - 11:30
Places for People - Building Communities in the age of the Smart City Focusing on the fundamentals of placemaking in the 21st Century - the principles of good Urban Design that underpin the delivery of new communities in which people and nature can thrive side-by-side.
Urban Design Group Events UDG at Building New Communities 2025
Tuesday 29 April 2025 (All day)
Diary date - further details shortly..... 

Recent Events (View Events Archive)

Urban Design Group Events Designing for social interaction in high-density housing
Tuesday 14 January 2025 - 12:30
Hal Mellen, Urban Designer with ADAM Architecture, and Dr Michael Short, Associate Professor in Planning at UCL will talk about design features that can help people to interact in higher density housing.
Urban Design Group Events Christmas Party - Urban Design Group  & Landscape Institute London
Tuesday 17 December 2024 - 18:30
  Come join us for a festive Christmas Party with the LI London Branch and the Urban Design Group on December 17th at 6:30 pm
UDG Event
Tuesday 17 December 2024 - 12:30
Meeting to receive and approve the annual report and accounts.  Agenda
UDG Event
Sunday 15 December 2024 - 16:00
You are warmly invited to an in-person event, Cities of the Eastern Mediterranean: Insights from Damascus and Aleppo.
Urban Design Group Events Concrete Dreams - The Rise and Fall of Cumbernauld Town Centre
Thursday 5 December 2024 - 12:30
Concrete Dreams: The Rise and Fall of Cumbernauld Town Centre. A creative documentation and exploration of Cumbernauld Town Centre through the eyes of its residents, past and present. During their 18-month-long research project, the award-winning artists of Recollective gained exclusive behind-the-scenes access to Cumbernauld New Town’s iconic Town Centre.