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  • Climate & Materials

Reading Climate Before Drawing Form

Climate analysis becomes useful when it changes the first design decisions....
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  • Urban Futures

Measuring Walkability Beyond Distance

A route can be short on a map and still feel difficult on the ground....
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  • Research & Strategy

Why Urban Identity Needs More Than a Style Guide

A living place cannot be described by facade rules alone....
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  • Climate & Materials

How Materials Shape Thermal Comfort

Surfaces affect the comfort of streets and courtyards as well as buildings....
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  • Urban Futures

The Role of Edges in Public Space

What happens around a square often matters as much as what happens in its centre....
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  • Urban Futures

Designing Ground Floors That Can Adapt

Flexibility at street level protects a building’s usefulness as needs change....
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  • Research & Strategy

A Framework for Human Scale in New Districts

Large plans become easier to inhabit when they are designed from the pedestrian’s view....
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  • Climate & Materials

Learning from Mountain Settlements

Historic responses to slope and climate can inform contemporary places....
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  • Research & Strategy

Turning Community Feedback into Design Criteria

Translate many opinions into a small set of testable project decisions....
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  • Urban Futures

Using Urban Data Without Losing the Street

Combine quantitative evidence with direct observation of how people use a place....
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  • Research & Strategy

The Hospitality Industry in Saudi Arabia

How hospitality projects can connect visitor experiences with local places and communities....
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