Higher Education
Accelerated by the pandemic, universities are reimagining how they deliver education and research and their role as a catalyst for social and economic development.
Our estate design strategies deliver a framework for interdisciplinary collaboration and bring vibrancy to campuses. As we all move towards a net zero future, our established methodologies are supporting estates teams with their optimisation and decarbonisation strategies.
Our designs are about creating a learning environment that stimulates and inspires students. A place where the best academic minds come together to shape the future.
Higher education institutions are increasingly being recognised as a primary stimulus for economic growth and innovation within their cities. This is influencing long-term campus frameworks and the need for buildings and spaces that facilitate greater collaboration with industry.
Higher Education Highlights
University of Edinburgh unveils flagship engineering forum
The University of Edinburgh’s new Engineering Forum is now complete.
Renewing the iconic Stirling Building
Work has started on a major refurbishment to safeguard the University of Cambridge’s Grade II* listed Stirling Building.
UCL’s historic Main Quad and Wilkins Building gets major multidisciplinary update
The refurbishment of the Main Quad and Grade I-listed Wilkins Building at the historic University College London’s Bloomsbury campus.
Think.
Latest insights, expertise and thought leadership on higher education.
GET with the estate programme
The Great Estates Toolkit (GET). Think of it as a living, interactive strategy lab for your estate.
The vertical campus
Jonny Day explores how a vertical campus model could offer a new blueprint for MENA's transnational education.
Let’s Decarbonise
Our campus framework explores the interconnected layers that deliver a route to Net Zero Carbon.
The campus of tomorrow
Architect, Dan Walder, describes our collaborative vision for 21st century education estates.
A Step Ahead
An installation at Senate House has created a symbol of opportunity for the University of London’s flagship building.
Design.
Every design tells a story.

Heriot-Watt University Dubai Campus
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Create practical decarbonisation pathways that reduce carbon, improve asset performance and support the transition to net zero.
Practice.
We are the original multidisciplinary house of design.







Higher Education brochure
Our brochure covers the key trends in higher education design and showcases our experience and projects.
International Branch Campuses brochure
Our brochure covers the key trends in international branch campus design and showcases our experience and projects.











