In 2022, the students in the School of Architecture + Cities received the funding from the Green Fund Scheme to install the hydroponic (green) wall at Marylebone Campus. The University of Westminster’s Centre for Education and Teaching Innovation (CETI) set up the Green Fund Award […]
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LFA 2022 + ArCCAT | Architecture Acts: A Climate Performance in Three Parts | University of Westminster, Marylebone Campus, June 24, 2022, 14:00-17:00
When: Friday, 24th of June 2022 from 2pm to 5pm Where: University of Westminster, Marylebone Campus, 35 Marylebone Road, NW1 5LS Architecture Acts asks participants to think beyond carbon calculations as architecture’s response to climate change. It is predicated on the understanding that architecture acts […]

The bee hotels and a monitoring station installed on University of Westminster’s Marylebone Campus
Big thank you to Ro Spankie, Tony Madgwick and Chris Meloy for realising this initiative. Now awaiting their first guests!

Announcing the new ArCCAT reading group
The Architecture + Cities Climate Action Taskforce is starting a monthly online reading group. We will begin with Flourish: Design Paradigms for Our Planetary Emergency, by Sarah Ichioka and Michael Pawlyn. This will take place on 2nd March, 16.00 – 17.30. If you wish to join the […]

ArCCAT flag flies outside Regent Street campus
Thanks to the support of our VC Peter Bonfield, and the efforts of Dain Son Robinson and Matt and Jessica in the University’s design team, an ArCCAT flag has been produced and is hanging outside the Regent Street building this week. Once it is taken […]

The School of Architecture and Cities Climate Action Taskforce (ArCCAT) Forum | Wednesday, January 26, 14:00-15:00 (GMT) | Online
When: Wednesday, 26th of January 2022 from 2pm to 3pm (GMT) Where: Online event The School of Architecture and Cities Climate Action Taskforce will convene a Forum in January for all interested in finding out what the taskforce has accomplished since its formation last year, what its […]

Sustainable Cities and the Urban Environment Research Community + ArCCAT: Panel Discussion “Good COP / Bad COP” | Wednesday, January 19, 2022 at 16:00 (GMT)
When: Wednesday, 19th of January, 4pm-6pm (GMT) Where: Online event Book tickets via Eventbrite here. The Sustainable Cities and the Urban Environment Research Community and the Architecture and Cities Climate Action Taskforce invite you to a panel discussion to reflect on the successes and failures […]

ArCCAT Climate Action Week: Material ReUse Station Competition winner announced!
Following the completion of the week-long design Student Competition on the ‘Material ReUse Station’ as part of the Climate Action Week (24-29 October) Group 5: The Slice was announced the winner! Congratulations to Julie Beech (BA Interor Architecture), Adam El Hafedi (BA Architecture), Zuzanna Jodlowska […]

ArCCAT Climate Action Week: Practicing Sustainability – from Portfolio to Practitioner | Tuesday, October 26 at 18:00 (BST), Robin Evans Room (M416) + online
When: Tuesday, 26th of October 6pm – 8pm Where: Robin Evans Room (M416) and online | to book tickets please go to Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/practicing-sustainability-from-portfolio-to-practitioner-tickets-191649176847 Organiser and Moderator: Harry Charrington Speakers: Chris Morgan, John Gilbert Architects, Glasgow. Gordon O’Connor-Read, Rural Urban Synthesis Society and Laing O’Rourke. […]

ArCCAT Climate Action Week: Opening of the ArCCAT Climate Action Exhibition + Launch of the Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Campaign | Monday, October 25 from 17:30 (BST), Marylebone Learning Platform
When: Monday, 25th of October at 5.30pm – 6.30pm Where: Marylebone Learning Platform Speaker: Peter Bonfield Curators: Lindsay Bremner, Grace Lancto, Francois Girardin and David Scott, with the assistance of Chris Meloy and John Whitmore. An exhibition of staff and student work from the school […]