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Design

Shaping remarkable buildings, places and spaces

Shaping remarkable buildings, places and spaces

Arup’s global design practice of architects, masterplanners, urban designers, and landscape architects are dedicated to shaping a sustainable built environment. As a team, we work at all levels, from single structures to entire cities, partnering with clients on their most complex projects, at every stage of the project lifecycle.

As designers, we believe everyone has the right to a beautifully designed, socially inclusive built and natural environment. We harness creativity, technical rigour, and cutting-edge digital tools to make design part of the solution to a more sustainable future. ” Nille Juul Sorensen Nille Juul-Sørensen Director

In an era of rapidly changing expectations, design has never been more important. Our experts are helping clients to explore how their buildings, places and spaces provide value for communities, deliver higher performance, use fewer resources and achieve lower emissions.

Design at Arup takes many forms, but always starts with a human-centric approach that integrates designers, advisors and experts to consider projects from every vantage point. Our work brings together incredible creativity with technical insights and the latest digital tools, to produce buildings, cities and landscapes that are functional, beautiful and ready for the challenges of a changing climate.

Design is our chance to help clients consider the future and align their investments with a detailed vision for a better, more sustainable world.

Architecture

Architecture


We help our clients realise their ambitions through architecture that starts with people, their experiences and their environments, applying our integrated expertise to design buildings and places that are purposeful, simple, efficient and beautiful.

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Urban Design and Masterplanning

Urban Design and Masterplanning


Arup develops masterplanning and urban design solutions that can beneficially shape the long-term development of our towns and cities. We help clients produce inclusive and enjoyable places to live and work, that promote decarbonisation, protect and enhance ecology, and encourage active travel and public transport.

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Landscape Architecture

Landscape Architecture


We help clients to analyse, imagine, design and deliver thoughtful, regenerative schemes – developing everything from urban parklands and leisure facilities, to the green areas around commercial, residential and transport projects.

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Urban Heat Snapshot

How can digital tools reduce the urban heat island effect in our cities?

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How can digital tools reduce the urban heat island effect in our cities?

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People

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