Architecture and design news and events

Students at Birmingham City University (BCU) have been praised by the Mayor of West Midlands for their ambitious ideas to turn the iconic Number 11 bus route into a tourist attraction as well as a vehicle to promote cultural pride and economic growth in the region.     Arts, Design and...

Birmingham City University (BCU) doctoral students explored research entanglements in arts, design, and media at the ninth annual PGR Studio Conference. 

A team of students has been awarded the 1st Runner Up Prize in the  Intergenerational Play Space Design Competition run by Hong Kong Polytechnic University and Hong Kong Jockey Club. The students are part of Birmingham City University’s BA (Hons) Landscape Architecture at the School for Higher and...

An architecture expert at Birmingham City University (BCU) is exploring storytelling as a way to capture the silent voices of  more-than-human actors  and give them a vital stake in architectural planning decisions.

Emily John, who graduated from our BA (Hons) Illustration course in 2023, has become BCU’s School of Architecture’s first artist in residency. 

MA Design Management students bagged prizes for ‘best idea’ and ‘best presentation’ at a Dragon’s Den-style event held at Birmingham City University (BCU) on 29 November 2023.

A BCU-backed project to create a new urban national park in the West Midlands has been praised for the way it “unleashes the power of landscape to shape us and policy makers”, after winning international acclaim at the XII Barcelona International Landscape Biennial.