We're thrilled that the Bartlett is ranked global #1 for Architecture and Built Environment studies for the fourth year in a row, according to the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2026 (@TopUnis ).
We also remain #1 in the UK for the 12th year in a row 🎉
A huge thank you to our students, staff, alumni, partners and the wider Bartlett community for making this possible. Together, we are proud to lead the way in shaping the future of the built environment 🫶
🔗 Click the link in our bio to read the full story.
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The Bartlett has been ranked #1 for Architecture in The Guardian University Guide 2026 league table, with all of our undergraduate architecture programmes named at the top of its rankings.
The Bartlett School of Planning, The Bartlett School of Sustainable Construction and The Bartlett School of Environment, Energy and Resources have also all been ranked #1 in their fields.
"It is wonderful to see four of our schools recognised in The Guardian University Guide 2026. The Bartlett is a collaborative, innovative and inclusive community working hard on our shared mission to build a better future for all – and students are at the heart of what we do."
- Professor Jacqui Glass
Dean of The Bartlett Faculty of the Built Environment
Read more at the link in our bio.
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The Bartlett Summer Show launches in six weeks! 🎉
Over 1,000 students from the Bartlett School of Architecture will exhibit design projects on campus and online in our flagship architecture show, from Thursday 25 June to Sunday 12 July.
Find out more at the link in our bio 🔗
Images: 'Square Mile Circular Housing'
by Alistair Ang, Architecture BSc (ARB/RIBA Part 1), UG04
From The Bartlett Summer Show 2025
This project reimagines a monolithic office complex in the City of London as a circular, mixed-use housing development in accordance with the 2040 City of London plan. The existing structure is retained and retrofitted to address the growing need for sustainable urban living, while embracing circularity through minimal demolition, material waste and carbon impact.
The design works across three interlocking scales over time: urban, building, and modular. The result is an adaptable, multi-programmatic neighbourhood embedded within the city, where living, working, and nature intersect.
See more of this and other projects from recent shows at our Shows Archive in the link in our bio ☝️
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In a new article published in The Bartlett Review, Prof Murray Fraser (the Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL) and Dr Joe Penny @penny_dropping (UCL Urban Laboratory) bring their research together to ask: What caused London's housing crisis, and how do we fix it?
Read the full article in The Bartlett Review at the link in our bio ☝️
#housingcrisis #TheBartlettReview #thebartlettschoolofarchitecture #wearethebartlett #ucl
We recently hosted our annual Architecture BSc Presentation Week at our Bloomsbury campus.
Over several days, students across all the design units on our undergraduate architecture programme shared their ongoing design work, offering a window into their developing creative thinking and technical skills, and sharing design directions and outcomes from their respective units.
Architecture BSc (ARB/RIBA Part 1) is our world-leading undergraduate programme, accredited by the Architects Registration Board and the Royal Institute of British Architects. During years 2 and 3 of the course, our students learn in design units, small studio communities led by practising architects and specialist tutors, each with their own design agenda.
Find out more about studying at the Bartlett School of Architecture at the link in our bio.
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📸: Richard Stonehouse
Today, Wednesday 06 May, we launch a new event series: Disability, Deafness and Neurodiversity in Architecture
The Bartlett School of Architecture research cluster for Disability, Deafness, and Neurodiversity is intended as a long-term, internationally connected centre for researching the intersections of disability, deafness, and neurodiversity within the built environment and advancing disability praxis in architectural education, scholarship and beyond.
Four public seminars and workshops will explore these themes in architecture, foregrounding inclusive research, pedagogy and design practices.
We begin with this afternoon's online event, Crip and Civic Pedagogies, with an introductory talk by Jordan Whitewood-Neal and a facilitated discussion around key questions regarding the cluster’s future role in developing crip-led pedagogies at the Bartlett and beyond. Join us next week too for the follow-up workshop at the Zaha Hadid Foundation.
This work is funded by the Bartlett School of Architecture’s Just Environments Incubator, which supports projects that generate new forms of spatial, environmental, and socially just practices.
Find out more about the event series and register for the sessions at the link in our bio.
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In two months, we launch the Bartlett Summer Show 2026!
Over 1,000 of our students will exhibit design projects on campus and online in our flagship architecture show, from Thursday 25 June to Sunday 12 July. Discover what the future of architecture looks like, with final projects produced across four undergraduate courses and our postgraduate Architecture MArch degree.
This year's show is part of our #UCL200 celebrations, marking the bicentenary of UCL.
Learn more about this year's show at the link in our bio.
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Image: Circulation Mapping
from Atmosplay Grounds: Dust, Carbon and Community
by Lily Alexander Kerr
Architecture MArch, PG11, Year 5
Places are filling up on our Landscape Architecture summer short course!
Our five-day short course is ideal for final-year undergraduate architecture students and architecture professionals who are thinking about studying landscape architecture. It's an exciting introduction to postgraduate study and offers a window into studying at the Bartlett.
You'll create design projects and learn model-making, design and portfolio techniques, preparing you for further study in this discipline.
Course dates:
📅 06 - 10 July 2026
You'll be taught by tutors from the Landscape Architecture MA/MLA course at our Wicklow Street campus in central London.
Find out more and apply at the link in our bio 👉
Image: 'Living in Harmony: Neighbourhood Landscape Improvement'
by Yuntian Wang, Landscape MLA, Design Studio 2, Year 1
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A project by the Bartlett's Prof CJ Lim will be on permanent display at the V&A East Museum (@vam_east ), opening this weekend (Saturday 18 April).
CJ Lim’s GuangMing Smartcity critically reframes the urban green revolution by interrogating hybrid ecological and landscape infrastructures, and proposes adaptive landscapes that extend beyond the resources of urban agriculture.
The work will be part of V&A East's free permanent gallery, Why We Make. This gallery comprises over 500 objects from the V&A’s collection spanning art, architecture, design, performance and fashion.
Read more at the link in our bio.
#vandaeast #thebartlettschoolofarchitecture #wearethebartlett #ucl
The Bartlett's Dr Guan Lee (@guan_lee_ / @grymsdykefarm ) will co-lead the British Pavilion at the 20th Venice Architecture Biennale, alongside UK-based curator Mike Lim (@idk_office ). Their curation will explore diaspora, ritual and impermanence through a UK–Malaysia collaboration rooted in living traditions.
They will be supported by a curatorial team including Maria McLintock (@mariaemclintock ) and Ben Swaby Selig (@benswabyselig ), in collaboration with Malaysian artisans Ng Chi Wang, Lee Shao Chin and Koh Eng Keat. Drawing on Malaysian traditions of ritual paper architecture (temporary structures made from recycled paper on bamboo frames) the installation - "a festival within a festival" - will take inspiration from the Hungry Ghost Festival, where ceremonial structures are created, used and released.
The 20th Venice Architecture Biennale will run from 8 May to 21 November 2027.
Read more at the link in our bio.
Photo: Liz Seabrook, British Council (@britisharts ), picture taken at Grymsdyke Farm London House.
Last month, our Engineering and Architectural Design MEng students brought Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park to life with a display of engineered, interactive pavilions.
For this year's pLAY! Festival, our first year students exhibited ten temporary pavilions in the park, showcasing experimental structures. The programme hosts this installation project annually in the park near our Stratford campus, giving our students a chance to test their designs 'in the wild'.
Our four-year integrated interdisciplinary master’s degree combines architectural design and creativity with engineering of the built environment. It was designed in close collaboration with industry and academic experts, combining design and technical expertise with the skills needed to become a future industry leader.
Explore a selection of @richardstonehouse 's photos from the day, and discover more on our Flickr account at the link in our bio.
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🔊 Virtual event: Design for Manufacture MArch - experience this student showcase!
Want to see what students do on the Design for Manufacture MArch course at the Bartlett School of Architecture?
Join us at this exciting online event. You'll hear directly from students as they talk you through the innovative projects they've been working on, and get a chance to ask any questions you have.
📅 Tuesday 21 April
⌚ 12:00 - 13:00 BST
📍 Online
This session is not to be missed if you have an interest in this course or are simply curious to learn more about it.
🖇️ Learn more about the event and register your place at the link in our bio 👉
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