Our locations and facilities
The Bartlett, UCL’s Faculty of the Built Environment, is situated across three locations in central and east London. We offer cutting-edge facilities and spaces for learning, design and making.
The Bartlett faculty is situated across three locations in the heart of central and east London.
With a wealth of diverse resources, communities and history on our doorstep, our London setting puts us in a unique position to understand and directly impact the built environment field. We work with local communities and global organisations to find bold new solutions for pressing challenges facing London and cities around the word.
For our students, joining The Bartlett offers an exciting chance to learn in the world’s top ranked student city (QS 2024). You’ll never be short of inspiration in London’s vast array of culture, design and global enterprise.
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The Bartlett’s three locations
The Bartlett is home to 13 schools and institutes with a community of more than 5,000 students and staff. We are located in buildings across UCL’s Bloomsbury campus in central London, as well as two neighbouring locations in the East Bank development in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, Stratford.
Each of our locations offers state-of-the art facilities including teaching and learning spaces, design studios, making workshops, laboratories, libraries and public exhibition spaces.
Bloomsbury
Our Bloomsbury campus has been UCL’s home since the university was founded in 1826. Today this central London hub offers a wealth of opportunities and facilities for students.
The Bartlett’s schools and institutes are located in several Bloomsbury buildings, including the iconic 22 Gordon Street building, home to The Bartlett School of Architecture.
Bartlett Bloomsbury locations
22 Gordon Street | Bartlett School of Architecture |
| Central House, 14 Upper Woburn Place | The Bartlett Library |
| Bartlett School of Planning (BSP) | |
Bartlett School of Environment, Energy and Resources (BSEER): UCL Energy Institute | |
34 Tavistock Square | Bartlett Development Planning Unit (DPU) |
90 Tottenham Court Road | Bartlett Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis (CASA) |
149 Tottenham Court Road | UCL Institute for Global Prosperity (IGP) |
1–19 Torrington Place | Bartlett School of Sustainable Construction (BSSC) |
55-56 Russell Square | UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose (IIPP) |
Cycling to Bloomsbury
The Bartlett School of Architecture at 22 Gordon Street has space for 96 bicycles to be stored securely. Lockers are provided for members of staff to store belongings and there are two showers in the building. For external guests there is plenty of on-street parking, or your host may be able to accompany you to the secure parking.
View UCL Sustainability's webpage about cycling at UCL >
East London
The Bartlett’s two neighbouring locations in east London are part of the East Bank development, a new London powerhouse for innovation, creativity and learning in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
Here we offer exciting new degree programmes, research facilities and community engagement spaces with the scale to tackle the biggest challenges facing our societies and the planet.
We create innovation by breaking down the boundaries of traditional academia, and connecting with local London communities and partners to re-shape the way we think about cities, resources and technology.
Here East
Here East is an innovation and technology hub with ground-breaking research facilities in transport, robotics, manufacturing, architecture, infrastructure and environmental analysis.
We also offer creative design learning using film and performance, and robotic and networked screen technologies, at our Here East building.
Our Here East location is a unique collaboration between The Bartlett, UCL’s Faculty of the Built Environment, and the UCL Faculty of Engineering Science
Find out more about The Bartlett at Here East
UCL East
UCL East is a brand new, purpose-built UCL campus spanning two buildings featuring multidisciplinary research labs, studios, exhibitions and community spaces, as well as student accommodation and facilities.
These dynamic spaces are designed to offer a unique setting for hands-on and practice-led education and research.
Through powerful transdisciplinary collaboration, at UCL East we aim to address critical issues like inequality, sustainable cities, and racial, social and climate justice.
Our resources and facilities
B-made
The Bartlett Manufacturing and Design Exchange (B-made) is a multidisciplinary centre that invites academia, industry and the public to engage with new and traditional tools, processes and materials. Its aim is to merge crafts with science and technology, and make a shift towards a new model of learning.
Its centres, at 22 Gordon Street and Here East, also offer a powerful creative and collaborative resource to industrial and professional partners, who gain access to world-class resources, expertise and academic networks.
Bartlett Library
Our library in Central House offers a comprehensive collection on of works on architecture, planning, building and construction management.
It holds around 40,000 monograph volumes, a technical information section and current editions of more than 250 magazines and journals, as well as large back-runs of older publications.
> Learn more about The Bartlett Library
Bartlett Lighting Simulator
The lighting simulator at Here East is a 5.2m diameter, hemispherical sky dome, fitted with 270 individually-controlled light sources and a computer-controlled artificial sun.
It is one of the most sophisticated in the UK, exactly simulating a huge range of natural lighting conditions for the analysis of architectural models.
Bartlett Print
The Bartlett print room is open to all students at the Bartlett faculty and is located at Room 1.03, 22 Gordon Street.
The print room is equipped with the latest print technology, including an HP PageWide, ideal for posters and scanning, and two Epson P9500s, which offer 99% Pantone colour accuracy on a variety of print substrates.
> Learn more about The Bartlett print room (UCL login required)
Our schools and institutes
Bartlett Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis (CASA)
Bartlett Development Planning Unit (DPU)
Bartlett School of Architecture (BSA)
Bartlett School of Environment, Energy and Resources (BSEER)
- UCL Energy Institute
- UCL Institute for Sustainable Heritage (ISH)
- UCL Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering (IEDE)
- UCL Institute for Sustainable Resources (ISR)
Bartlett School of Planning (BSP)
Bartlett School of Sustainable Construction (BSSC)
UCL Institute for Global Prosperity (IGP)
UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose (IIPP)
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