Bartlett Review 2019
Explore the 2019 edition of the Bartlett Review.
Short stories
Dr Ben Clifford's report for the RICS reveals the true face of the offices-to-resi boom: poor-quality housing.
Present and future architecture
Professor Frèdèric Migayrou's Mutations-Creations, a programme of five exhibitions devoted to creation and computation at Paris's Centre Pompidou.
A study by Professor Hedley Smyth and colleagues finds UK construction firms employing health and safety practices that are sometimes too procedural, prescriptive and inconsistently implemented.
The private sector will invest its money where it sees future growth and opportunity. The MOIIS Commission's report recommends how the UK government should direct that investment.
Professor Philip Steadman on modelling every domestic and non-domestic building in London and its use of energy for the Greater London Authority (GLA).
Nici Zimmerman and a team led by Professor Mike Davies are working with six partner cities to guide development that is not only sustainable but delivers positive urban health outcomes.
Professor Matthew Beaumont wants to start a social movement to encourage pedestrians to reclaim their attention from their phones as they walk the city streets.
Tackling the world's mounting environmental problems needn't cost the earth, says Professor Paul Ekins. But policy-makers have got to want to do it.
Can Kenya lead the way to a new kind of prosperity in Africa? And can Maasai warriors teach western tycoons leadership the world needs for the 21st century? Jacqueline McGlade thinks so.
Long stories
KNOW is one of the biggest research grants The Bartlett has ever received and its ambition is even bigger.
Plastic waste is so pervasive that there'll never be only one solution to the problem, which is why a multidisciplinary team from across The Bartlett and UCL are trying to tackle it from all angles.
Insect-borne diseases like malaria, dengue and zika account for more than 17% of all infectious diseases worldwide. What if we could prevent this by changing the way we build?
Colouring London, an open knowledge exchange platform that collates, collects, generates and visualises statistical data, aims to be the first place people go to for data on the capital's buildings.
The Energy Institute’s Island Laboratory is helping island nations worldwide chart possible sustainable futures as they're confronted by the challenges of climate change and resource shortages.
From a groundbreaking experiment to teach visually impaired students to initiatives to widen participation, The Bartlett wants to open up built-environment education to a more diverse cohort.
Faculty news
The Bartlett is home to some of the most talented staff, students and alumni in the world, tackling some of the most urgent problems facing our planet, says Dean Christoph Lindner.
UCL East, the university’s largest single expansion in 200 years, has a radical academic vision...
The Bartlett turned 100 in 2019, marking a century since Sir Herbert Bartlett became our namesake.
Key Bartlett statistics from 2018/19.
Essays
Industrial strategy and new forms of patient finance, such as mission-oriented national investment banks, must work together to solve 21st-century challenges.
Transforming the way research is done in construction will open up new possibilities to disrupt a sector that is in urgent need of change.
Heritage can play an active role in sustainable development contributions to the majority, if not all, of the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
As global investors look for long-term income streams, their interests will become increasingly aligned with community interests and environmental pressures.
The last mile in energy access
There are lessons to be learned from Colombia's approach to providing electricity for people living in off-grid areas of the country.
Co-design methods are well established in service and product design, but have rarely been applied to infrastructure. That needs to change – fast.
Transforming informal settlements
Academic international partnerships can play a role in responding to power imbalances among higher-education institutions, while addressing the challenges of sustainable development.
Tackling the UK government's four Grand Challenges requires governance structures able to cope with uncertainty over the next three decades.