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Manchester Urban Design Lab

The MUD-Lab provides a wide range of resources, design-focused research, industry engagement, and training for students and built environment professionals in the UK and internationally.

Recent Publications & Projects

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Applied Urban Design

This is for all who seek to understand and create contextually responsive places and spaces.
Book cover for The Urban Design Toolkit featuring modern, angular grey apartment buildings clustered around a stepped public waterfront plaza, with canals and dense urban housing in the background.

The Urban Design Toolkit

The MUD Lab's latest book "The Urban Design Toolkit".
Presentation slide for a student project titled Woodley by Manchester Urban Design Lab and Stockport MBC, featuring logos and faint background illustrations of buildings and Welcome to Woodley.

Practice Collaboration

Stockport Council Borough-Wide Design Code - Neighbour Analysis.

Study & Resources

Manchester Urban Design LAB (MUD-Lab)'s workshop.

Postgraduate Study

MSc Urban Design and International Planning.
Manchester Urban Design LAB (MUD-Lab) 10 Year anniversary yearbook front cover.

Yearbooks

The MUD Lab 10 Year anniversary yearbook showcasing the best student urban design projects and prizes.
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Facilities and Software

Physical and digital resources for MUD Lab staff, students and affiliates.

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Podcast

Our podcast series exploring cities' urban design and green infrastructure.
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Events

View and sign up for events hosted by the MUD Lab.
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Blog

Commentary on our team's scholarship and research.

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