Centre of excellence for design & placemaking. We bring people together to shape better places across the South West.

Joined May 2011
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📣 FINAL CALL FOR APPLICATIONS 📣 Are you aged 15-18? Creative? 🎨 Our Shape My City programme could be for you. Visit: buff.ly/3dnwALH #DesignYourFuture
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Aged 15-18? Interested in design & technology? Recent grad Bryant tells you why you should apply to Shape My City 👌🎓 Visit: buff.ly/3dnwALH #DesignYourFuture #TalentAccelerator #Architecture #Engineering
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Join us TOMORROW for our monthly 6 O'Clock Session: Carmageddon. Let's debate the Future of Transport in our Cities! 🎟️£8 - designwest.org.uk @beardedjourno @PippaGoldfinger @Dr_Rutherford @RobBryher @BristolCycling @BristolMoves @AllianceWalking @JohnParkin28
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📣 Who gets your vote? Join Carla Denyer (Green Party), Liz Brennan (Conservative) & Andrew Brown (LibDem) for a night debating the big issues in housing policy & design. #HousingHustings hosted by Design West 🎟️ buff.ly/4b5Pv5I #DesignWest #HousingPolicy #HousingCrisis
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Aged 15-18? Want to change the world around you? Our Shape My City programme could be just what you’re looking for… buff.ly/3dnwALH #DesignYourFuture #TalentAccelerator #Architecture #Engineering
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How can intelligent design ensure efficiency of materials? How do we make structures that are both functional and beautiful? This month's #ShapeMyCity was hosted by @ramboll_uk #StructuralEngineering #DesignYourFuture bit.ly/4bCapu3
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Welcome to The Studio 🌿 Our light and inspiring coworking space provides flexible working options in the beautiful surrounds of Bristol’s harbourside. Want to see more? Get in touch to book a tour 👉 bit.ly/3LSUI4W
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Aged 15-18? Creative? Considering a career in architecture or design? 🎨 Our Shape My City programme could be for you. Visit: bit.ly/4bCapu3 #DesignYourFuture #TalentAccelerator #Architecture #Engineering
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62% of UK waste is generated by the construction industry. The built environment sector needs to work together to pave the way towards a cleaner future, and reputation. So how can we do better? Join us on Wed 15 May, 6pm and make waste a relic of the past bit.ly/3UGiZkv
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19,500 households on the housing register in Bristol. Only 1,500 homes to let each year... We need to provide affordable homes FAST. But how can we build social, economic & environmental capital while doing so? bit.ly/4dertrM #CapitalGains #HousingDesign #SocialCapital
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'If we really want the best possible future for our country, we must nurture, develop and equip our #children to thrive in it.' Hear @Paul_Lindley discuss #RaisingtheNation with @evelynwelch2013 on March 26 at @DesignWest1. Go to justaboutbooks.com youtube.com/watch?v=4gQtoT_Z…

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💫 Join us this February to hear the untold stories of @Bristol_Beacon and Manchester's Aviva Studios, home of @factoryintl. These two iconic venues have defied austerity to put culture back at the beating heart of our UK cities 🎟️bit.ly/3OJdKyt
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February's #ShapeMyCity session with @FCBStudios looked at #sustainablearchitecture. Thanks to: David Harris Chloe Pitts Tom Fowlie Nathan Fairbrother Holly Williams ...for leading an inspiring session! #architecture #CreativeReuse #retrofit #designwest Photos @blikmo
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Your chance to hear a top thinker on (and practitioner of) #AI, Nigel Toon of @graphcoreai, on February 20 at @DesignWest1. Book tickets here and save loads on a copy of his new book How AI Thinks at: justaboutbooks.com #bristol #technology @universityofbristol @UWEBristol
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First #ShapeMyCity of 2024 was a collab between @burohappold and @VattenfallUK on Renewable Energy. Thanks to @RAEngNews Ingenious Awards. @ThisIsEng @BristolCityLeap @PippaGoldfinger, @BLIKMO, Rosy Jones #ShapeMyCity #ClimateSuperheroes #RenewableEnergy #STEM #HeatNetworks
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LAST TICKETS REMAINING for next week's Brick Works event at Design West, hosted by The Brick Development Association.👉 Book : lnkd.in/erP5cY7b. Speakers: Andy Macintosh from @FCBStudios@mggasparian, and Joy Stone & Louis Lane from Alec French Architects.
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This January, step inside @RIBA #HouseoftheYear23 Green House 🌿 with @HayhurstAndCo founders Nick Hayhurst & Jonathan Nicholls, & find out how they created this extraordinary ordinary family home. Public talk, Thur 25 Jan @wshed 🎟️ buff.ly/3TVlqRG Image @kilianosullivan
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❓Why build with brick❓ Book your space at Brick Works Bristol 📅 Wed 17 Jan | 6pm 🗺 Design West 👉 lnkd.in/erP5cY7b Hosted by @BricksUK Speakers: Andy Macintosh, FCB Studios, ceramic artist and architect Maria Gasparian, Joy Stone & Louis Lane, Alec French Architects.
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Happy New Year from Design West! Join us for our first 6 O'Clock Session of 2024 | WHO NEEDS HUMANS? THE RISE OF AI Wed 10 Jan | 6pm | The Architect Tickets | lnkd.in/eSbzWhjD Speakers | Vanessa Hanschke, @JonathanBassindale, and Martin O Leary of @PMStudioUK
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Why build with brick? Find out at Brick Works Bristol, in association with @brickdev @DesignWest1. Explore contemporary brick architecture with Andy Macintosh @FCBStudios,  @mggasparian, and Joy Stone & Louis Lane @AlecFrenchArchs. Book your space: eventbrite.com/e/brick-works…
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