The stigma around talking about our mental health and wellbeing is ever receding, however the incidence of its occurrences appear to be continually on the rise. Mental health problems are as common among students as they are in the general population. Every school in the UK is now required to have a mental health lead and almost all universities and colleges offer some kind of welfare support. Yet, with all this awareness, how much consideration has been given to the design of our education spaces to support our mental health and wellbeing?

Join IBI Group architects, Wendy de Silva and Paul Turpin, as they sit on an expert panel to discuss how the design of our education spaces impact our mental health and wellbeing.

IBI Group are proud sponsors of this year’s 1UP Toronto Conference, an event that brings together city builders and high school students to explore shared infrastructure in cities. Students will learn how four high school chapters are addressing issues in their own communities using design thinking, and will have the opportunity to brainstorm, design and prototype solutions for real life challenges affecting youth in urban communities.

Digital technology, advanced manufacturing and the evolution of building materials are (finally) disrupting capital projects from design to construction through to handover. For early adopters, the future is now.

IBI Group is proud to participate in this ULI event, with CEO Scott Stewart joining other innovation leaders in the technology, real estate and construction industry propelling the business of city building forward and shaping the next frontier.

Smart Cities are rapidly evolving from futuristic aspirations to an emerging reality. As governments and local councils across the world embark on ambitious plans to transform their cities into Smart connected ecosystems, the building blocks required for this transformation are also being developed alongside. The success of a Smart City hinges on the combination of Smart policy, Smart infrastructure and Smart technologies.

Join President, David Thom, as he participates as part of a panel at the IBI-sponsored UDI Seminar: Building Smart Cities. Learn how IBI Group is infusing technology into traditional practice areas to build on our diverse Smart Cities portfolio, and leveraging the firm’s existing Intelligence practice to help clients understand the advantages of smart buildings and infrastructure through emerging technologies.

IBI Group is proud to sponsor this year’s Urban Land Institute British Columbia Chapter’s Annual Winter Social. Taking place in our Vancouver office’s brand new event space in the heart of downtown, catch up with Vancouver’s real estate industry and enjoy some music, games, appetizers and drinks.

IBI Group is a proud sponsors of the Urban Land Institute British Columbia Chapter’s Champions in the Spotlight, an engaging lunchtime discussion with Kaye Krishna, General Manager of Development, Buildings, and Licensing at the City of Vancouver.

Senior Planner, Kate Lambert, will be moderating the session, where Kaye will touch on her efforts to enable the development of vibrant, safe communities, transform development permitting and licensing, and advance the City’s approach to challenges such as short term rentals, ride sharing, liquor, marijuana dispensaries and more.

Biomimicry Alberta is an initiative modelled on the Biomimicry 3.8 Global Network, and created to ignite a regional network for design innovation, to promote learning by exploring nature’s time-tested patterns and strategies, and to create synergies for sustainable change in Alberta.

Landscape Architectural Technologist, Kira Hunt, will be presenting at the first Biomimicry Lecture Series, covering Biomimicry Basics. Catch her presentation at 5:30pm at MacEwan Roundhouse.

MIPIM, the world’s leading property market, returns to celebrate its 30^th year in 2019. The four-day real estate networking event attracts the most influential players from the international property industry.

This year, IBI Group is proud to sponsor Sheffield City Region. Join Directors, Seamus Lennon, Andrew Street and Geoff Southern as they share our ideas on building resilient communities, driving productivity and creating smarter urban futures.

IBI Group is proud to participate in The Future of Town Centres roundtable, which will examine the sustainability and viability of town centres, the growing divide between larger and smaller centres, existential threats and alternative options for vulnerable centres, and successful lessons in ways to redefine the cultural, leisure and tourism offer of centres.

Studio Director, Seamus Lennon, will be joining the Peter Brett Associates and Royal Town Planning Institute event where he will share his expertise on the award-winning Barnsley Town Centre regeneration. He will also inform the development of a set of shared ambitions to advance strategic planning and governance across the North, improving places and quality of life for all.

IBI Group is proud to participate in the Squire Patton Boggs event Manchester, Evolving as a City for Everyone? With nearly 15,000 properties currently under construction in Manchester city centre and another 18,000 in the pipeline, Manchester is increasingly becoming a concrete jungle. In partnership with NatWest, this panel event will discuss what Manchester needs to do to become a sustainable city for everyone.

Studio Director | Urban Design Lead, Guy Pearson, will be joining local education, inward investment and regeneration leaders as they discuss how we can build a sustainable city when social infrastructure is not keeping pace with the planned residential development.