The Institute for Sustainable Materials and Environment is a joint initiative between the Departments of Civil Engineering, Architecture and Design, Chemistry and Environmental Science at Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University.
Integrating the interdisciplinary and international research capacity and scientific platform at XJTLU, and studying China’s experience of urban development and changes, UES explores paradigms for more smart, sustainable and high-quality development.
The DRC is an award-winning centre for practice excellence in architecture and design— an international collective of Architects, Urban Designers, Industrial Designers, and Architectural Conservation specialists, led by academic-based Architect and Director David Vardy (UK).