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Historic red-brick buildings and railway bridge contrast with modern glass skyscrapers in Manchester

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.

Our aims and interests - about the Manchester Urban Design Lab
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Recent publications and projects

Applied Urban Design

This publication is for all who seek to understand and create contextually responsive places and spaces.

Find out more : about the Applied Urban Design publication

Applied Urban Design cover

The Urban Design Toolkit

The MUD-Lab's latest book is now available.

Get your copy : of the MUD-Lab's latest publication, The Urban Design Toolkit.

Book cover for The Urban Design Toolkit featuring modern, angular grey apartment buildings

Practice collaboration

Stockport Council borough-wide design code - Neighbour analysis.

Read more about this project with Stockport Council.

Presentation slide for a student project titled Woodley by MUD-Lab and Stockport MBC.

Study and resources

Postgraduate study

We offer an MSc in Urban Design and International Planning.

Discover more about the master's in Urban Design and International Planning

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

Yearbooks

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

Read more in our showcase yearbooks.

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

Facilities and software

Explore our undergraduate and MSc programmes in Social Network Analysis.

Explore what we offer our students in terms of the latest software and facilities

Visual representation of the Manchester Urban Design LAB (MUD-Lab)'s facilities

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