About us
Our focus at UNSW School of Built Environment is to create sustainable, liveable cities. We're home to global leaders in architecture, planning, construction and design, connecting world-class knowledge with leading practice.
Welcome from the Head of School
At the School of Built Environment, we shape future cities – cities that are resilient, sustainable, connected, healthy, smart, liveable and inclusive.
We focus on the challenges of cities at every scale, from industrial designed products to the architectural design of buildings and landscapes, as well as urban and regional policy and planning.
We interrogate global environmental challenges, such as urban heat and urban health, as well as socio-economic inequality. We create high-performing built environments that contribute to tackling the climate crisis, while our human-centred design ethos responds to the needs of the individual as well as society and our cultural landscape.
Our education and research respond to the changing needs of the professions while also anticipating the future challenges society faces. We develop skilled and enquiring graduates, with a conscience, who can positively engage, adapt and shape our future cities for the benefit of all people, with the planet firmly in mind.
- Dr Philip Oldfield, Head of School
