Jane Manning

Underlying all of Jane’s work is a drive to meaningfully address climate change. Always present as a theme in the projects she is involved in, it underpinned her decision to move into urban design where she sees masterplanning as an effective tool for change on the ground.

Jane is leading figure in the development of design codes for local authorities, delivering a number of the first design codes to be adopted in line with the National Model Design Code and advising MHCLG on authority-wide design code policy. She has been central to the practice’s work across London’s major growth areas including Old Oak Common, Old Kent Road and the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. She has also recently prepared a town centre masterplan and design code for Luton, a strategy which includes revealing the river Lea through the town centre to deliver new waterside spaces.

Jane is co-editor of Urban Design magazine and disseminates climate change research and guidance on behalf of the Urban Design Group. She led the production of the Sustainable Places website, working in partnership with CABE and the English core cities to establish authoritative and practical guidance on addressing climate change in urban areas.

Jane’s pivotal role in the research of London’s Character and Density led to the RIBA President’s Award for Research in 2017 and the subsequent publication of Complex City: London’s Changing Character in 2020.

Jane holds degrees in geography and urban design from the University of Liverpool and the University of Westminster.