Institute



Design is relevant to fight the climate crisis.
Careful design research allows us to create meaning and value through a design that reflects the authentic context, unique identity and spirit of the place.

si_architecture + urban design is taking the relevant role of design research serious.
We are founders of three research institutes, three internationally leading think tanks, and our professional practice is closely involved and influenced by the mission to create and apply new knowledge:

The following 3 research institutes were founded by Professor Steffen Lehmann and are supporting the work of si_architecture + urban design with new knowledge, to be innovative and at the forefront of practice:

Research Institutes



future cities logo

Future Cities Leadership Institute  

www.city-leadership.com  

urban future labs logo

Urban Futures Lab,  
USA  

www.urban-futures-lab.com  

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Cluster for Sustainable  
Cities, UK

www.city-futures.org.uk  

Publications



With 25 books and 500+ articles and research publications, si_architecture + urban design is adding significant and influential scholarship and new knowledge that benefits the profession and education of architects and urban designers worldwide.

publication 01

Resilient Communities 

Venice Biennale and D-Editore,
2022 

publication 01

Nature-based solutions for more sustainable cities 

Emerald, 2021 

publication 01

Routledge Companion to Ecological Design Thinking 

Routledge, 2022 

publication 01

Encyclopedia of Urban and Regional Futures 

Springer, 2022 

publication 01

Urban Energy Transition 

Elsevier,
2022 

publication 01

Designing for Zero Waste 

Routledge,
2013 

publication 02

Urban Regeneration: A Manifesto 

Palgrave MacMillan, 2019

publication 03

State of Asian and Pacific Cities 

UN-Habitat Report, 2015 

publication 04

Turm zu Babel – Arch21 

Jovis Verlag, 1999

publication 05

Trans-Atlantic Engagements 

ORO Edition, 2021  

publication 06

Sustainable Lina Bo Bardi 

Springer, 2016 

publication 07

Sustainable Architecture I-IV 

CSAAR, 2010 

publication 08

Rethinking: Space-Time Architecture 

Jovis Verlag, 2002 

publication 09

BreitexHoehexTiefe 

Junius Verlag, 1997 

publication 10

SLAB Blue Book 

AEDES Catalog, 1996 

publication 11

Huelle-Schwere-Licht 

AEDES Catalog, 1995 

publication 12

Projects Review QUT 

QUT Press, 2004 

publication 13

Motivating Change 

Routledge, 2014  

publication 14

Low Carbon Cities 

Routledge, 2015 

publication 15

Arata Isozaki Museums 

Exhibition Catalog, 1995 

publication 16

Urban Informality 

Routledge, 2021  

publication 17

Growing Compact 

Routledge, 2017 

publication 18

Principles of Green Urbanism 

Chinese Edition, 2010  

publication 19

The Principles of Green Urbanism 

Earthscan for Routledge, 2010  

publication 20

Green Cities Report 

ADB, 2015 

publication 21

Journal of Green Building (JGB) 

Chief Editor, 2006-14 

publication 22

Brazil’s Path to Modernism 

LIT-Verlag, 2003 

publication 23

Billboard 

UNLV Press, 2019 

publication 24

Back to the City 

Hatje Cantz Publisher, 2010 

publication 25

Absolutely Public 

Images Publishing, 2005 

publication 26

Architecture and Identity 

LIT-Verlag, 2005  

publication 27

Der Berliner Schlossplatz 

Argon Verlag, 1997 

publication 28

Exhibition Catalog 

SLAB, 2001  

publication 29

Asia-Pacific: City-Planning-Art 

Exhibition Catalog, 2005  

publication 30

Flow - Projects Review 

Newcastle Press, 2008 

publication 31

The Realist 

Desert Companion Las Vegas, 2019  

publication 32

Instant Cities in the Arab World 

CSAAR, 2008  

publication 33

Potsdamer Platz  

Stadtwandel-Verlag, 2001 

publication 34

Quarter at Museum Island 

Stadtwandel-Verlag, 2000 

publication 35

UHI Mitigation 

Springer, 2021  

publication 36

Eco-City Planning 

Springer, 2011 

publication 36

Structures and Architecture 

CRC Press, 2019 

publication 38

Library of the Future 

ORO Editions, 2022