Diagnose with Precision
Design with Intelligence
Deliver with Impact

We combine advanced data science with deep urban expertise to reveal how cities truly function and how they can perform better.

300+

projects over 35 years of global practice

Urban Planning hasn’t
kept pace with Urban
Challenges

The defining challenges of this
century converge in cities climate,
mobility, housing, health, and
economic resilience.

Planning them demands a
deeper understanding of how
they function – past, present,
and future.

Millions of signals
One clear picture

Cities are not a collection of parts-they are an interconnected living system.

We take an integrated approach, connecting transport, energy, housing, environment, economy, and public health into a single coherent view.

Our Approach

We combine cutting-edge analytical capability
with proven urban design leadership.

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  • Data collection

    Turning complexity into clarity, and clarity into urban solutions that help shape cities to perform better for people, the environment, and the economy.

  • Analysis & intelligence

    Turning complexity into clarity, and clarity into urban solutions that help shape cities to perform better for people, the environment, and the economy.

  • Design solutions

    Turning complexity into clarity, and clarity into urban solutions that help shape cities to perform better for people, the environment, and the economy.

  • Implementation

    Turning complexity into clarity, and clarity into urban solutions that help shape cities to perform better for people, the environment, and the economy.

  • Monitoring & feedback

    Turning complexity into clarity, and clarity into urban solutions that help shape cities to perform better for people, the environment, and the economy.

UI Partnership combines two practices: Urban Initiatives, an experienced urban design and planning studio with over 35 years’ experience resolving complex urban challenges, and the Urban Intelligence Lab, an urban analytics lab bringing together spatial data science, GeoAI, and sensing technologies to generate intelligence that shapes better places. Together, we diagnose with precision, design with intelligence, and deliver with impact.

  • 23

    companies

  • 450+

    offices

  • 54k

    experts worldwide

We are part of Sidara, a global group of
specialist firms in the environment sector.

We combine local knowledge with global reach to deliver projects of any scale.