Urban Climate Walking Tour - City of London
Thu 04 Jun
|The Martha Smith Memorial Water Fountain
Have you ever wondered how the shape and size of buildings affect the world around them?
Time & Location
04 Jun 2026, 18:00 – 20:00
The Martha Smith Memorial Water Fountain, 39 Finsbury Square, London EC2A 1PX, UK
About the event
Led by Julie Futcher ARB RIBA MIntP, the City of London Urban Climate Walking Tour (established 2014) is a research led walk, which leads us through a series of urban streets and public spaces. Here, we explore some of the consequences of building and urban form on the background climate; alongside disseminating current thinking around the various urban climate effects.
The walk provides a unique perspective of our built environments by demonstrating the far-reaching and dynamic links between built-form, climate, energy and health and wellbeing across various scales. It offers an opportunity for us to discuss the quality of the spaces in terms of their physical form, materiality and social implications, alongside their influence on green infrastructure and thermal comfort, critical components of healthy resilient cities.
Designed to teach the principles of urban climatology from an interdisciplinary perspective, the walk is suitable for anyone with an interest in the climates…