David Rudlin
Head of Urban Design

David is one of the leading urban designers in the UK as past chair of the Academy of Urbanism, winner of the 2014 Wolfson Economic’s Prize and principle author of the Government’s National Model Design Code.

David joined BDP as director of Urban Design in November 2022. He is managing urban design and masterplanning projects across the UK with a focus on the north. He also has a role as head of the Urban design profession across BDP’s offices worldwide. Prior to joining BDP David was principal of URBED (Urbanism Environment and Design), one of the UK’s longest standing and best respected urban design practices. He is a planner by training and started his career with Manchester City Council. At URBED he has been responsible for a range of high-profile masterplans including major mixed use schemes in Bristol, Brighton, Nottingham and London all of which are complete. Through URBED he has also undertaken University masterplans for the Universities of Liverpool, Bradford, and Nottingham Trent Basin.