Boötes works across mobility, education, design and space to help people, organisations and places.
About Boötes
Move forward
with clarity
We bring together practical expertise, cultural understanding and thoughtful design to turn complex transitions into clear next steps—and shared challenges into meaningful action.
What are you navigating?
Connected challenges
A move to another country can involve career, identity, language, housing and belonging. Building a learning programme can involve technology, design, industry and culture. Creating a successful place can involve people, services, stories and long-term care.
We combine specialist practices with a wider perspective-helping people and organisations understand what is changing, identify what matters and build a practical way forward.
Our ecosystem
One purpose.
Different ways to act
Boötes Consulting
Design education & professional learning
Programs, workshops and resources shaped by three decades of architectural practice.
Connected themes
- Programs
- Studios
- Professional learning
Boötes Immigration
Design education & professional learning
Programs, workshops and resources shaped by three decades of architectural practice.
Connected themes
- Programs
- Studios
- Professional learning
Boötes Academy
Design education & professional learning
Programs, workshops and resources shaped by three decades of architectural practice.
Connected themes
- Programs
- Studios
- Professional learning
Boötes Design
Design education & professional learning
Programs, workshops and resources shaped by three decades of architectural practice.
Connected themes
- Programs
- Studios
- Professional learning
Boötes Spaces
Design education & professional learning
Programs, workshops and resources shaped by three decades of architectural practice.
Connected themes
- Programs
- Studios
- Professional learning
Boötes Cultural
Design education & professional learning
Programs, workshops and resources shaped by three decades of architectural practice.
Connected themes
- Programs
- Studios
- Professional learning
How we work
We turn shared questions into meaningful work
| From | To |
|---|---|
| An observation | A clearer understanding |
| A shared question | A well-framed challenge |
| Relevant expertise | A capable working group |
| A conversation or event | A practical next step |
| A tested idea | A pilot, program, partnership or project |
Insights
What we
are seeing
Mobility · Hong Kong / Europe
Field note
What people need before they move—not only after they arrive.
Learning · AI · Careers
Perspective
Education for a world where skills, work and identity keep changing.
Place · Culture · Belonging
Perspective
Education for a world where skills, work and identity keep changing.
Academy · Design · Penang
Perspective
Education for a world where skills, work and identity keep changing.
Collaboration opportunities
Help shape what comes next
Propose a challenge
01.
Share a challenge
Tell us about an issue, opportunity or place where new thinking and collaboration may help.
02.
Contribute expertise
Submit a perspective, field note, case study or proposal as an invited expert, fellow or practitioner.
03.
Collaborate on an initiative
Join a programme, project, workshop, roundtable or pilot currently taking shape.
04.
Host a conversation
Partner with Boötes to convene people around a shared question in your city, organisation or community.
05.
Stay connected
Subscribe for selected ideas, events and opportunities across the Boötes network.
Global presence
Local understanding
with a global perspective
- Hong Kong
- Penang
- Kuala Lumpur
- Shenzhen
- Zurich
- Bologna
- Paris
Rooted in place. Connected across borders.
Boötes works between regions, cultures and disciplines. Our work is informed by local realities and connected through an international network of people, institutions and collaborators.
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Start with
the question
You may already have a project, decision or transition in front of you. Or you may only have the feeling that something needs to change. We will help you find the right starting point.
