Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment

If you care about making our cities, towns and villages better places to live, you could find a great career in the built environment professions.

The people who plan, design, develop and maintain public spaces, buildings, transport systems and green spaces are doing some of the most exciting and rewarding jobs today. Increasingly, their work involves listening to, and working with, local communities.

Careers in the built environment span architecture, engineering, horticulture, landscape, planning, surveying and urban design. These professions need – and value – recruits from every section of society. It's vital that our towns and cities reflect the people who live and work in them.

A career in the built environment will excite you, inspire you, and enable you to make a lasting difference to people's lives. Each career path calls on specific talents, but careers in the built environment professions are likely to appeal to people who:

• care about their communities and want to improve them
• care about the environment and want to work towards a greener future
• are creative and practical, and enjoy solving problems
• are good communicators and enjoy working with people
• are curious about the natural or built environment and how it can be influenced, shaped, and designed.

If you want to know more, contact us.

Committed to careers

CABE is committed to getting more people, from across the community, into the built environment professions and making sure they have the skills to create great buildings and public spaces.

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