[3] Urban Age emerged as a product of the research and ideas of LSE Cities' Ricky Burdett, Philipp Rode and Richard Sennett and has since centred around conferences in a range of cities worldwide, as well as accompanying newspapers containing both global data sets and in-depth case studies.
[22][23][24][25] In 2016 Urban Age was invited to curate a Special Project[26] at the 15th International Architecture Exhibition in Venice.
[34] Between 2017-2018 the programme focused on African cities including Addis Ababa, Dar es Salaam, Nairobi, Kampala, Lagos, Accra and Cape Town[35] culminating with the Developing Urban Futures conference and publication[36] in Addis Ababa on 29–30 November 2018.
The Urban Age programme and concept has generated significant debate among urbanists, with critiques and appraisals produced in several academic journals.
[43] Edited by Burdett and Philipp Rode, the book was launched at the 16th International Architecture Exhibition in September 2018.