Hosted by the University of Sheffield School of Architecture, ‘Living and Learning’ explored the notion of ‘liveness’, not just as experienced through live projects, but expanded to consider different forms of community participation and civic engagement, material and constructed interventions. The conference offered a platform for critical reflection on the most recent wave of ‘live’ innovations in design studio teaching and beyond. Centred on architecture education, contributions were invited from any disciplinary context which might offer insight and spark critical debate.