Assistant Professor Fiona Smyth Shortlisted for Book Prizes
17 July 2025
The Department of Architecture is delighted to share that Assistant Professor Fiona Smyth has been shortlisted for several book awards for Pistols in St Paul’s : Science, Music, and Architecture in the Twentieth Century: The book has been shortlisted for the Alice Davis Hitchcock Medallion: https://www.sahgb.org.uk/...
Architecture Alum Christie Swallow Featured in New Design Museum Exhibition
14 July 2025
We are proud to share that Christie Swallow (Architecture, 2020) has been selected as one of the featured residents in the Design Museum’s 2024/25 Design Researchers in Residence programme , culminating in the exhibition Artificial , open from 17 June to 21 September 2025 . Swallow, who recently completed a residency with...
23 June 2025
Heather Mitcheltree, Cleo Valentine, Ian Hosking, Koen Steemers, Minna Sunikka-Blank and Arnold Wilkins have published a recent journal artice on visual stress within family and domestic violence refuges in Australia. This study introducing a new approach to trauma-informed design and examines how visual elements in family...
Dr Michal Gath-Morad awarded prestigious Humboldt Research Fellowship
20 June 2025
The Department warmly congratulates Dr Michal Gath-Morad, Assistant Professor in Architecture and Spatial Cognition, on being awarded a Humboldt Research Fellowship (2026–2028) through the Henriette Herz Scouting Programme. Hosted by Prof. Klaus Gramann at the Berlin Mobile Brain/Body Imaging Lab (BeMoBIL), TU Berlin, Dr...
20 June 2025
Professor Samuel also contributed to their Healthy Homes Photobook. This is an important event as the House of Lords will be voting on a Healthy Homes amendment to the Planning and Infrastructure Bill the next day.