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An ideas contest held by the Cambridge Association of Architects – featuring a £500 top prize – for a new ‘urban room’ and logo is featured in the Architects Journal

29 November 2023

cambridge2-image-by-shutterstock-1600x1066.jpeg Image credit: Shutterstock The Cambridge Room is being set up as a Charity under the leadership of Head of Department Professor Flora Samuel in collaboration with the Cambridge Association of Architects . The Room will open in 2024. The competition, which closes on December...

"Breaking Barriers: Advancing Inclusive Architectural Design": Dr. Matteo Zallio's study recently published in the Architectural Science Review journal delves into challenges hindering Inclusive Design (ID) integration in architecture

16 November 2023

The survey results expose gaps in client awareness and tools for ID. Key challenges include project budgets and limited client understanding. The study underscores the practitioner's role as an advocate, highlighting a need for continuous education. With a focus on developing post-occupancy evaluation tools, the research...

Timothy Brittain-Catlin’s book 'Edwin Rickards' is published on November 15 by Liverpool University Press in association with the Victorian Society and Historic England

15 November 2023

The book tells the unusual story of this very charismatic Edwardian baroque architect whose buildings were described by Sir John Summerson as ‘fizzing like champagne’. Rickards won the competition to design Cardiff City Hall in 1897, in partnership with Henry Vaughan Lanchester and James Stewart, when he was 25. His few...

The Department congratulates MArch student Ieva Davulyte on being awarded a special mention for the AIAUK Noel Hill Award for the project 'Shanghai in Vilnius'

10 November 2023

The award is annually to a Part 2 student that has undertaken outstanding and original research during their studies. The judges commended Ieva Davulyte's work, saying that the project's 'intention to understand existing communities, associated method of research, and investigation into the architect's role in maintenance...

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