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Alvar Aalto in Germany: Drawing Modernism: A new exhibition curated by Dr Sofia Singler will take place at the Tchoban Foundation in Berlin from 23 September 2023 - 14 January 2024

11 September 2023

As well as being curated by Dr Sofia Singler, an Assistant Professor in the Department, the exhibition fittings have been designed by former Design Fellow Anna Andrich . Alvar Aalto in Germany: Drawing Modernism at the Museum for Architectural Drawing , presented in collaboration with the Alvar Aalto Foundation in Finland...

Community Open Map Platform project supporting green transition secures major funding

1 September 2023

A team led by Prof Flora Samuel from Cambridge’s Department of Architecture has been awarded one of four new £4.625 million Green Transition Ecosystem grants by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) to create a Community Open Map Platform (COMP) for Future Generations to chart the green transition on the Isle of...

The Middle Hall English House in Bogotá

29 August 2023

Dr Timothy Brittain-Catlin spoke at a conference organised by researchers from the Universidad de San Buenaventura, Cali; the Universidad Nacional de Colombia; the Universitat Politécnica de Catalunya ETSAB and Kingston University on ‘The Middle Hall English House in Bogotá’ on 11 th August. The conference is accompanied...

The Department's lecturer Dr Irit Katz has been interviewed by BBC News about her work on migrant architecture

8 August 2023

The interview followed Dr Katz publication at The Conversation on the hostile architecture of the UK government’s migrant barge, which was populated on the 7 th of August 2023: https://theconversation.com/performative-cruelty-the-hostile-architecture-of-the-uk-governments-migrant-barge-210300