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The Department is delighted to announce that Dr Carolina Vasilikou, Assistant Professor in Architecture and Design, has been invited as one of the 2026 RIBA Bronze Medal judges

12 June 2026

Every year, judging panels comprising distinguished architects, designers, engineers, journalists, and artists select the winners of the RIBA President's Medals (Bronze, Silver and Dissertation) from entries submitted by schools of architecture worldwide. Carolina is excited to be a member of an amazing judging panel...

The Department congratulates Dr Ramit Debnath, Assistant Professor on publishing critical heatwave adaptation research in Nature Communications

1 June 2026

The department congratulates Dr Ramit Debnath, Assistant Professor and Executive Director of Centre for Human-Inspired AI (CHIA) on publishing new environmental data science research paper in Nature Communications. This research makes a core contribution to how t raditional heat impact models often rely heavily on absolute...

On Friday May 8th, the Department held the annual TECHNICA 4 Convention on the theme of Circularity

1 June 2026

Organised by Assistant Professor Dr Carolina Vasilikou , in collaboration with Manchester School of Architecture, and supported by our Director of Research, Dr Darshil Shah . The TECHNICA 4 Convention aims to bring together all the Technology Leads from Schools of Architecture across the UK to discuss current and future...

Congratulations to architecture alum Sam Elbahja and apprentice Thomas Brzezicki on being nominated for the AJ New Talent Part 1 award

29 May 2026

Congratulations to architecture alumni Sam Elbahja and apprentice Thomas Brzezicki on being nominated for the prestigious AJ100 New Talent Awards in the Part 1 category. Organised by The Architects’ Journal , the award celebrates emerging talent making exceptional contributions to architectural practice and the wider...

Architecture student Agoston Horanyi awarded prestigious AHRC Doctoral Landscape Award/Vice-Chancellor’s Award Studentship

26 May 2026

The Department of Architecture is delighted to announce that student Agoston Horanyi has been selected to receive an AHRC Doctoral Landscape Award/Vice-Chancellor’s Award Studentship to undertake a PhD in Architecture beginning in the 2026–27 academic year. Agoston joins the department with an interdisciplinary academic...