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Read more at: Cambridge Discussions About Architectures in Other Places

Cambridge Discussions About Architectures in Other Places

28 January 2025

There will be three events happening in Cambridge in February as part of the 'Cambridge Discussions About Architectures in Other Places' series in collaboration with the Maestria en Arquitectura y Urbanismo de la Universidad del Valle, Cali - Colombia. Monday 10th February 2025 Lecture Room 1, Department of Architecture 17...


Read more at: This year, Homerton College has welcomed Studio 1 to consult and propose new ideas for a 21st century collegiate learning environment

This year, Homerton College has welcomed Studio 1 to consult and propose new ideas for a 21st century collegiate learning environment

24 January 2025

At the ’Tuesday Conversation’ on 28th January in the College (part of the #Changemakers programme) these final year architecture students will generously present their masterplan ideas back to Homerton’s staff, students and fellows. This will inform the students’ building and retrofit projects to come - and might even...


Read more at: The Department congratulates alumnus Peter Clegg on being awarded an OBE for ‘services to architecture’ in the New Year Honours 2025

The Department congratulates alumnus Peter Clegg on being awarded an OBE for ‘services to architecture’ in the New Year Honours 2025

21 January 2025

Peter Clegg is a founding partner of Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios (FCBS). For more information visit: https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/architect-peter-clegg-awarded-an-obe-in-new-year-honours https://fcbstudios.com/practice/people/peter-clegg-obe/


Read more at: Scroope 33: Disenclosure! has been published

Scroope 33: Disenclosure! has been published

14 January 2025

The contributors to the 33rd issue of Scroope take the decolonial conception of disenclosure as a provocation to be articulated, contested, and extended through architectural thinking. Whether through critical explorations of maritime space, design praxes, humanitarian architecture, or labour in the profession, the...


Read more at: Dr Fiona Smyth was on BBC Radio 4 Start the Week on Monday 16 December discussing the relationship between building design and music

Dr Fiona Smyth was on BBC Radio 4 Start the Week on Monday 16 December discussing the relationship between building design and music

13 December 2024

The episode of Start the Week will focus on 'Acoustics, music and architecture' during which Dr Smyth was interviewed as an architectural acoustic historian, and as a result of her new book published in Sept 2024: ‘Pistols in St Paul's: Science, music, and architecture in the twentieth century’ – see: https://...


Read more at: Dr Ronita Bardhan to be deputy lead of the ground-breaking Singapore-based research collaboration on Health-Driven Design for Cities (HD4).  HD4 seeks to discover how best to design urban environments that enhance the health of their residents

Dr Ronita Bardhan to be deputy lead of the ground-breaking Singapore-based research collaboration on Health-Driven Design for Cities (HD4).  HD4 seeks to discover how best to design urban environments that enhance the health of their residents

13 December 2024

Cities have high populations, traffic and infrastructure densities, leading to heat islands, noise, pollution, stress, and inadequate opportunities to be physically active or access healthy food. Investing in public health research is important to tackle the growing burden of non-communicable diseases and to develop cities...


Read more at: Wrong trees in the wrong place can make cities hotter at night, study co-authored by Dr Ronita Bardhan reveals

Wrong trees in the wrong place can make cities hotter at night, study co-authored by Dr Ronita Bardhan reveals

10 December 2024

While trees can cool some cities significantly during the day, new research shows that tree canopies can also trap heat and raise temperatures at night. The study aims to help urban planners choose the best combinations of trees and planting locations to combat urban heat stress. [ Download research paper proofs here ]...


Read more at: Gender inequality ingrained in global climate negotiations; a new study by our faculty members published in the Lancet Planetary Health journal

Gender inequality ingrained in global climate negotiations; a new study by our faculty members published in the Lancet Planetary Health journal

11 November 2024

Climate governance is dominated by men, yet the health impacts of the climate crisis often affect women, girls, and gender-diverse people disproportionately, argue researchers ahead of the upcoming 29th United Nations Climate Summit (COP29) in Azerbaijan. In an article published today in Lancet Planetary Health , a team of...


Read more at: The Department's Dr Tao DuFour has guest edited the current issue of 'Future Anterior' Journal

The Department's Dr Tao DuFour has guest edited the current issue of 'Future Anterior' Journal

30 October 2024

'Future Anterior' is a Journal of Historic Preservation History, Theory, and Criticism and 'an international point of reference for the critical examination of historic preservation', published by the University of Minnesota Press. The issue that Dr DuFour edited focuses on 'Space and Heritage' and is out now. For more...


Read more at: The Department welcomes new Assistant Professors Dr Fiona Smyth and Dr Carolina Vasilikou  

The Department welcomes new Assistant Professors Dr Fiona Smyth and Dr Carolina Vasilikou  

26 October 2024

Fiona's research lies at the interface between the history of architecture and the history of science with particular interest in the history of environmental design and its fundamental relevance to cultural studies of sound and the history of ideas. Fiona's approach draws strongly on archive work, field work, iconography...