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Entering Practice: An event by ArcSoc and the CAA (Cambridge Association of Architects) will take place on Wednesday 28 February

15 February 2024

The event starts at 4pm in the Department of Architecture and the speakers will be as follows: CAA Welcome Speech by Alice Hamlin & Susie Lober David Adams from Graham Handley Architects Eric Martin (or a colleague) from Allies & Morrison JJ Walters from LDA Design Alice Hamlin from Mole Architects February...

Assistant Professor Dr. Michal Gath-Morad and Colleagues from University of Cambridge, UCL, and ETH Zürich Present New Findings in Nature Scientific Reports: Exploring the Role of Strategic Visibility on Wayfinding in Complex Multilevel Buildings

15 February 2024

mgm_1.jpeg In this paper, we explore the mutual effect of prior background expectations and visibility afforded by the 3D configuration of the physical environment on wayfinding efficiency and strategy in multilevel buildings. We perform new analyses on data from 149 participants who performed six unaided and directed...

The Department is saddened to hear of the death of Nicholas Hare aged 81

14 February 2024

Nicholas Hare taught in the Department for several years and founded his eponymously named architecture practice in 1977 whilst teaching here. The practice is known for many prestigious projects including the Dyson and David Attenborough Buildings at Cambridge University. Those at the practice have said of Hare that “He...

Applications are now open for Community Mapping Project Assistant roles available as part of the Future Leaders Programme 2024

12 February 2024

There are five roles available which will be paid and are open to all current and recent undergraduate students. To find out more visit: https://www.zero.cam.ac.uk/who-we-are/blog/articles/future-leaders-programme-2024

Alumnus Carlo Ratti has been appointed Director of the Venice Biennale Architecture Department, tasked with curating the 2025 International Architecture Exhibition

7 February 2024

Professor Carlo Ratti, who trained as both an architect and engineer, is a faculty member at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the Politecnico di Milano. He serves as the director of the Senseable City Lab and is a founding partner of the architecture and innovation firm CRA-Carlo Ratti Associati. Carlo...

Assistant Professor Dr Ramit Debnath wins a 300k grant from university's flagship AI mission called ai@cam

7 February 2024

Assistant Professor Dr Ramit Debnath wins a 300k grant from university's flagship AI mission called ai@cam for a interdisciplinary project titled: 'Decision-making with AI in connected places and cities: Developing an ethical and responsible innovation rooted approach for public value creation'. This project aims to...

Researcher Dr Philip Graham who won the 2023 Thinkhouse.org.uk Early Career Researcher Prize has had research on adjustable housing as a solution for housing problems in the UK featured in Inside Housing

2 February 2024

Philip Graham is a postdoctoral ‘UKRI Design Innovation Scholar’ at the University of Cambridge, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC). He is also an architect at Cullinan Studio, London and a visiting lecturer in sustainable housing design at Tampere University, Finland. He is funded to write a book on...

The winner of the Urban Room ideas contest has been announced as Victoria Fabron, Eric Martin, Pawel Pietkun and Luciano Ingenito from the Cambridge studio of Allies and Morrison

2 February 2024

winner123.jpeg The Cambridge Association of Architects have announced the winner and runners up of the Cambridge Urban Room Ideas Competition and Logo Design. Praised by judges as a ‘beautiful, clear and accurate’ concept, the portable kit of parts could be used to furnish a permanent room for discussion or be ‘carried...

As a part of the University of Cambridge - Social Sciences & Humanities Access to Research Experience – SHARE programme, we invite applications for a 2-week, paid, summer research experience with the Cambridge Sustainable Design Group

23 January 2024

The Cambridge Sustainable Design Group programme is for undergraduates from underrepresented backgrounds, who are in their penultimate year of study, to postgraduate study and research in the humanities and social sciences. The programme is designed to engage with inspiring social science research staff and students at the...

Dr Darshil Shah at the Centre for Natural Material Innovation is a partner in the new UPWEARS project which has recently received 7.5 million Euros of funding for 2024-2028 through Horizon Europe

22 January 2024

The project aims to develop sustainable, circular solutions for smart, functional, and protective wearables and e-textiles and equipment in sport, through innovative and replicable value chains that uses EU biomass resource valorisation. The project gathers 13 academic partners from seven countries (including Alain...