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The Department congratulates PhD student Beke Mchunu on publishing an article in the journal 'Architectural Histories'

11 March 2026

The full piece entitled Field Notes: Objects and Media of the Home can be read here: https://journal.eahn.org/article/id/18874/ Beke is a Harding Distinguished Scholar in the first year of her PhD in the Department, and is supervised by Dr Fiona Smyth . The highly prestigious Harding Distinguished Postgraduate Scholars...

Alternative Housing for Peripheral Populations: Summer School 2026

2 March 2026

This program will take place from July 11 to 31, 2026, in Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia, and has been jointly developed by the Universidad del Valle, the University of Cambridge, and the Universidad del Rosario, offering a high-level academic experience. You can apply to the Summer School here: Summer School 2026...

Professor Flora Samuel will be a Guest Speaker at the Forum on Housing & Urban Planning at The Howard Theatre, Downing College on 24 March from 3-5pm

27 February 2026

The keynote speech will be delivered by the Guest of Honour, the President of the of UN-Habitat Assembly Nga Kor Ming.

Architecture Department alum Kamal Hussain (Kaan) recently won the Gardener’s World “Gardens of the Year” competition (2025) for his innovative – and tiny! – garden in Saltaire, Yorkshire

18 February 2026

At only 4m x 2.5m it was the smallest garden entered into the competition, presenting design challenges which Kamal enthusiastically confronted with innovative planting and multi-tiered beds. Giving directly onto a public canal towpath, the garden became simultaneously a private and public space. Plenty of complimentary...

The design work of our Design Fellows Katie Kasabalis (M.Arch.) and Darius Woo (Second Year Tripos), co-founders of Kasawoo studio, is featured on the cover of 'dwell: The Generations issue'

13 February 2026

Katie is currently co-leading the Fourth and Fifth Years in the M.Arch Design Studio unit Down to Earth (with Giles Smith, Assemble). Read more about The Root , an adapt and extend holiday house, as featured in the article, moving away from the local concrete industry and based on prefabrication and land-preservation...

'What environmental psychology tells about incorporating nature to improve healthcare design': new article published in RIBAJ by alum Marta Saniewska

11 February 2026

In this latest piece for RIBAJ, our architecture alum Marta Saniewska explores how environmental psychology is reshaping the way we design healthcare environments. From landmark studies showing that patients with views of nature recover faster, to contemporary research underpinning biophilic design, the evidence is clear...

The Department congratulates PhD student Maoran Sun for publishing cutting edge research in Nature Portfolio

9 February 2026

Maoran Sun is a final year PhD student working at the Sustainable Design Group under supervision of Professor Ronita Bardhan . His research uses multimodal urban big data to understand energy efficiency . This research is done in collaboration with University of Glasgow, UK.

Call for Abstracts: Conference on Situated Imagination and Imaginaries for Urban Futures, to be held on July 17, 2026 at the Department of Architecture

5 February 2026

Calling all scholars from architecture, urban studies, and the humanities and the social sciences more broadly! We are excited to announce an upcoming Conference on Situated Imagination and Imaginaries for Urban Futures, to be held on July 17, 2026 at the Department of Architecture, University of Cambridge. This conference...

Dr Matteo Zallio presented the 'Inclusive Design Canvas' at the Davos Neurodiversity Summit

23 January 2026

The Inclusive Design Canvas, developed through years of research at the University of Cambridge, was recently showcased at the Davos Neurodiversity Summit, held alongside the World Economic Forum. The tool was presented as a practical, evidence-based framework for translating inclusive values into concrete design action...

The Department congratulates MAUS 2023 alumna Cuicheng Zhang on publishing her research in Energy Policy, Elsevier

5 January 2026

The department congratulates Cuicheng Zhang (MAUS, 23) on publishing her MPhil dissertation research in the prestigious Energy Policy Journal. Her research used machine learning to investigate the relationship between sociodemographic factors, building characteristics, energy efficiency and environmental impact in London's...