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Read more at: 'The Struggle for Jerusalem's Holy Places': a new publication from the Centre for Urban Conflicts Research
'The Struggle for Jerusalem's Holy Places': a new publication from the Centre for Urban Conflicts Research

'The Struggle for Jerusalem's Holy Places': a new publication from the Centre for Urban Conflicts Research

16 December 2013

By Wendy Pullan, Maximilian Sternberg, Lefkos Kyriacou, Craig Larkin, Michael Dumper


Read more at: Second Year Studio 3 visit the Laban in South London
Second Year Studio 3 visit the Laban in South London

Second Year Studio 3 visit the Laban in South London

28 November 2013

The purpose of the trip was to gain an invaluable insight into the world of dance education, training and performance. Their brief (part of a year-wide theme of ‘Representation’) is for a Dance Centre to be located on a choice of sites near Kingsland Road in Dalston. The students will design spaces for practice and...


Read more at: Hays Recruitment 2013 Award: Dan Ladyman
Hays Recruitment 2013 Award:  Dan Ladyman

Hays Recruitment 2013 Award: Dan Ladyman

28 November 2013

Dan Ladyman, the Department’s top performing 2013 MPhil in Environmental Design in Architecture (Option B/ARB/RIBA Part 2) student was delighted to be awarded the Hays Recruitment 2013 Award. Dan’s project looks at the population increase of Beijing (half a million residents per year) and how the political, social...


Read more at: Good Tidings for Coastal Communities: a research feature on the work of PhD student Ed Barsley

Good Tidings for Coastal Communities: a research feature on the work of PhD student Ed Barsley

24 October 2013

Flooding from rising sea levels and extreme weather events is a major global issue, and the UK is no exception. According to the Government’s 2012 Climate Change Impact Risk Assessment, flooding is the greatest threat facing the UK today. An innovative design concept by Ed Barsley aims to contend with rising seawater by...


Read more at: Hans van der Heijden – the new Marshall Visiting Professor
Hans van der Heijden – the new Marshall Visiting Professor

Hans van der Heijden – the new Marshall Visiting Professor

17 October 2013

We are delighted to announce that Hans van der Heijden will be our new Sir Arthur Marshall Visiting Professor in Sustainable Urban Design. Hans is an architect and urbanist from the Netherlands where, having studied at TU Delft and worked for Mecanoo, he founded and is the design director of biq . He is not only an active...


Read more at: Cambridge Graduates win 2013 RIBA Stirling Prize...again!
Cambridge Graduates win 2013 RIBA Stirling Prize...again!

Cambridge Graduates win 2013 RIBA Stirling Prize...again!

27 September 2013

After last year’s RIBA Stirling Prize winning Sainsbury Laboratory, for which Cambridge graduate Gavin Henderson was the director responsible for delivering the new building, more Cambridge graduates win the 2013 RIBA Stirling Prize. Witherford Watson Mann Architects, all three architecture graduates from the Department of...


Read more at: The ArcSoc Student Exhibition 2013 took place at Testbed 1, Battersea from 9-13th July
The ArcSoc Student Exhibition 2013 took place at Testbed 1, Battersea from 9-13th July

The ArcSoc Student Exhibition 2013 took place at Testbed 1, Battersea from 9-13th July

2 September 2013

Visit the ArcSoc website for information and photographs from the exhibition. Click here for a review of the Exhibition from the Boidus: Blogs website.


Read more at: Sutton Trust students attend week-long summer school in the Department
Sutton Trust students attend week-long summer school in the Department

Sutton Trust students attend week-long summer school in the Department

27 August 2013

Students on the Architecture Summer School, aged from 16-17 years and from all parts of the country, experienced different elements of the undergraduate course, including studying in studios to work on project design ideas. Click her e to see examples of the work produced. The Sutton Trust is committed to improving social...


Read more at: Cambridge alumni dominate Designs of the Year 2013

Cambridge alumni dominate Designs of the Year 2013

16 April 2013

There were 17 nominations for the Architecture category of the London Design Museum's Designs of the Year 2013 . Of the five UK nominations, three involved former Cambridge students of the 1990s as follows: A Room For London, (Southbank Centre), UK An installation on the roof of the Queen Elizabeth Hall at Southbank Centre...


Read more at: EcoHouse group video has been published in the Telegraph as part of the RBS video competition
EcoHouse group video has been published in the Telegraph as part of the RBS video competition

EcoHouse group video has been published in the Telegraph as part of the RBS video competition

28 March 2013

Click here to view the full Telegraph article and video.