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The Department would like to congratulate Dr Irit Katz on winning the John Urry Prize for her article 'Mobile Colonial Architecture: Facilitating Settler Colonialism’s Expansions, Expulsions, Resistance, and Decolonisation'

20 February 2023

For more information on the John Urry Article Prize and to read the full article, visit: https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/rmob20/collections/best-paper-john-urry-prize

The Sir Arthur Marshall Visiting Professor Yasmeen Lari's work to rebuild areas of Pakistan devastated by floods has been featured in Time Magazine

20 February 2023

Read the full article here: https://time.com/6256495/rebuild-pakistan-floods-architect-yasmeen-lari/

ArcSoc: Trash or treasure? - ArcSoc Cabaret reviewed in Varsity Magazine

2 February 2023

Read the full article in Varsity Magazine here: https://www.varsity.co.uk/lifestyle/24907

Available to watch now: PBS interview with Professor Yasmeen Lari, Sir Arthur Marshall Professor of Sustainable Design for 2022/2023, about building climate-resilient homes in the aftermath of the devastating floods in Pakistan

25 January 2023

Watch the full interview, with transcript, here: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/pakistanis-build-climate-resilient-homes-in-aftermath-of-devastating-floods Watch on YouTube:

The Department wishes to congratulate David Kohn, former student, teacher and long-term friend of the Department on winning the RIBA House of the Year 2022

3 January 2023

David Kohn won the award fro the 'Red House' in rural Dorset. For more information about the RIBA House of the Year 2022 visit: https://www.architecture.com/awards-and-competitions-landing-page/awards/riba-house-of-the-year https://www.architecture.com/whats-on/building-stories-riba-house-of-the-year-2022-winner

The Department would like to congratulate students Mary Holmes on winning the RIBA Bronze Award and Kieran Tam on receiving a Dissertation Medal Commendation at the RIBA Awards 2022

8 December 2022

For more information about the awards and a full list of winners visit: https://www.architecture.com/knowledge-and-resources/knowledge-landing-page/riba-reveals-winners-of-186th-presidents-medals Bronze Medal Winner 2022 Out of the Closet, Into the Garden Part 1 Project 2022 Mary Holmes University of Cambridge | UK A space...

The Department Celebrates the Announcement of Flora Samuel as Sixth Professor of Architecture (1970)

24 November 2022

The Department of Architecture is delighted and excited to announce that the Board of Electors have unanimously elected and the Vice Chancellor has duly appointed Professor Flora Samuel as the sixth Professor of Architecture (1970) in the University of Cambridge. This is the only established Professorial Chair in the...

Dr Rihab Khalid has interviewed this year’s Sir Arthur Marshall Professor Yasmeen Lari for Research Pathways in Buildings & Cities

21 November 2022

Read all about Professor Lari’s impactful journey towards climate resiliant disaster-relief design in Pakistan here: https://www.buildingsandcities.org/insights/research-pathways/co-producing-humanitarian-architecture.html

PhD student Jiayu Pan received the Turing Enrichment Award at the Alan Turing Institute

12 October 2022

Jiayu Pan has been accepted into the highly competitive Turing Enrichment Scheme as a placement student for 2022/23 at the Alan Turing Institute. The Turing Enrichment scheme ( https://www.turing.ac.uk/work-turing/studentships/enrichment ) offers students currently enrolled on a doctoral programme at a UK university the...

'A retrofitting revolution Laying the foundations for buildings to stay cool in extreme heat': Research by Professor Alan Short featured on the University of Cambridge website

11 October 2022

In 2008 Professor Alan Short was tasked with designing a hospital that could self-regulate its temperature. Professor Short, who has a long history in environmental architecture and has designed several self-regulating buildings, envisaged a solution that was completely naturally ventilated and cooled. The resulting design...