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The first cohort of 16 aspiring architects enrolled in the University of Cambridge’s pioneering postgraduate architecture apprenticeship programme have just been awarded a Master of Studies (MSt) in Architecture

17 July 2023

The high-flying trainees passed the first stage of the apprenticeship with flying colours and are now continuing towards their End Point Assessment – paving the way towards Part III of their training early next year before they go on to qualify as architects. The apprentices’ talents have not gone unnoticed, with two of...

The Department would like to congratulate Dr Ronita Bardhan on being being named an EPSRC - Women's Engineering Society ambassador for women in engineering

27 June 2023

Dr Bardhan was awarded for her work on climate, gender and Equality, Diversity and Inclusion. Read more about the award here: https://www.ukri.org/opportunity/epsrc-wes-ambassadors-for-women-in-engineering/

Annual Alumni Celebration of Architecture

26 June 2023

Following the success of the event last year, we wish to do the same this year and invite you back to the Department of Architecture to share your memories about the Department. Open to: Alumni and guests Friends and supporters Location: The Department of Architecture, 5 Scroope Terrace, Trumpington Street, Cambridge, CB2...

The ArcSoc Student Exhibition took place at the Ugly Duck, Bermondsey from 7 - 9 July 2023

22 June 2023

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The Department would like to congratulate Professor Deborah Howard on winning the European Heritage Awards / Europa Nostra Awards 2023

20 June 2023

Professor Deborah Howard has won the award for the project ' Proto-Industrial Architecture of the Veneto in the Age of Palladio '. All winners are now up for a Public Choice Award and voting is open here: https://vote.europanostra.org For more information about the European Heritage Awards / Europa Nostra Awards visit...

The Department would like to congratulate Professor Yasmeen Lari, our 2022-23 Sir Arthur Marshall Professor of Sustainable Urban Design, on receiving the RIBA Royal Gold Medal for architecture 2023

27 April 2023

This high honour is given in recognition of Yasmeen Lari's long and productive career championing zero-carbon solutions for housing displaced populations and has been approved by King Charles III personally. For more information about the award visit: https://www.architecture.com/awards-and-competitions-landing-page/awards...

Elain Harwood 1958-2023

27 April 2023

It was with great sadness and real shock that we learnt of the death last week of Elain Harwood. Elain was a tireless advocate for twentieth-century architecture. Her career with English Heritage and later Historic England was largely devoted to identifying, researching, publishing and protecting the best of modern...

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...

The Faculty is delighted to welcome Yasmeen Lari as the Sir Arthur Marshall Visiting Professor in Sustainable Design for 2022/2023.

5 October 2022

Yasmeen Lari was the first female architect in Pakistan and winner of the Jane Drew Prize 2020. She trained as an architect in the UK and opened her practice in Pakistan at the age of 23, over the next 40 years firmly establishing herself as one the regions leading design architects with a series of startling brutalist...

Scroope 32 call for abstracts: 'The Quotidian and the Enchanted'

30 August 2022

Scroope 32 examines the quotidian and the enchanted - the ways in which identity is constructed, projected, and framed, and the pathways by which we navigate a world that is often disorienting and alienating. We are seeking submissions that explore and challenge the forms, spaces, environments, landscapes, and constructs...