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Wrong trees in the wrong place can make cities hotter at night, study co-authored by Dr Ronita Bardhan reveals

10 December 2024

While trees can cool some cities significantly during the day, new research shows that tree canopies can also trap heat and raise temperatures at night. The study aims to help urban planners choose the best combinations of trees and planting locations to combat urban heat stress. [ Download research paper proofs here ]...

Gender inequality ingrained in global climate negotiations; a new study by our faculty members published in the Lancet Planetary Health journal

11 November 2024

Climate governance is dominated by men, yet the health impacts of the climate crisis often affect women, girls, and gender-diverse people disproportionately, argue researchers ahead of the upcoming 29th United Nations Climate Summit (COP29) in Azerbaijan. In an article published today in Lancet Planetary Health , a team of...

The Department's Dr Tao DuFour has guest edited the current issue of 'Future Anterior' Journal

30 October 2024

'Future Anterior' is a Journal of Historic Preservation History, Theory, and Criticism and 'an international point of reference for the critical examination of historic preservation', published by the University of Minnesota Press. The issue that Dr DuFour edited focuses on 'Space and Heritage' and is out now. For more...

The Department welcomes new Assistant Professors Dr Fiona Smyth and Dr Carolina Vasilikou

26 October 2024

Fiona's research lies at the interface between the history of architecture and the history of science with particular interest in the history of environmental design and its fundamental relevance to cultural studies of sound and the history of ideas. Fiona's approach draws strongly on archive work, field work, iconography...

MArch student Martha Minton unveils 'The Stack,' a design-build pavilion at Jesus College

24 October 2024

The Department would like to congratulate Martha Minton, a final-year MArch student, on the completion of ‘The Stack,’ a pavilion at Jesus College. Martha led the design and build of the pavilion, which is constructed wholly from reclaimed or surplus materials sourced by the Maintenance Department at the College. The Stack...

Ofsted has declared apprenticeships at the University of Cambridge to be Outstanding across all five of its metrics, including quality of education and leadership, following its visit in September

22 October 2024

ofsted_apprenticeship_carousel.jpg This was the first time that our MSt in Architecture (degree apprenticeship) had been inspected and the result is further evidence of the impact of our innovatory programme. Professor Timothy Brittain-Catlin said: we are delighted that Ofsted has recognised the hard work contributed by...

The Department congratulates alumnus Ran Xiao on being named a 'Rising Star' by the RIBA Journal

22 October 2024

This recognition highlights Ran's work at Planarific, a company founded at the end of his PhD at the Department. Ran writes, 'My PhD research in machine learning applications in architecture, completed in 2023 at the Department, laid the foundation for Planarific. The support and entrepreneurial training I received from...

Our first ever intake of Design students spent their maths class today with Dr Ramit Debnath designing paper planes based on what they learnt about forces and vectors in the class

18 October 2024

In the class exercise, the Year 1 Design Tripos students used what they had learned about vectors and linear algebra in Dr. Ramit Debnath's Math and Programming class to create and build paper planes. The goal was to see whose design could get the plane the farthest, considering four main forces: lift, drag, gravity, and...

The Department congratulates MAUD alum Xidian Wang on winning the AZ Design Award and the Architecture MasterPrize

15 October 2024

Xidian's award winning MAUD project, completed in 2023, was a project for single mother families in Japan. As well as winning the AZ Design Award and the Architecture MasterPrize , it was also exhibited at the London Design Festival and featured in an interview on Koozarch. You can read the interview here: "It Takes a Shea...

Researchers from the Centre for Natural Material Innovation group will be chairing a webinar on circularity and repurposing timber waste on Thursday October 17th

14 October 2024

The session will be chaired by Dr Martha Godina (CNMI, University of Cambridge) and will hear from Dr Dan Ridley-Ellis (Edinburgh Napier University) and Dr Jonas Breidenbach (UCL). The webinar will take place on Thursday, October 17th, from 13:00-14:00 BST. Register here: https://lnkd.in/eeC4N5Jf