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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: First ever Building History graduates
First ever Building History graduates

First ever Building History graduates

12 December 2013

On 30 November 2013 the first graduates of the MSt in Building History took their degrees, becoming, we believe, the first ever Building History graduates in the UK. If this suggestion sounds surprising, the explanation lies in the name. ‘Building History’ combines approaches to the historic built environment drawn from a...

Read more at: Department of Architecture collaboration instrumental in securing part of a £5.6 billion trade deal with China

Department of Architecture collaboration instrumental in securing part of a £5.6 billion trade deal with China

5 December 2013

The collaboration between MIT, UBC and Cambridge Architectural Research and the Department of Architecture will contribute to the knowledge base and use of engineered bamboo. Structural Bamboo Products (SBP) will have lower operating energy use and so emit lower levels of carbon throughout their life cycles. The SBP and...

Read more at: Professor Edward Ng conducted a workshop on Urban Climate and Urban Design in the Department of Architecture on 27 Nov 2013

Professor Edward Ng conducted a workshop on Urban Climate and Urban Design in the Department of Architecture on 27 Nov 2013

5 December 2013

Prof. Edward Ng is an architect and Professor of Architecture from the School of Architecture, the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK). With his expertise in urban climate and urban design, he recently led a one-day workshop with a group of Masters and PhD students on Urban Climate Mapping. The workshop comprised of a...

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: Evening Standard and Spectator choose James Campbell's 'Library: a World History' as one of their books of the year for 2013:
Evening Standard and Spectator choose James Campbell's 'Library: a World History' as one of their books of the year for 2013:

Evening Standard and Spectator choose James Campbell's 'Library: a World History' as one of their books of the year for 2013:

28 November 2013

http://www.standard.co.uk/arts/book/books-of-the-year-2013-8938697.html http://www.spectator.co.uk/books/books-feature/9076421/books-of-the-year-13/

Read more at: 'Staircases: History, Repair and Conservation': a new book by James Campbell
'Staircases: History, Repair and Conservation': a new book by James Campbell

'Staircases: History, Repair and Conservation': a new book by James Campbell

28 November 2013

The staircase dates back to the very beginning of architectural history. Virtually every significant building from the ziggurats of ancient Mesopotamia to the present day, has not only contained one or more staircases, but has celebrated them. For such an apparently simple part of a building they have been made in a...

Read more at: Conflict in Cities members interviewed by the Guardian for an article entitled 'Walls: an illusion of security from Berlin to the West Bank'
Conflict in Cities members interviewed by the Guardian for an article entitled 'Walls: an illusion of security from Berlin to the West Bank'

Conflict in Cities members interviewed by the Guardian for an article entitled 'Walls: an illusion of security from Berlin to the West Bank'

20 November 2013

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Read more at: PhD Candidate Irit Katz is the first-ever winner of the James Morris Essay Prize

PhD Candidate Irit Katz is the first-ever winner of the James Morris Essay Prize

13 November 2013

Irit Katz, Girton College Scholar and a Phd Candidate in the Centre for Urban Conflicts Research, has won the James Morris prize, a new award of the 'Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain' for work on British Colonial and Post-Colonial Architecture. The article titled 'Camps in Mandatory Palestine: The...

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