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Read more at: Ed Barsley's research on coastal flood resilience is to be featured as a key precedent in Arup's forthcoming 'Cities and Sea Level Rise Research' for New York

Ed Barsley's research on coastal flood resilience is to be featured as a key precedent in Arup's forthcoming 'Cities and Sea Level Rise Research' for New York

16 February 2016

The publication is due to be launched at the 2016 Flood & Coast Conference in Telford. His chapter on future city design has also been included in the newly released 'Aquatecture: Buildings and cities designed to live and work with water' RIBA publication. http://www.ribabookshops.com/item/aquatecture-buildings-and-...


Read more at: IHBC recognises MSt in Building History

IHBC recognises MSt in Building History

16 February 2016

We are pleased to announce that the MSt in Building History has been recognised by the Institute for Historic Building Conservation (IHBC). The IHBC, which represents building conservation professionals in the UK, awards recognition to courses in higher education judged to offer suitable training for those engaged in, or...


Read more at: Ingrid Schroeder will be giving a talk as part of the Contemporary Urban Design Education symposium at the Architectural Association on February 10th
Ingrid Schroeder will be giving a talk as part of the Contemporary Urban Design Education symposium at the Architectural Association on February 10th

Ingrid Schroeder will be giving a talk as part of the Contemporary Urban Design Education symposium at the Architectural Association on February 10th

27 January 2016

The symposium brings together urban educators to discuss how new practices and research have changed urban design conventions and disciplinary assumptions. This is a discussion not only important to urban researchers, but all architects involved in the different scales of designing the built environment. Click here for...


Read more at: Head of Department Wendy Pullan has article entitled 'Just cities: the role of public space and everyday life' featured on Saferworld website
Head of Department Wendy Pullan has article entitled  'Just cities: the role of public space and everyday life' featured on Saferworld website

Head of Department Wendy Pullan has article entitled 'Just cities: the role of public space and everyday life' featured on Saferworld website

25 January 2016

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Read more at: Former Cambridge Architecture student Emily Penn is winner of the Fitzroy Award at the Ocean Awards
Former Cambridge Architecture student Emily Penn is winner of the Fitzroy Award at the Ocean Awards

Former Cambridge Architecture student Emily Penn is winner of the Fitzroy Award at the Ocean Awards

21 January 2016

Emily received the award in recognition of her 2014 and 2015 expeditions to investigate the amount of plastic in the oceans. Click here for more information.


Read more at: Cambridge Architecture alumni and a former lecturer are awarded OBEs in the New Year's Honours 2016

Cambridge Architecture alumni and a former lecturer are awarded OBEs in the New Year's Honours 2016

5 January 2016

Joanna van Heyningen ( van Heyningen and Haward ) and Graham Morrison ( Allies and Morrison ) were amongst five architects awarded with an OBE for services to architecture in this year's honours list. Bob Allies ( Allies and Morrison ), who once lectured in the Department, was also honoured with an OBE this year. Click...


Read more at: The exhibition that accompanied the book 'African Modernism: The Architecture of Indepedence' co-edited by Ingrid Schroeder is listed as No.5 in the Guardian's best architecture events of 2015
The exhibition that accompanied the book 'African Modernism: The Architecture of Indepedence' co-edited by Ingrid Schroeder is listed as No.5 in the Guardian's best architecture events of 2015

The exhibition that accompanied the book 'African Modernism: The Architecture of Indepedence' co-edited by Ingrid Schroeder is listed as No.5 in the Guardian's best architecture events of 2015

15 December 2015

The exhibition was at the Vitra Design Museum from 20 February - 15 May 2015. For more information on the exhibition visit: http://www.design-museum.de/en/exhibitions/detailseiten/african-modernism.html For more information on the Guardian's best architecture events of 2015 visit: http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/...


Read more at: Cambridge Alumni win the Turner Prize 2015

Cambridge Alumni win the Turner Prize 2015

8 December 2015

On Monday 7 th December, Architecture collective ‘ Assemble ’ were announced as winners of the 2015 Turner Prize for their collaborative regeneration project in Granby Four Streets, Liverpool. They are the first Architectural ensemble to do so, and the youngest winners in the Prize’s history. 14 members of the group are...


Read more at: CDRS (Cambridge Design Research Studio) present to the South Downs National Park Design Review Panel
CDRS (Cambridge Design Research Studio) present to the South Downs National Park Design Review Panel

CDRS (Cambridge Design Research Studio) present to the South Downs National Park Design Review Panel

24 November 2015

CDRS members Will Anderson, George Mitzalis and David Jones presented their alternative masterplan for the Phoenix Estate in Lewes, E Sussex, to the South Downs National Park Design Review Panel earlier this week. Will, George and David are Lewes Phoenix Rising's design team, LPR is a community development company set up...


Read more at: Book entitled 'African Modernism: Architecture and Independence' co-edited by Ingrid Schroeder wins the gold medal for the best art book of 2015 at the "Festival International du Livre d’Art et du Film" (FILAF)
Book entitled 'African Modernism: Architecture and Independence' co-edited by Ingrid Schroeder wins the gold medal for the best art book of 2015 at the "Festival International du Livre d’Art et du Film" (FILAF)

Book entitled 'African Modernism: Architecture and Independence' co-edited by Ingrid Schroeder wins the gold medal for the best art book of 2015 at the "Festival International du Livre d’Art et du Film" (FILAF)

16 November 2015

"African Modernism - Architecture of Independence" was published in conjunction with an exhibition on the same topic that opened at the Vitra Design Museum Gallery. The book focuses on the architecture that was built during the 1960s and 70s in the context of the independence of the countries of Sub-Saharan Africa. The...