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Symposium and Book Launch: School Design: A source book for schools in East Africa co-edited by alumnus Peter Clegg

10 November 2025

Drawing on 15 years’ experience in Rwanda and Uganda, the Feilden Foundation has created a School Design Guide for East African countries alongside Enabel – the Belgian Agency for International Cooperation, Localworks Uganda, Buro Happold and Grant Associates . Developed primarily for Uganda and Rwanda, the guide presents...

A new publication by our faculty members is out now in the prestigious Royal Society journal

6 November 2025

The department congratulates faculty members Dr Ramit Debnath, Professor Ronita Bardhan and PhD candidate Fengyuan (Simon) Han on publishing a cutting-edge causal machine learning research on the nighttime impacts of heatwaves on hyperdense Global South cities in the prestigious Philosophical Transactions of the Royal...

New Publication: 'Routledge Critical Companion to Race and Architecture' by Dr Felipe Hernández

3 November 2025

Felipe Hernández, Associate Professor of Architecture and urban Studies, announces the launch of the Routledge Critical Companion to Race and Architecture. The volume expands the discourse on racializing concepts and categories beyond the traditional Africa–North America axis, examining many issues that have been...

Healthy Greater Cambridge Report Launch by the Cambridge Room

30 October 2025

As part of our continued involvement in the future of our city Flora Samuel and the team at Cambridge Room Research launched their Healthy Greater Cambridge Report , the data within it forming an important baseline for their work going forward. The report was written by Mark Drane of Urban Habitats and illustrated...

MAUS 2025 student John Ngyuen wins the the Robert Bradford Newman Medal for Merit in Architectural Acoustics from Acoustical Society of America for the most innovative dissertation in architectural acoustics

30 October 2025

John Nguyen completed his MPhil in Urban Studies in 2025. His dissertation explored the integration of acoustic metamaterials (AMMs) into architectural design, with the aim of transforming traditional open-plan workplace environments into acoustically optimised, multi-zoned spaces. His research positioned AMMs as pivotal...

A new publication by Dr Irit Katz entitled 'Gaza, Stripped: Displacement, Destruction, and Necro-Humanitarianism' is now out on e-flux Architecture

27 October 2025

We are pleased to announce the publication of Dr Irit Katz’s latest article, “Gaza, Stripped: Displacement, Destruction, and Necro-Humanitarianism,” now available on e-flux Architecture. In this piece, Dr Katz examines the intersections of displacement, destruction, and humanitarian intervention in Gaza, offering a...

We are delighted to announce that Witherford Watson and Mann - led by Cambridge alumni - won the 2025 Stirling Prize for the Appleby Blue Almshouse

21 October 2025

The prize-winning design, Appleby Blue Almshouse, is a project that brings joy to its inhabitants and sets new standards for older people’s housing. Located on the site of a former care home in Bermondsey (South London), the project consciously updates the traditional “almshouse” typology — typically small cottages around...

The Department congratulates MArch student Erin McCaffray on winning the inaugural ‘Design for Regeneration’ student competition

20 October 2025

'Design for Regenration' is a UK‑wide student design competition organised by Planted Community in partnership with software developer Vectorworks. It invites undergraduate students (and recent 2025 graduates) in design‑oriented disciplines (architecture, interior design, landscape, product/industrial/furniture design) to...

Dr Ramit Debnath’s new machine learning research sheds light on how colder climate traps air pollution in cities

17 October 2025

mlcities.png The department congratulates Assistant Professor and Deputy Director (Centre for Human-Inspired AI) Dr Ramit Debnath on the publication of a new research in Atmospheric Environment: X journal that reveals strong links between heating demand and increased air pollution levels in Norwegian Cities. This...

Professor Michael H. Ramage meets His Majesty King Charles III at Circular Bioeconomy Alliance Reception

16 October 2025

Professor Michael H. Ramage, Director of the Centre for Natural Material Innovation (CNMI) at the University of Cambridge and Fellow of Sidney Sussex College, attended a reception hosted by His Majesty King Charles III at St James’s Palace on 15 October 2025. The event, organised by the Circular Bioeconomy Alliance (CBA...