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The Department's Professor Emily So has been interviewed by the BBC about her work assessing earthquake damage in Turkey

14 March 2023

Structural and civil engineers from the Earthquake Engineering Field Investigation Team have travelled to Turkey to help to investigate the damage caused by the recent earthquake. Professor Emily So, director of the Cambridge University Centre for Risk in the Built Environment, is co-leading the investigation, the findings...

Ana Gatóo, PhD student and Teaching Associate in the Department of Architecture, has been listed for the second year running as one of 100 women to watch in architecture

8 March 2023

Ana Gatóo is also a partner in Light Earth Designs , whose work most notably includes the Rwanda Cricket Stadium in Kigali, which was awarded the 2018 A+Awards Popular Winner in the Stadium category. Click here to read the full list on Architizer: https://architizer.com/blog/inspiration/industry/women-to-watch-in-...

'Conspiracy spillovers and geoengineering': Article co-authored by Cambridge Zero Research Fellow Dr Ramit Debnath featured in Time Magazine and the Independent

7 March 2023

Authors : Dr Ramit Debnath, et al Title : Conspiracy spillovers and geoengineering Published : 28 Feb 2023 (Open Access, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2023.106166 ) Read the feature in Time Magazine: https://time.com/6259474/climate-conspiracy-theories-fear/ Read the feature in the Independent: https://www...

The Department would like to congratulate Dr Irit Katz on winning the John Urry Prize for her article 'Mobile Colonial Architecture: Facilitating Settler Colonialism’s Expansions, Expulsions, Resistance, and Decolonisation'

20 February 2023

For more information on the John Urry Article Prize and to read the full article, visit: https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/rmob20/collections/best-paper-john-urry-prize

The Sir Arthur Marshall Visiting Professor Yasmeen Lari's work to rebuild areas of Pakistan devastated by floods has been featured in Time Magazine

20 February 2023

Read the full article here: https://time.com/6256495/rebuild-pakistan-floods-architect-yasmeen-lari/

ArcSoc: Trash or treasure? - ArcSoc Cabaret reviewed in Varsity Magazine

2 February 2023

Read the full article in Varsity Magazine here: https://www.varsity.co.uk/lifestyle/24907

Available to watch now: PBS interview with Professor Yasmeen Lari, Sir Arthur Marshall Professor of Sustainable Design for 2022/2023, about building climate-resilient homes in the aftermath of the devastating floods in Pakistan

25 January 2023

Watch the full interview, with transcript, here: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/pakistanis-build-climate-resilient-homes-in-aftermath-of-devastating-floods Watch on YouTube:

The Department wishes to congratulate David Kohn, former student, teacher and long-term friend of the Department on winning the RIBA House of the Year 2022

3 January 2023

David Kohn won the award fro the 'Red House' in rural Dorset. For more information about the RIBA House of the Year 2022 visit: https://www.architecture.com/awards-and-competitions-landing-page/awards/riba-house-of-the-year https://www.architecture.com/whats-on/building-stories-riba-house-of-the-year-2022-winner

The Department would like to congratulate students Mary Holmes on winning the RIBA Bronze Award and Kieran Tam on receiving a Dissertation Medal Commendation at the RIBA Awards 2022

8 December 2022

For more information about the awards and a full list of winners visit: https://www.architecture.com/knowledge-and-resources/knowledge-landing-page/riba-reveals-winners-of-186th-presidents-medals Bronze Medal Winner 2022 Out of the Closet, Into the Garden Part 1 Project 2022 Mary Holmes University of Cambridge | UK A space...

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...