News

Completion of Rural Roaming Room by Invisible Studio and PEARCE+ for Public Map Platform Project led by Professor Flora Samuel

19 June 2024

The innovative Rural Roaming Room – a multipurpose creative space which will tour around the Isle of Anglesey during the summer months - has been now been completed. The design and production of the Rural Roaming Room, led by the pioneering architect Piers Taylor (Invisible Studio) in collaboration with Lean Structures...

The annual Alumni Celebration of Architecture will take place on Saturday July 6

19 June 2024

Following the success of previous years, we are delighted to be hosting another Annual Alumni Celebration of Architecture at the Department! When: Saturday 6 July From 11.00am - The fantastic ArcSoc annual exhibition is available to view at Kettle's Yard From 2.00pm - Faculty will open for tours and the annual exhibition...

Faculty members argue for better data for reducing heat-related deaths in article published in Nature India

13 June 2024

The article entitled 'A better count of heat-related deaths needed to help the vulnerable' was authored by Dr Ramit Debnath and Yi-Ting Lin. Read the full article here: https://www.nature.com/articles/d44151-024-00084-w

The ARCSOC end of year Exhibition Hello, House, will take place at Kettle's Yard from 4-7 July

28 May 2024

The opening night of the ARCSOC Exhibition, Hello, House will take place on the 4th of July at Kettle’s Yard at 6PM. This year, ARCSOC will be working in collaboration with Kettle’s Yard, the much-loved Kettle’s Yard House and Gallery began life as the home of curator and art collector Jim Ede and is now a world-renowned...

A research paper on neuroarchitecture and biophilia by members of the BBP research group, Cleo Valentine, Heather Mitcheltree and Koen Steemers, is featured on the front cover of the international academic journal ‘Buildings’

28 May 2024

Click here to read the full article. For more on the BBP (Behaviour and Building Performance) research group visit: https://www.arct.cam.ac.uk/research/the-martin-centre/behaviour-and-building-performance

Alumnus Dr Wesam Al Asali's Syria and Spain based practice IWLab, co-founded with Dr. Iyas Shahin, has recently won the Global Award for Sustainable Architecture

15 May 2024

The Global Award for Sustainable Architecture award, held under the patronage of UNESCO, recognizes the contributions of five architects who exemplify principles of sustainable development and a participatory architectural approach to societal needs across the globe. Wesam Al Asali received the award alongside scholars and...

2nd year student Sam El-bahja has written a blog post for Humanise.org exploring the 'challenge of boring architecture'

10 May 2024

Read the full blog post here: https://www.humanise.org/opinions/is-boring-let-me-tell-you-why

The Department congratulates Otto Copping (MArch) on being awarded the 2024 KPF Traveling Fellowship

9 May 2024

The KPF Travel Fellowship awards $10,000 (USD) to students in their penultimate year, to use during a summer of travel before their final year of study. For more information visit: https://www.kpf.com/news/kpf-announces-2024-traveling-fellowship-winners _otto_copping_kpf_travel_scholarship_portfolio_p.1_only.jpg

Faculty member Dr Ramit Debnath has been awarded a UKRI-EPSRC Responsible AI UK grant (£650,000) as a Co-PI to address the economic challenges of the rapid advances in AI

8 May 2024

For more information visit: https://www.bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk/blog/responsible-trustworthy-ai/

Professor Flora Samuel will be giving an Erasmus Seminar at Downing College on May 8 2024 on 'The Cambridge Room: engagement and inclusion in spatial planning'

3 May 2024

Planning consultation typically takes the form of a tick box exercise, one that typically elicits responses from around 2% of the population. This talk describes a series of pragmatic research projects that have sought to improve inclusion in spatial planning, culminating in a discussion of the Cambridge Room, an ‘urban...