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Read more at: The Department of Architecture congratulates Professor Michael Ramage and Associate Professor Dr Darshil Shah on being named in the top 2% of scientists in 2023 for materials and building and construction

The Department of Architecture congratulates Professor Michael Ramage and Associate Professor Dr Darshil Shah on being named in the top 2% of scientists in 2023 for materials and building and construction

2 November 2023

This list is released every year by the Stanford University and Elsevier. Find out more here: https://elsevier.digitalcommonsdata.com/datasets/btchxktzyw/6


Read more at: Professor Hironori Kato of the University of Tokyo will be presenting a Martin Centre Occasional Seminar tomorrow on 'Highway project appraisal in Japan: The latest from an on-going study'

Professor Hironori Kato of the University of Tokyo will be presenting a Martin Centre Occasional Seminar tomorrow on 'Highway project appraisal in Japan: The latest from an on-going study'

2 November 2023

Time: 11:00am-1:00pm Friday 3 November 2023 Venue: Boardroom, Dept of Architecture, University of Cambridge, 1 Scroope Terrace, Trumpington Street, Cambridge, CB2 1PX https://zoom.us/j/3423985016 Abstract Cost-benefit analysis (CBA) has been widely recognized as a crucial step in the decision-making process for...


Read more at: The Department of Architecture congratulates Professor Koen Steemers and Associate Professor and Deputy Head of Department (Research) Ronita Bardhan on being named in the top 2% of scientists in 2023 for sustainable design and energy transition themes

The Department of Architecture congratulates Professor Koen Steemers and Associate Professor and Deputy Head of Department (Research) Ronita Bardhan on being named in the top 2% of scientists in 2023 for sustainable design and energy transition themes

2 November 2023

This list is released every year by the Stanford University and Elsevier. Find out more here: https://elsevier.digitalcommonsdata.com/datasets/btchxktzyw/6


Read more at: Professor Flora Samuel will be taking part in the 2nd 'Citymakers 2023 - City Knowledge, Knowledge City' event on November 2 at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge

Professor Flora Samuel will be taking part in the 2nd 'Citymakers 2023 - City Knowledge, Knowledge City' event on November 2 at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge

1 November 2023

Professor Samuel will be one of three speakers from the world of architecture joined by three responders bringing perspectives of client, policy and university. Now in its fifth year, Citymakers is Allies and Morrison’s annual conference exploring the often-misunderstood role of masterplanning in the making of cities today...


Read more at: 'The Religious Architecture of Alvar, Aino and Elissa Aalto': a new book by the Department's Dr Sofia Singler has been published by Lund Humphries

'The Religious Architecture of Alvar, Aino and Elissa Aalto': a new book by the Department's Dr Sofia Singler has been published by Lund Humphries

31 October 2023

The first critical account of Aalto’s religious modern architecture: https://www.lundhumphries.com/collections/coming-soon/products/the-religious-architecture-of-alvar-aino-and-elissa-aalto This book offers the first critical account of Alvar, Aino and Elissa Aalto’s religious modern architecture. The Aaltos’...


Read more at: Eminent architectural historian, theorist and academic Anthony Vidler passed away at his home in Manhattan on October 19, aged 82.

Eminent architectural historian, theorist and academic Anthony Vidler passed away at his home in Manhattan on October 19, aged 82.

30 October 2023

He will be fondly remembered by his colleagues and friends in the Department of Architecture at the University of Cambridge where he studied between 1960-66. While in Cambridge, Vidler was taught by Colin Rowe, whose lectures influenced his work as a historian, and shared the classroom with Nicholas Bullock and Peter...


Read more at: Congratulations to MArch Design Fellow Conrad Koslowsky on winning the 2023 Stephen Lawrence Prize for his Lighthouse Children's Home project

Congratulations to MArch Design Fellow Conrad Koslowsky on winning the 2023 Stephen Lawrence Prize for his Lighthouse Children's Home project

23 October 2023

The Royal Institute of British Architects has named Lighthouse Children’s Home by Conrad Koslowsky Architects as winner of the Stephen Lawrence Prize 2023. The previously derelict 1920s house in South West London has been transformed into an arts and craft-style six-bedroom care home; the first created by the Lighthouse...


Read more at: Dove Tales: a new exhibition based on the design-research of Design Fellow Enrico Brondelli di Brondello has opened in London

Dove Tales: a new exhibition based on the design-research of Design Fellow Enrico Brondelli di Brondello has opened in London

12 October 2023

The exhibition explores the way we are spatially entangled with other species - focussing on the pigeon. "Few species elicit revulsion like the pigeon, and yet few other species are so intertwined in the places we live. What can the pigeon tell us about how to better co-exist with animals?" Dove Tales is an exhibition by...


Read more at: The Department congratulates MArch Design Fellow Conrad Koslowsky for being shortlisted for the 2023 Stephen Lawrence Prize with his project Lighthouse Children's Home. The winner will be announced at the 2023 RIBA Stirling Prize ceremony

The Department congratulates MArch Design Fellow Conrad Koslowsky for being shortlisted for the 2023 Stephen Lawrence Prize with his project Lighthouse Children's Home. The winner will be announced at the 2023 RIBA Stirling Prize ceremony

11 October 2023

Conrad Koslowsky designed the building for the Lighthouse Pedagogy Trust and more details about the project can be found here: https://www.architecture.com/awards-and-competitions-landing-page/awards/riba-regional-awards/riba-london-award-winners/2023/lighthouse-childrens-home For more details about the Stephen Lawrence...


Read more at: We are pleased to welcome Professor Flora Samuel as our new Head of Department

We are pleased to welcome Professor Flora Samuel as our new Head of Department

6 October 2023

Professor Flora Samuel’s strength is in connecting ideas and people from different backgrounds and fields – the scholarship of integration and application, making connections across disciplines and sectors, contextualising specialisms in the larger context and making sense of them to non-specialists. Her current work...