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Browse the academic profiles of our Architecture staff.

Academic staff


Dr Benjamin Blackwell
Lecturer in Architectural Studies

Research specialisms: Architectures of Science, Architectures of Education, Science and Technology Studies, Architecture and Power


Dr Kim Förster
Senior Lecturer in Architectural Studies

Research specialisms: Environmental, energy and material histories of architecture; Institutional histories of knowledge production, education and culture; Political ecologies, future imaginaries, and alternative economies of building


Dr Ewan Harrison
Lecturer in Architectural Studies

Research specialisms: Histories of architecture and colonialism / architectures of the British Empire; Histories of architectural business and capitalism; Modern architecture in Britain; Queer and feminist architectural histories


Dr Michal Huss
Lecturer in Architectural Studies

Research specialisms: Political architecture; Contested heritage; Colonial/divided cities; Architecture of daily life and death


Professor Deljana Iossifova
Professor of Architecture and Urban Studies

Research specialisms: Global urban transformations; Sustainable infrastructure transitions; Urban borderlands and coexistence; Urban ageing; Emerging urban phenomena


Dr Alan Lewis
Senior Lecturer in Architectural Studies

Research specialisms: Health and wellbeing; Older people's housing; Building users' experience; Social construction of building users; Design standards


Dr Camilla Lewis
Senior Lecturer in Architectural Studies

Research specialisms: Urban inequalities; Urban ageing; Urban regeneration; Housing, belonging and community


Dr Leandro Minuchin
Senior Lecturer in Architecture and Global Urbanism

Research specialisms: Social architectures in South America; Architectures of exit; New materialism; Logistical Urbanisations; Libertarian urbanisms


Dr Diana Osmólska
Lecturer in Architectural Studies

Research specialisms: Design Theory; Design cognition; Design errors; Design processes; Site analysis


Dr Trude Renwick
Lecturer in Architectural Studies 

Research specialisms: Architecture and urbanism of Southeast Asia and Thailand; Spiritual practice and commercial landscapes; Inequality, globalisation and development, Heritage and food studies; Qualitative methods and urban ethnography


Dr Léa-Catherine Szacka
Senior Lecturer in Architectural Studies

Research specialisms: Architecture curating and the history of architecture exhibitions; Postmodern architecture; Ephemeral architecture in the 19th and 20th century; Oral history; Media and architecture


Professor Stephen Walker
Professor of Architectural Humanities

Research specialisms: Art and architecture; Fairgrounds and temporary architectures; Critical theory; Visual research methods; Architecture and the body


Dr Matthew Wells
Lecturer in Architectural Studies

Research specialisms: Modern architecture in Britain and Europe (1815–1945); Architectural drawings and models; Technological and material histories of architecture; Victorian and Edwardian built environment in the British world


Dr Rosamund Lily West
Lecturer in Architectural Studies

Research specialisms: British council housing; Post-war London; Histories of memory and emotion; Community and public engagement; Ethics


Research Associates


Dr Niamh Kavanagh
Research Associate


Research Assistants


Elsa Holm
Research Assistant


Professional support staff


Ken Chan
Workshop Assistant


Teagan Dorsch
Workshop Assistant


Lara Gerrard
Workshop Technician


Scott Miller
Technical Workshop Manager


Paulina Voang
Workshop Assistant