School of Architecture, Oxford Brookes University
Founded in 1927, the School of Architecture in the Faculty of Technology, Design & the Environment at Oxford Brookes University is one of the largest architecture schools in the UK, with around 600 students and 70 staff.[1]
The school
According to the RIBA, the department is 'a thriving school, attracting high-quality students and offering innovative and diverse programmes which benefit directly from its associated research institutes/centres'.[2]
Specialist study
Centre for Development and Emergency Practice. CENDEP was awarded the Queen's Anniversary Prize[3] and is well known for its programme for humanitarian practitioners.[4] CENDEP provides an academic setting for the study of cities, humanitarianism and refugees. Singer and activist Annie Lennox is patron of the Master's Course in Development and Emergency Practice.[5]
The studios
The School operates mostly open plan studio spaces, with students from all years sharing working space. The digital studio was designed by Niall McLaughlin Architects[6] and new studio space provided follows a similar design.
Notable staff
- Prof. David Greene (Archigram)[7]
- Prof. Paul Oliver — Vernacular encyclopedia[8]
- Prof. Nabeel Hamdi — Author, humanitarian and winner of UN Habitat’s Scroll of Honour[9]
- David Grindley[10]
- Andrew Holmes — Artist[11]
- Prof. Mark Swenarton — Founder of Architecture Today and Ecotech[12]
- Stephen Gardiner OBE[13]
- Niall McLaughlin — UK Young Architect of the Year 1998[14]
- Oliver Heath — Broadcaster/architect[15]
- John Stevenson
Notable alumni
- Prof. Nabeel Hamdi — Author, humanitarian and winner of UN Habitat’s Scroll of Honour
- Charlie Luxton — Broadcaster/architect
- Dr Hugo Slim — Author and chief scholar at the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue in Switzerland and former trustee of Oxfam
- Jason Bruges
- Kevin Rhowbotham — Author and teacher, former head Dip. Arch at Architectural Association, London
- Bryan Lawson — Author of several books regarding design theory (How Designers Think and The Language of Space) and Dean of the Faculty of Architectural Studies at Sheffield University
Honorary
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Architecture schools in the United Kingdom
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University of Bath Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering • Birmingham City University School of Architecture • University of Brighton Faculty of Arts & Architecture • University of Cambridge Department of Architecture • Canterbury School of Architecture • Kent School of Architecture • University of Lincoln School of Architecture • Liverpool John Moores University Faculty of Media, Arts and Social Science • Liverpool School of Architecture • Manchester School of Architecture • The University of Nottingham Department of Architecture and Built Environment • Nottingham Trent University School of Architecture, Design and the Built Environment • Oxford Brookes Department of Architecture • University of Plymouth School of Architecture, Design and Environment • University of Sheffield School of Architecture • University of the West of England Faculty of the Built Environment
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The Queens University of Belfast School of Architecture • The University of Ulster School of Architecture
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