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Staff Research and Supervision Expertise
Our staff have expertise in a rich and diverse array of academic fields. You can find here further details relating to staff interests and specialisms. It gives a clear overview of the areas of enquiry we are able to supervise applicants for our postgraduate research programmes.
Architectural History and conservation
Britain and the British colonial world (18th-20th centuries); Germany and Central Europe; Modernism in Europe and North American; Medieval and Renaissance Italy and Scotland; the history of landscape; and the history of technology.
City, visuality and memory
Methodologies of urban research and fieldwork; exhibition design; urban semiotic landscapes, visual knowledges and theories of visuality, visual cultures of Eastern Europe.
Design and studio practice
Studio pedagogy; research-led teaching; research in and through design as informed by themes in contemporary architectural theory.
Digital media
The spatial, social and philosophical implications of media; the relationship between computers and design practice, cognitive models of human-computer interaction; 3D modelling, mobile computing, sonic environment and e-commerce.
Landscape Architecture
Public realm; urban open space; green space networks; sustainable, healthy environments.
Technology, environment, sustainability
Lightweight steel structures; the building envelope; structural masonry; design and manufacturing, behaviour of historic structures, sustainable design and technology.
Theory and philosophy
The architecture of spirituality, philosophy and architecture, philosophy of place.
Urbanism and Global City
Urban theory and analysis; cities in the developing world; globalisation.
This article was published on Feb 1, 2012