By promoting critical design research and professional practice within architecture we can address some of the grand challenges facing society and the planet.
Our research group brings together experts working in creative practice, practice-based and practice-led design research and research related to the practice of architecture and scholarship within architectural pedagogy and practice.
Together we explore the intersections of academic and professional domains; architectural agency and the shape of the architectural profession; and the shifting landscape of architectural research, education and professional development. By connecting original, rigorous academic research to external communities of practice in the wider construction industry, we influence design change and impact within architecture.
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- Green, E. and Lannon, S. 2024. Homes of today for tomorrow: Decarbonising Welsh housing between 2020 and 2050. Stage 4: Retrofit in practice. Technical Report.
- Patel, H. 2023. Developing new concepts for university spaces using design-research approach. In: Kohlert, C. ed. Human(e) Education: Helping People to Healthy Educational Institutions. Springer Vieweg. , pp.391-400. (10.1007/978-3-658-39863-7_20)
- Kasem, M. , Clark, S. and Sakellariou, D. 2023. Designing for disabled people: exploring inclusive design in architectural education. Charrette 9 (1), pp.255-270.
- Ntzani, D. and Banteli, A. 2023. Strange encounters: Creativity as a state of alterity in the early stages of design learning. Charrette 9 (1), pp.77-96.
- McVicar, M. , Soleman, M. and Nekeb, S. 2023. Community consultation for quality of life in Wales. Project Report.[Online].Cardiff: Quality of Life FoundationAvailable athttps://www.qolf.org/wp-content/uploads/CCQOL_Wales-National-Report-compressed.pdf.
- Clark, S. 2022. Inside retirement housing: Designing, developing and sustaining later lifestyles. Bristol: Policy Press.
- Clark, S. 2022. Being in-between: a multi-sited ethnography of retirement housing. In: Mason, A. and Sharr, A. eds. Creative Practice Inquiry in Architecture. Routledge. , pp.88-99.
- Megahed, Y. 2022. Storying Practiceopolis. In: Mason, A. and Sharr, A. eds. Creative Practice Inquiry in Architecture. London: Routledge. , pp.52-63. (10.4324/9781003174295-9)
- Patel, H. 2022. The co-evolution of pedagogy and learning spaces for a better student experience. Earley, UK: SUMS ConsultingAvailable athttps://sums.org.uk/app/uploads/2022/02/SUMS-Briefing-Paper-The-Co-Evolution-of-Pedagogy-and-Learning-Spaces-February-2022.pdf.
- Megahed, Y. 2022. Is the mosque a male-dedicated building?! A Critical View on Women Praying Space in Contemporary Mosque Design. In: The Mosque: a Cross-cultural Building. Kuwait City: Abdullatif al fozan award for mosque architecture, college of architecture | Kuwait university. , pp.499-517.
- Green, E. 2021. Homes for future generations. Seven short essays: in search of better homes and places. Project Report.Cardiff University
- Wulff, F. 2021. The restoration of the Oratory of the Partal Palace in the Alhambra of Granada, Grand Prix Europa Nostra 2019. Built Heritage 5 7. (10.1186/s43238-021-00026-w)
- Megahed, Y. 2021. On normative architecture. Notes on the domination of the technical-rational mode of thinking on mainstream architectural production: a historical highlight. Materia Arquitectura 19 , pp.98-103.
- Balzano, B. et al. 2021. Enhanced concrete crack closure with hybrid shape memory polymer tendons. Engineering Structures 226 111330. (10.1016/j.engstruct.2020.111330)
- Gwilliam, J. and O'Dwyer, S. 2021. Delivering sustainable design excellence: the potential role of holistic building performance evaluation. Architectural Science Review 64 (1-2), pp.47-55. (10.1080/00038628.2020.1825319)
- Wulff Barreiro, F. and Brito Gonzalez, O. 2020. The production of intercultural urban landscapes, a multi‑scalar approach: the case of Ballarò, Palermo. URBAN DESIGN International 25 (3), pp.250-265. (10.1057/s41289-020-00126-6)
- McVicar, M. 2020. 'Engender the confidence to demand better?: the value of architects in community asset transfers. Architectural Design 90 (4), pp.46-51. (10.1002/ad.2589)
- Megahed, Y. 2020. Practiceopolis: Stories from the architectural profession. London: Routledge. (10.4324/9780367853341)
- Green, E. et al. 2020. Decarbonising the Welsh housing stock: from practice to policy. Buildings and Cities 1 (1), pp.277-292. (10.5334/bc.19)
- Patel, H. and Green, S. D. 2020. Beyond the performance gap: reclaiming building appraisal through archival research. Building Research and Information 48 (5), pp.469-484. (10.1080/09613218.2019.1672517)
- Wulff, F. , Lecardane, R. and Lascala, P. 2020. Designing intercultural space. A multi-scalar approach in the Albergheria neighbourhood in Palermo. Agathón 7 (10.19229/2464-9309/792020)
- McVicar, M. 2020. Gathering-in-action: the activation of a civic space. Architecture and Culture 8 (3-4), pp.468-483. (10.1080/20507828.2020.1798164)
- Wulff, F. 2020. The restoration of the Oratory of the Partal Palace and the House of Astasio de Bracamonte in the Alhambra of Granada, Spain. Project Report.Cardiff: Cardiff University
- McVicar, M. 2019. Precision in architecture: Certainty, ambiguity and deviation. Abingdon and New York: Routledge. (10.4324/9781315222639)
- Forster, W. 2019. RIGHTSIZING - Slim down and start up housing - new build. Project Report.
- Clark, S. 2019. Tweaking retirement-living: Introducing design thinking & coffee bars to shared lounges. In: Rodgers, P. A. ed. Design Research for Change. Lancaster University. , pp.59-77.
- Forster, W. 2019. RESPITE - Residential housing for special needs care. [Physical output (new building)]
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