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Department of Architecture, University of Cambridge

UK academic department

Field	Value
name	University of Cambridge Department of Architecture
type	Public
established	1912
head_label	Head of Department
campus_type	Urban
head	Prof Flora Samuel
academic_staff	48
undergrad	190
postgrad	145
address	1 Scroope Terrace, Cambridge, United Kingdom
website	arct.cam.ac.uk CDRS

The Department of Architecture is part of the Faculty of Architecture and History of Art in the University of Cambridge. Both Departments are housed in Scroope Terrace on Trumpington Street, Cambridge.

The department is currently led by Flora Samuel.

Notable alumni and staff

The department has attracted numerous guest lecturers including Louis Kahn, Zaha Hadid, Kenneth Frampton, Alvar Aalto, Le Corbusier and Yasmeen Lari.

Alumni

Christopher Alexander, architect, co-author of A Pattern Language
Anthony Armstrong-Jones, Lord Snowdon, photographer
Joanna Bacon
Peter Clegg (Stirling Prize, 2008)
Catherine Cooke, architect and Russian scholar
Dora Cosens
Edward Cullinan (RIBA Gold Medal, 2008)
Spencer de Grey, architect, Head of Design Foster and Partners
Philip Dowson (RIBA Gold Medal, 1981)
Peter Eisenman
Richard Feilden
Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester
Vaughan Hart, architectural historian
Robert Hurd
Sumet Jumsai
Patrick Lynch, architect, founder Lynch Architects
Richard MacCormac, architect, founder of MJP Architects
Lionel March
James Mason
Raymond McGrath
Rowan Moore, architecture correspondent for The Observer
Christopher Nicholson
Eric Parry
Sunand Prasad (RIBA President, 2007–09)
Cedric Price
Colin St John Wilson
Colin Stansfield Smith (RIBA Gold Medal, 1991)
Robert Tavernor
Brenda and Robert Vale
Sarah Wigglesworth
Ken Yeang
Keith Griffiths, founder of Aedas

Current and former staff

Bob Allies
Peter Blundell Jones
Peter Bicknell
Hugh Casson
George Checkley
Peter Clegg (Stirling Prize, 2008)
Charles Correa (RIBA Gold Medal, 1984)
Frank Duffy (RIBA President, 1993–95)
Peter Eisenmann
Max Fordham
Dean Hawkes
Felipe Hernandez
Deborah Howard
Henry Castree Hughes
David Leatherbarrow
Richard MacCormac (RIBA President, 1991-93)
Sebastian Macmillan
Leslie Martin (RIBA Gold Medal, 1973)
Bruce Martin
Mohsen Mostafavi
Eric Parry
Edward Prior
David Roberts
Colin Rowe (RIBA Gold Medal, 1995)
Joseph Rykwert
Andrew Saint
Peter Salter
Colin St John Wilson
James Stirling (Pritzker Prize Laureate)
Dalibor Vesely
Matteo Zallio

ARCSOC

ARCSOC is the Department's Architecture Society, hosting club nights, as well as guest lectures and highly popular life-drawing evenings. The society entirely self-funds, organises, and designs the Department's end-of-year exhibition, typically held in London. Reviewing the 2017 edition held at Bargehouse OXO Tower for the Architects' Journal, James Soane praised the "skilful explorations of materiality and narrative" on display. In 2024 the end-of-year exhibition returns to Cambridge and will be held in the Department and Kettle's Yard.

References

Lowe, Tom. (2021-12-08). "Arb approves Cambridge's part 2 architecture apprenticeship".
(2020-09-15). "The Cambridge (Tab's) Dictionary of bizarre lingo used only at Cambridge".
(2021-11-12). "What to wear to ARCSOC X SLIPPED DISC: GLITCH".
"Esther Arthurson: I'm off to ArcSoc life drawing. Guess who the model is?".
Soane, James. (2017-07-19). "Degree show review: University of Cambridge".

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