Department of Architecture & Civil Engineering

Author: Zina Abdulla Research Programme in Architecture in the Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering I am one of the oldest in the PhD office, bringing along two very energetic boys to the PhD group. My normal day starts with dropping...

Author: Samreen Fatima, alumna of MSc Architectural Engineering: Environmental Design Imagine waking up to a beautiful winter wonderland outside your accommodation window. The world has transformed overnight into a magnificent snowy landscape, there is an undeniable sense of joy and...

Author: Ben Webber   My reasons for wanting to become a student ambassador is to share my university experience with others, in the hope that someone who shares my passions and interests can better inform themselves on what to expect...

Author: Sari Naito Why did I apply for an exchange? Having grown up living in many different countries, I have always loved the feeling of stepping into a new culture and finding my way through the many cultural and language...

Elenor Naraidoo is a 3rd year MEng Civil Engineering student and the winner of the Women in Property’s 2020 South West Student Award. In this blog, Elenor shares her journey from the nomination stages of these awards to eventually being announced as a regional winner.

Our BSc Architecture student and poster competition winner Rebekah Ball talks about her two years of placements with an architecture studio in Manchester, the projects she worked on, how working from home affected her and the differences between her two placements.

During our studies in the MSc Environmental Design course we worked on a design project to build a sustainable Passive House standard school. Read about it and watch the video which shows our initial design and explains our sustainable design strategies.

Translucent paper. Remnants of history. Backtracking one’s journey. In this 14th issue of PaperspACE we follow trails through the city, highlighting often forgotten signposts. We explore the marks left behind by those before us and their continued influence in the present.