Over the course of each year, the Students, Staff and Researchers from the Liverpool School of Architecture collate and collaborate in a number of conferences and exhibitions both in the School and venues around the UK and Europe.
Situated in the largest delta in the world, Bangladesh is one of the most densely populated countries and one of the most affected by climate change, but also one of the fastest-growing economies in the world and home of the world’s largest NGO.
Over the years the University of Liverpool has worked closely with the Aga Khan Trust for Culture.The inclusive and global perspective shared by the two institutions, and the Liverpool School of Architecture’s pre-eminent place in design pedagogy and research, has made it possible to bring this Award exhibition to Liverpool.
Research Seminar at the Paul Mellon Centre and Online
This presentation will explore the ways in which this type of place making has remained a vital force in how certain buildings are erected amongst people of African descent in West Africa and its diaspora – providing a nuanced contrast to the inductive way of architectural design that dominates the field of architecture in many parts of the world.
Rixt Woudstra is a member of the School's Transnational Research Group and the AHUWA research centre.
A concept of Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios, Carbon Counts is a striking installation which draws together key metrics for ten materials to illustrate the embodied carbon impacts of each. Carbon Counts ran at the Liverpool School of Architecture from 1st February to July 2022.
Running from August 31st – September 4th, 2022, this unique two-part conference took place online and involving ASAUK research colleagues based in Ibadan and Nairobi engaging in the conference themes from Africa based platforms shared across Africa and Liverpool in the UK. This is followed by a smaller in-person conference, hosted by the ASAUK at the University of Liverpool.
The design workshop aims to propose a solution for re-activating Liverpool’s lost railway heritage and connect this once again with the local community.
Due to the pandemic our last two summer exhibitions were impossible, so we created this exhibition on the railings of Abercromby Square to celebrate some of the outstanding work produced by our students during 2020 and 2021 despite the difficult learning situation.
This online event brings together scholars, researchers and curators to explore the architectural production in the blurred era of independence to the post-colonial period of the mid-20th century, focussing on cities in Africa, Middle East and South Asia.
This event is organised by Hyundai Tate Research Centre: Transnational and the Liverpool School of Architecture.
GSPA is an exciting new international photography competition created by Yintong Betser (Managing Director of ACTIVE) and Lynne Bryant (founder of The Architectural Photography Awards)
Colin Rowe was one of the greatest architectural theorists writing in the English language. A blog commemorating the centenary of his birth, 27 March, 2020, has been set up, click here for more information and to help contribute.
Image: Colin Rowe photographed by Valerie Bennett
From listing "British Brutalism" in the World Monuments Watch to Preston Bus Station’s 50th birthday: so, where are we now?
Looking at how modern architecture has been portrayed in children’s picture books since 1945 and exploring the potential influence of illustrations and portrayals of home.
In 2018 we partnered with the British Council to send three of our MArch students to work and research in Venice for a month long period as part of the Architecture Biennale.
Tate and the Architectural Imagination, a collaboration between the Liverpool School of Architecture and Tate Liverpool to rethink the role of academia within society.
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