Academics
The academic staff in ESALA represent the full range of sub-disciplines in architecture. Their work as designers, historians, theorists, critics and engineers has been widely published and they are all engaged in research actitivities across a range of disciplinary concerns.
For further information and contact details for academic staff please refer to individual staff profiles.
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Simon Bell s.bell@eca.ac.uk |
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Dr Alex Bremner |
Alex Bremner teaches the history and theory of architecture. He specialises in the history of Victorian architecture and British imperial and colonial architecture. |
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John Brennan |
John teaches environmental and sustainable design. He is an active practitioner and researches sustainability and contemporary rural architecture. |
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Sally Butler |
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Prof Stephen Cairns |
My work concerns architecture, urbanism and globalization. It is animated by design and research practice as a 'ground for local inventions to come' (Serres). |
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Prof Ian Campbell i.campbell@eca.ac.uk |
Ian's interests are the meaning of Renaissance and Revivalism in architecture of all periods and cultures. |
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Prof Richard Coyne |
I research and teach in the areas of design, architecture and digital media, drawing on contemporary philosophy and cultural theory. |
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Dr Ella Chmielewska 0 131 651 3736 |
My work in cultural studies focuses on the relationships between text and image; language and material presence; and urban objects and their representation(s). In my exploration of urban cultures and visual practices I use photography as both research tool and as instrument of documentation and presentation. |
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Dr Mark Dorrian |
What is it to 'teach' architectural design today? In a period marked by a loss of faith in the universal, one can no longer suppose it to be about the transmission of a set of truths. |
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Suzanne Ewing |
Inventing and siting working practice(s) is a preoccupation since forming zone architects with David Jamieson in 2002. |
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Leslie Forsyth |
The focus of my architectural, planning and urban design practice (1980-87) and my later research interest at the University of Liverpool was in the field of user-controlled community technical aid. . |
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Derek Fraser |
My main research interests are the Architecture of Berlin, Modern Danish Housing, Proportioning Systems in Architectural Design and Urban Typologies. |
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Kenny Fraser k.fraser@eca.ac.uk |
My research interests are contemporary urbanism and urban processes, landscapes for housing. |
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Soledad Garcia-Ferrari |
My main interests are urban design and urban development. have a key role in developing the RIAS’s (Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland) research strategy after working as a consultant for the organisation since early 2005. |
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Dr Miles Glendinning |
My interesteds are History of Modern Architecture; History of Housing; History of Scottish Architecture; Contemporary Architectural Criticism; History and Theory of of Architectural Conservation; The life and work of Sir Robert Matthew and Sir Basil Spence. |
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Prof Paul Jenkins |
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Prof Alan Johnston a.johnston@eca.ac.uk |
My work explores spatial contexts and relations through drawing and architectural construction, reflecting on the spatial and tactual implications in architecture where perceptual notions are rendered as common factors in sight and touch. |
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Malcolm Jones m.jones@eca.ac.uk |
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Dr Jim Lawson |
Jim Lawson studied Drawing and Painting, and History of Art as an undergraduate. He then went on to postgraduate research, sharing his time between Edinburgh and Italy. |
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Dr John Lee |
John Lee is currently an investigator on two projects: one, funded by the ESRC Teaching and Learning Research Programme, focussing on the application of the concept of "vicarious learning". |
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John Lowrey |
John Lowrey is the architectural historian on the Scottish Parliament project, looking mainly at the period from 1500 to the present day. |
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Chris Lowry |
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Prof Angus MacDonald |
Angus teaches structural design and architectural history and writes on architectural structures, the history of structural technology, and aspects of cultural landscape. |
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Lisa Mackenzie l.mackenzie@eca.ac.uk |
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Julia Martin j.martin@eca.ac.uk |
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Fiona McLachlan Head@esala.ac.uk - business |
I have been involved in teaching at Edinburgh University since 1989. My main role is in teaching architectural design, which I have done throughout the school. |
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Ross McLean |
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Lisa Moffitt |
My design work explores the intersection of architecture and landscape architecture and looks to the fine arts for methodological cues. I also research sustainable issues at the territorial and material scales. |
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Paul Morsley
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Dr Dagmar Motycka Weston |
Dagmar Motycka Weston was born in Prague. She qualified and practiced as an architect in Toronto, before taking up postgraduate studies at the Architectural Association. |
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Dr Martin Parker |
I write music for computers and live musicians and am investigating how these can be applied in the domains of sound installation, sound design and live computer music. |
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John Payne j.payne@eca.ac.uk |
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Prof. Remo Pedreschi |
The architecture of the 20th century has been greatly influenced by the development of technology, structures and materials. |
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Chris Rankin c.rankin@eca.ac.uk |
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Liam Ross |
Liam Ross is a registered architect with experience of practice in Edinburgh, London and New York. He studied at Edinburgh University and the Architecture Association, London and has worked as a Design Tutor and as a Course Organiser in the Senior Honours programme within the Department. |
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Dr Cary Siress |
If our role as educators is still to motivate thought beyond indoctrinated limits, then the aptitude of education must come to bear precisely on those limits that make up operative knowledge. |
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Chris Speed |
Chris is a research active designer working within the field of Digital Architecture, Human Geography and Social Computing developing new forms of spatial practice that transform our experience of the built environment. |
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Margaret Stewart |
My discipline is art history with a special interest in the history of architecture. |
John Stuart-Murray |
My research inquiries have included the perception of forestry; integrated landscape architecture and public art; geology & hydrology in the making of Edinburgh; poetry and place; placenames and landscape character in the Scottish Highlands (publication pending); case studies in sustainable landscape architecture. |
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Dr Dimitris Theodossopoulos |
Through my studies and research projects I have tried to apply the knowledge of the civil engineer into the study of the structural aspects of the historic built environment and its conservation. |
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Dr Ola Uduku |
Senior lecturer in Architecture. My research interests are Modern Movement architecture in West Africa; Space, identity and infrastructure requirements for minority groups in urban areas; School design with specific relationship to environment and society in Western and developing countries. |
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Faozi Ujam |
My main area of interest is developing personal knowledge of and reference base for Architecture and Culture. |
Donald Urquhart d.urquhart@eca.ac.uk |
Whilst grounded in the disciplines of drawing and painting, his practice has diversified in recent year to encompass the use of a wide range of media including audio, text, video and photography. It is work that can be characterised as being reductive and highly formal, what has been referred to as "epic simplicity", always seeking to engage the viewer in a quiet and poetical dialogue. |
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Delia Wendel |
Delia Wendel teaches in second year design studio, and publishes on issues of infrastructure, development and disaster relief. She is currently on extended leave to undertake PhD study. |
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Catherine Ward Thompson |
My research interests include: Inclusive access to outdoor environments; Landscape aesthetics and perception;Environment-behaviour interactions; History and theory of urban park design and conservation; Landscape design for older people; Landscape design for children / teenagers. |
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Prof. Iain Boyd Whyte |
Iain sees architecture as a potent vehicle for cultural history, embracing visual arts, social and political history, and the building sciences. |
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Dorian Wiszniewski |
Since joining University of Edinburgh in 1996, I have taught on every level of the professionally accredited programmes. Research interests concern design practice and theoretical critique. |
