Research at The Bartlett School of Architecture extends the boundaries of our current knowledge, and designs our world of the future.
Our cross-disciplinary approach intertwines methodologies and expands architectural research to reach other fields in the arts and humanities, social and environmental sciences, and technology, in collaboration with partners from across °×С½ãÂÛ̳, practice and industry, and other UK institutions.
Our research addresses themes and challenges essential to understanding our changing built environment and building the future:
- Interdisciplinary Design PracticeÌý
- Sustainable Urbanism and Landscape
- Building for Wellbeing
- Computation and Craft TechnologiesÌý
- Histories and TheoriesÌýof Architecture
Key staff
In the UK’s latest Research Excellence Framework exercise (REF2014), Bartlett research staff achieved the greatest proportion of 4* ratings overall of any faculty in the built environment field.
- Prof Sean Hanna,ÌýDirector of Architectural Research
- Dr Julia Backhaus, Director of Enterprise
- ProfessorÌýYeoryia Manolopoulou, Associate Director of Design Research
- EleanorÌýBoiling, Research and Enterprise Manager