The Buddhist Studies Institute at the University of Copenhagen assembled scholars from a range of disciplines to discuss the relationship … More

In this workshop I worked with Manchester Architecture school’s 1st year in creating an exploded prototype of a building corner. … More

I spent a day with the NOW atelier at the Liverpool Architecture school. These 3rd year students are designing Material … More

University of Sheffield’s MAUD (Masters in Architecture and Urban design) students have been working with local community partners to develop … More

Similarly to last year, I travelled to Cambridge to support the first year MArch students in protoype making. This year’s … More

Prior to leaving TP Bennett to focus on my PhD in 2024, I worked on Newton Heath / Oldham Road … More

In 2023 I was part of the TP Bennett team working on an apart hotel proposal on Fieldgate Street – … More

Similarly to Ro Robertson’s sculpture Stone (Butch), dedicated to complex non-binary identity, the park accommodating Robertson’s sculpture, and many other … More

In early December I spent a day driving game through a private wood in south Yorkshire. Prior to going I … More

Over the course of 2023 I worked on Emilia’s 4th restaurant, not far from where tourists photograph a wax Taylor … More

The workshop started with my talk ‘Model as a Vehicle for Design’. In the presentation I discussed the role of … More

On 14.11.23 I ran a workshop for nine A-Level art pupils. During the exercise the pupils were intuitively making conceptual … More

Comics are used by ethnographers more and more widely. Open and honest subjectivity of a comic strip helps to mitigate … More

During a recent garden party in Colchester, Essex, the invitees were asked to contribute to a collective painting. At the … More

This is a short and sporadic critique of the Neoliberal concept of free choice from someone who grew up in … More

Nicosia is the capital of Cyprus, established thousands of years ago. The historic city is a fortification, shaped as a … More

Last Friday I presented at the academic conference Sosiologipäivät hosted by the University of Tampere in Finland. I took part … More

In 2021 – 2022 I was part of the TP Bennett team working on a 504-room student accommodation block in … More

Architect Jim Ross and myself ran two prototype-making sessions for a group of MAUD and MArch masters students at the … More

David McEwen from Unit38 invited me to help Westminster University’s 2nd year architecture students develop their ideas. All of the … More

Today I gave a presentation to a group of architects, designers and sustainability specialists at TP Bennett. This was part … More

Last week I revisited the Tees Valley Energy-from-Waste plant near Middlesbrough. The main aim of the visit was to attempt … More

Whilst studying architecture I have prized the importance of a model as a vehicle for design. My particular interest has … More

In mid-July I met with a Sheffield-based architect, specialised in Energy-from-Waste facilities. Below are some key points in relation to … More

On the 30th June I attended (Re)making infrastructures workshop, organised by the Sustainable Consumption Institute, University of Manchester. The event … More

Today my partner and I travelled across rural Armenia to Tatev monastery in the south east. On the way we … More

During some of my placement period at KTH Stockholm I stayed at 43 Drottning Kristinas väg, which is a notable … More

Sweden is one of Europe’s leading countries for producing biochar from organic waste. The production is growing fast, becoming more … More

A book chapter I have been writing in collaboration with Dr Deljana Iossifova from the University of Manchester has now … More

Murphy’s and Ratje’s history of the waste incinerator, starts with late 19c and early 20c models. At the time, un-sorted … More

As the world was coming out of Covid and my part time PhD was commencing, I was part of the … More