We advance innovative historical and theoretical research into architecture and cities through interdisciplinary work that:

• Emphasises the 'everyday', and the social and experiential dimensions of buildings and urban spaces.
• Rethinks the history of modernism across cultures.
• Informs design criticism through rigorous historical scholarship and draws on theoretical ideas from disciplines such as fine art, geography, philosophy and aesthetics.
• Develops experimental practice-led writing strategies in history, theory and criticism in synergy with creative design research methodologies.
• Engages with the history and built environment of London.

Research Projects

Current and recent research projects by history & theory staff include:

• Architecture of Psychoanalysis: Spaces of Transition
• Bathroom
• Concrete
• Critical & Cultural Theory
  
• Dominique Perrault Architecture
• Drive: Journeys Through Film, Cities and Landscapes
• Everyday Constructions: Global Manifestations of Postmodern Urban Space
• Film & Photography
• Insect
• Le Corbusier
• Sexuate Subjects Conference: Politics, Poetics and Ethics
• Skateboarding & the City