New Architects 4 - Kingston Tutors at the Forefront of Practice
The Architecture Foundation has released the fourth edition of New Architects. This seminal series of books captures and celebrates the work of emerging practices in London, and its various iterations have identified the work of leading practitioners for the last 2 decades. In this new edition tutors from our UG and Masters courses in architecture are strongly represented - reflecting our position as a school which values empathetic practitioner academics as a vital part of the students learning experience. Architecture is a discipline ill served by easy binaries between ‘academia’ and ‘practice’. We value all ways of looking at the subject and the specialisms and space required for each. Scholarship, research and practice are essentially intertwined. This hybridity and fluidity is illustrated by our ethos of bringing a library book to the workshop and a sketch book to the library.
The tutors and architects whose work is celebrated in this way can balance designing thoughtful and beautiful buildings while sharing their knowledge with their students - a skill which can be tiring but which is so important - our congratulations to you all. You are a vital part of how we seek to enable our students and we look forward to seeing what lies ahead for you all.
Thomas Bates (studio tutor) - Studio Bates Rai
Nicholas Lobo Brennan (associate professor tectonics) - Apparata
Thom Brisco (studio tutor) - Alder Brisco
Diego Calderon (studio tutor) - DFDC
Mary Duggan (studio tutor) - Marry Duggan Architects
Laura Evans (lecturer and studio tutor) - Howland Evans Architects
Dario Franchini (studio tutor) - DFDC
Takeshi Hayatsu (lecturer and studio tutor) - Hayatsu Architects
Freddie Philippson (studio tutor) - Freddie Philipson Architects
Amalia Skoufoglou (studio tutor) - OSullivan Skoufoglou Architects
Astrid Smitham (studio tutor) - Apparata
James Reed (studio tutor) - Reeds Watts Architects
You can check out the book, and buy yourself a copy on the Architecture Association website here