Flora Samuel
Flora Samuel is a British architect, author and academic. In 2009 she became the Head of the School of Architecture at Sheffield University, the first woman to hold the post. Prior to this, she worked for ten years at the Welsh School of Architecture, Cardiff.
Flora Samuel
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- architect
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- English
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She was educated at the University of Cambridge where she is presently Professor of Architecture (1970) and director of the forthcoming Cambridge Urban Room. Samuel previously held the post of Professor of Architecture in the Built Environment at the University of Reading, where she helped set up a new industry-led architecture school in close collaboration with construction. She was appointed as the first RIBA Vice President for Research in 2018.
• "Le Corbusier: Architect and Feminist", Wiley-Academy, 2004, • "Le Corbusier in Detail", Architectural Press, 2007, • "Le Corbusier and the Architectural Promenade", Birkhauser, 2010, • Flora Samuel, 2018, Why Architects Matter: Evidencing and Communicating the Value of Architects (London, Routledge) • Anne Dye and Flora Samuel, Demystifying Architectural Research (London: RIBA Enterprises, 2015)
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