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Fangyi Ke

MA Architectural Design student Fangyi Ke wins prestigious LDA Design Bursary with ‘House of Cards’

26 January 2023

The project seeks to unite Cardiff’s diverse home and international student body through purposeful empathy in urban design.

Mohammed Alghafis receiving the Jeffrey Cook Award

Research student Mohammed Alghafis awarded the Jeffrey Cook Travel Award for his original research

1 December 2022

Mohammed‘s research focuses on recording and evaluating the thermal performance and thermal comfort perceptions of residents in vernacular and contemporary single-family houses in Al-Qassim, Saudi Arabia.

Dr Eshrar Latif and Hadleigh Hobbs, Managing Director at Wellspring Homes

Dr Eshrar Latif wins an industrial research consultancy grant to test bio-based building materials

22 November 2022

The research will be based around the performance of bio-based building materials in new build houses.

The LCBE team at the Welsh Housing Awards 2022

Low Carbon Built Environment (LCBE) team win two awards at the Welsh Housing Awards

21 November 2022

The Awards celebrate good practice in the housing sector in Wales, celebrating creativity, passion and innovation.

David Lea memorial event

WSA and RSAW host David Lea memorial event and exhibition

16 November 2022

The memorial event was held to celebrate and remember David Lea and his significant contribution to architecture.

MA AD students at the Deptford X Exhibition

MA Architectural Design students take part in Deptford Arts Festival exhibition and panel discussion

28 September 2022

Selected work of postgraduate students from the MA Architectural Design (MA AD) programme at the Welsh School of Architecture was exhibited at the festival.

Long Eaton Library

Professor Oriel Prizeman shortlisted for prestigious Colvin prize

9 September 2022

Professor Oriel Prizeman’s publication The Carnegie Libraries of Britain: A Photographic Chronicle,  an output of the Shelf-Life project (Arts and Humanities Research Council), has been shortlisted for the award.

Mapping LGBTQ+ Housing experience across the UK and NI

Homelessness and LGBTQ+ People in Gwent project wins at Wales Online Diversity and Inclusion Awards 2022

17 August 2022

Lecturer in Urban Design Dr Neil Turnbull is part of the team that has won at the Wales Online Diversity and Inclusion Awards 2022.

The 'Wye Not Wood' team

MSc Sustainable Mega Buildings student part of winning team in the 2022 TDUK Southside Hereford University Design Challenge

8 August 2022

MSc Sustainable Mega Buildings student Deepak Sadhwani and his team 'Wye Not Wood' have won first prize in the 2022 TDUK Southside Hereford University Design Challenge.

Eduardo Fialho Guimaraes

Winner of the inaugural 2022 McCann Prize announced

3 August 2022

MSc Environmental Design of Buildings student Eduardo Fialho Guimaraes has won the inaugural McCann Prize 2022.

A Grangetown to grow up in

3 August 2022

Young people give their vision for a child-friendly community after COVID-19

8 portraits athletes from Cardiff University

Cardiff University students past and present competing at Commonwealth Games

28 July 2022

Many developed their passion and skills for their sports while in Cardiff

Photographs of Dan Tilbury and part of the Welsh School of Architecture's exhibition display

Sustainable design and sustainable practice

13 July 2022

Dan Tilbury, Welsh School of Architecture, explains the creation of a new 100% sustainable display system for the school's exhibition of student work.

Prize winners Haya Mohamed (L) and Helen Flynn (R)

The Welsh School of Architecture announces the 2022 prize winners for the Master of Design Administration (MDA) and the Diploma Professional Practice (DPP, the Part 3)

11 July 2022

The Welsh School of Architecture has announced the 2022 Society of Construction Law prize for the Master of Design Administration (MDA) and the Stanley Cox prize for the Diploma Professional Practice (DPP, the Part 3).

Crumlin Colliery

MArch II students exhibit their visions of a sustainable future for the Crumlin Navigation Colliery

4 July 2022

A public exhibition entitled: ‘’Carbon past, slow carbon futures: visions of a sustainable future for the Crumlin Navigation Colliery’ took place on Sunday 26 June.

Outside Novartis exhibition space with 36kW building integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) system in Basel, Switzerland

MSc students from Environmental Design of Buildings and Sustainable Mega Buildings visit Zurich, Switzerland

17 June 2022

The students were guided through the technicalities and plant rooms of some of the most spectacular and forward-thinking buildings in the city.

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WSA Student Show 2022 launches on 24 June

13 June 2022

The WSA Student Show 2022 will launch a physical exhibition on 24 June, complimented with a Digital Festival between 20-24 June.

Grangetown community celebrates launch of the Grange Pavilion

25 May 2022

Day of celebration marks the completion of a £1.8m transformation of a derelict bowls pavilion into a thriving hub of community activity.

CircBED game

CircuBED project at the Festival of the New European Bauhaus

24 May 2022

Join CircuBED at the Festival of the New European Bauhaus on 9-12 June 2022 in Brussels

UCL and NGO partners from Uganda at the Welsh School of Architecture

WSA host UCL and NGO partners from Uganda in Cardiff collaborative workshop

23 May 2022

The purpose of the workshop was to understand the development industry in Kampala, Uganda.