Architecture Cultures Cluster

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Architecture Cultures is a cluster that includes a vibrant scholarly community working on architecture and its visual culture, understood in its broadest sense.

Members’ range of research interests spans vast periods and geographies. From modern and contemporary architecture and design to the gardens and landscapes of the Qing court; from urban development and architecture in Renaissance Rome to early modern Isfahan and Paris; from medieval Jewish, Christian and Islamic Toledo to the architecture of seventeenth-century London; from Byzantine and Georgian churches to the architecture of the British empire.

The Cluster recognises the distinctive nature of architecture cultures, but sees these as part of visual and material culture more broadly. Its intersecting areas of enquiry in architecture, urban experience and landscape are both global and local, and concern issues of design, ornament, sense perception, patronage, empire, postcoloniality, transmission, materiality, building technologies, digital modelling, restoration and historiography, among others.

The Courtauld has a long history of teaching and research in architectural history, and with a lively community of visiting scholars and students at every level it now has one of the largest concentrations of historians of urbanism, interior design, ephemera and architectural theory and practice in the world. They also enjoy scholarly connections with major local collections and institutions. The Institute also benefits from access to The Courtauld Gallery’s important collection of architectural drawings.

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Courtauld Institute of Art
London

Partner Infrastructures

Warburg Institute

The Warburg Institute is globally renowned as a leading centre for the study of the interplay between ideas, images, and society. Founded in Hamburg by the eminent historian Aby Warburg (1866-1929), w… read more about Warburg Institute

London

Victoria and Albert Museum

The V&A was the first museum in the world to establish a dedicated Research Department and it continues to be a core activity of the Museum today. It plays a leading role in binding together the f… read more about Victoria and Albert Museum

London

The Society of Antiquaries of London (SAL)

Based in the heart of London, we are the centre of antiquarian learning, discovery and community. As a royal learned society, our Fellows have been inspiring scholarship, debate and research for over … read more about The Society of Antiquaries of London (SAL)

London

Additional Partnerships

Royal Institute of British Architects; Sir John Soane's Museum; Royal Academy of Arts