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.[1] Prior to this, she worked for ten years at the Welsh School of Architecture, Cardiff.[1] She was educated at Cambridge University.[1]

Samuel is currently 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.[2] She was appointed as the first RIBA Vice President for Research in 2018.

Publications
  • "Le Corbusier: Architect and Feminist", Wiley-Academy, 2004, ISBN 0470-847-476 [3]
  • "Le Corbusier in Detail", Architectural Press, 2007, ISBN 978-0-7506-6354-0
  • "Le Corbusier and the Architectural Promenade", Birkhauser, 2010, ISBN 978-3-0346-0607-3 [4]
  • 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)

References
  1. Steve Parnell, Flora Samuel: "I’m not sure the term architect really describes what we do any more", The Architects' Journal, 26 February 2010. Retrieved 2020-01-25.
  2. Kinnaird, Byron; Ashworth, Susie (2018-11-01). "In conversation with ... Flora Samuel". Parlour. Retrieved 2020-05-13.
  3. Le Corbusier: Architect and Feminist, Journal of Design History, Vol. 18, Issue 2, Summer 2005.
  4. Simon Richards, Le Corbusier and the Architectural Promenade, Times Higher Education, 10 March 2011. Retrieved (online) 2012-03-03.


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