Architecture staff
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Professor Rachel Sara
Oscar Naddermier Professor of Architecture | National Teaching Fellow
Professor Rachel Sara is Oscar Naddermier Professor of Architecture at Birmingham City University. She holds a PhD in Architecture Education from the University of Sheffield (2004) and is an experienced research project lead and collaborator around community participation and co-creation, spatial agency, sustainable and...
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Dr Joas Serugga
Lecturer in Quantity Surveying
Joas is a lecturer in Quantity Surveying since 2021. He delivers modules in the areas of innovation and built-environment technology. Joas is involved in both undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and supervision.
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Ian Shepherd
Associate Professor
Ian has been involved with architectural practice on a professional level since qualifying in 1990. He was a one of the founding partners in Birmingham based D5 Architects LLP where he remained as a consultant from 2013 to 2017 when he became a full time academic at ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø. In addition to his commitment to architecture and the...
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Dr Normah Sulaiman
Lecturer in Landscape Architecture
Normah is a passionate educator and a happy globetrotter. She has great PR skills, leading the organisation branding for global industrial engagements and building networks. Normah is resourceful in the field of research benefitting the industry of practise and academia. For the past 14 years, everything she has engaged in...
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Dr Panch Suntharalingam
Associate Professor
Dr Panch Suntharalingam is an Associate Professor for International at Birmingham City University and a distinguished academic, researcher, and innovation leader with extensive experience in higher education, internationalisation, knowledge transfer, and industry collaboration. Based in the West Midlands, United Kingdom, he...
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Tom Tebby
Course Lead Foundation in Architecture and Design
Tom is the Course Lead for the Foundation in Architecture and Design. He has taught in the department for the last 10 years and brings a wide range of experience in different design disciplines including his own art and graphics practice. His teaching and lectures have focused mainly on architectural design at both...
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Andrew Trujillo
Lecturer of Interior Architecture and Product Design
Andrew Trujillo is an Industrial designer specialised in transportation who was born and brought up in Colombia, but who has spent many years in the UK and the Netherlands. He has worked in industry since graduation and has mainly worked as a yacht designer, designing some 40+ built yachts yachts from 10m to 107m in length;...
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Emma Widdop
Lecturer in Landscape and Sustainable Urbanism
With a background in art practice and training in architecture, landscape architecture, urban design and horticulture, Emma’s work draws on a range of disciplines. Her practice is concerned with how people experience and use space, and how social and environmental conditions influence our relationship with the built...
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Dr. Jieling Xiao
Reader in Architecture and Sensory Environments | Research Degree Coordinator
Jieling teaches Environmental Design across different architecture courses. Trained as an architect and urban designer, Jieling believes that designers need to consider more than just how the hardware of architecture functions for its users. Interested in creative spatial practice related to people’s sensory experiences, she...
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Rui Yang
Digital Design and Representation Specialist
Rui Yang is a digital design educator and visualization specialist in the Department of Architecture and Built Environment. With over ten years of experience in 3D modeling, rendering, and digital visualization, Rui has worked extensively with artists, architects, and designers to develop high-quality visual solutions that...