Architecture, Planning and Landscape

Overview

We offer supervision in the following areas:

Architectural and planning education

With the Architecture, Planning, and Landscape at the Newcastle University you will conduct research into innovative teaching methods, the integration of theory and practice, and learn from related creative disciplines.

Key facts:

The Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) has funded research into effective skills transfer. This activity is strengthened through our involvement in the:

• European Association for Architectural Education (EAAE)
• Association of European Schools of Planning (AESOP)
• European Council of Landscape Architecture Schools (ECLAS) including the Le NOTRE EU Network

Architectural science and environmental design

• design related aspects of construction and the use of buildings
• non-destructive testing
• simulation
• measurement of energy
• environmental performance

Cities and technology

• the changing relationship between utilities, the development, planning and management of contemporary cities
• culture and the built environment, including cultural change and transformation of the built environment

Design history and theory

• architectural history
• architectural theory
• material culture

Environmental economics

• environmental economics
• valuation
• benefit appraisal

Environmental management

• Our research in this area covers environmental planning, management, impact assessment, sustainability, and Local Agenda 21 issues.

Landscape architecture, landscape planning, landscape design and landscape management

• landscape architecture theory, philosophy and environmental ethics
• sustainable landscape planning, design and management
• the history and development of the designed and cultural landscape