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. 1 2 3 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 (1 November 2018). "In conversation with ... Flora Samuel". Parlour. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
  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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