Flora Samuel

British architect, author and academic

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 the University of Cambridge[1] where she is presently Professor of Architecture (1970) and director of the forthcoming Cambridge Urban Room.[2]

Samuel previously held the post of 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.[3] She was appointed as the first RIBA Vice President for Research in 2018.

## Publications

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* "Le Corbusier: Architect and Feminist", Wiley-Academy, 2004, ISBN 0470-847-476 [4]
* "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 [5]
* 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

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1. ^ a b c 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. ^ Grove, M. L. R. (13 March 2023). "Professor Flora Samuel". www.arct.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
3. ^ Kinnaird, Byron; Ashworth, Susie (1 November 2018). "In conversation with ... Flora Samuel". Parlour. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
4. ^ Le Corbusier: Architect and Feminist, Journal of Design History, Vol. 18, Issue 2, Summer 2005.
5. ^ Simon Richards, Le Corbusier and the Architectural Promenade, Times Higher Education, 10 March 2011. Retrieved (online) 2012-03-03.

## External links

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* Profile page at Sheffield University
* Byron Kinnaird and Susie Ashworth, "In Conversation ... Flora Samuel," Parlour, 2 November 2018.

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