Welsh School Of Architecture

200+ young designers in Cardiff This week, we worked with Adamsdown Primary School, engaging pupils from Reception to Year 5 in designing the Cardiff Kids Xmas Lights 2026 Exploring light, identity of place & resilient cityscapes, children investigated their local area and reimagined it through creativity and design. A week of curiosity, ideas, and community

MArch1 at WSA bridges education and practice through live, work based learning that connects students with real clients, real sites and real challenges. From collaborative design strategies to individual, research led explorations, projects this year engage with accessibility, adaptive reuse, and community impact. Working with Swansea based charity Circus Eruption, students developed proposals rooted in inclusion, sustainability, and stakeholder engagement that reveals architecture as a process of testing, reflection, and meaningful connection between people, place, and practice. 1./2. Designed for Deconstruction - Adaptive Reuse of St Luke’s Mission Hall Through Bio-Based Materials and Reversible Design - Max Crowfoot/Hind Abdelaitif/Cara Smith 3./4. Thresholds - Navigating Journeys of Increasing Sensory Depth and Personal Sanctuary - Eloise Jenkinson @eloise.j_architecture 5. Inhabitation of Light - Adaptive Reuse of Historic Stained Glass Window Bays - Lewis Dare @ldcardiffwsa 6./7. Filtered Connection - Facilitating Safeguarding in St Luke’s Church - Cadence Grace 8. Between Acts - Bold Mixed-Use Community Space Transformation - Samuel Brankin @brankin.samuel #wsashow2026 #architecture #march1 Mae MArch1 yn WSA yn pontio addysg ac ymarfer trwy ddysgu byw, seiliedig ar waith sy’n cysylltu myfyrwyr â chleientiaid go iawn, safleoedd go iawn a heriau go iawn. O strategaethau dylunio cydweithredol i archwiliadau unigol, dan arweiniad ymchwil, mae prosiectau eleni’n ymwneud â hygyrchedd, ailddefnyddio addasol, ac effaith gymunedol. Gan weithio gyda’r elusen Circus Eruption yn Abertawe, datblygodd myfyrwyr gynigion wedi’u gwreiddio mewn cynhwysiant, cynaliadwyedd, ac ymgysylltu â rhanddeiliaid sy’n datgelu pensaernïaeth fel proses o brofi, myfyrio, a chysylltiad ystyrlon rhwng pobl, lle, ac ymarfer.

Semester 2 Work in progress: Developing key images The Listening House sits as a musical third space, positioned between home and work it encourages social connection, interaction, and collective experience through sound. At the heart of the project is music as a universal language, understood across cultures and communities, the project creates a place where people gather not only to listen to music, but to connect through the auditory sense. Work by: @rachel.harris1

Researchers at Cardiff University are transforming how homes are designed and renovated by integrating design research, bio-based materials, and low-carbon technologies. By first reducing the amount of energy a home needs, and then ensuring the energy it uses is clean, renewable and intelligently managed, homes can be transformed, leading to health, wellbeing, comfort, reduced bills, and reduced carbon emissions.

Mae ymchwilwyr ym Mhrifysgol Caerdydd yn ailddiffinio sut caiff cartrefi eu dylunio, eu trawsnewid a sut mae pobl yn byw ynddynt. Drwy gyd-ddylunio â phreswylwyr a phartneriaid tai, a thrwy brofi datrysiadau mewn cartrefi go iawn, rydyn ni’n creu dyfodol o fyw iachach, ynni isel i genedlaethau’r dyfodol. Cliciwch y dolen yn y bio i ddarganfod mwy.

This special event will recognise and showcase the incredible contributions of our postgraduate research community to our wider research environment. This is a wonderful opportunity to connect, share and celebrate diverse research methodologies and achievements within our PGR community. Highlights include a PGR student poster display, presentations of the innovative approaches and techniques used by our PGRs, “Disruptor” submissions and a keynote presentation by Professor Mhairi McVicar on “Stepping Away, Stepping Up, Staying: Co-creation in Architectural Research” (to form part of our WSA Research Methods Hub). A distinguished panel of judges representing a variety of research specialisms within the School will provide valuable feedback and recognition for outstanding contributions. 📅 29 April 2026 🕤 09:30 – 15:00 Register: /e/1985283974811?aff=oddtdtcreator #pgr #architecturepostgraduate #architectureresearch ___ Bydd y digwyddiad arbennig hwn yn cydnabod ac yn arddangos cyfraniadau anhygoel ein cymuned ymchwil ôl-raddedig i'n hamgylchedd ymchwil ehangach. Mae hwn yn gyfle gwych i gysylltu, rhannu a dathlu methodolegau ymchwil amrywiol a chyflawniadau o fewn ein cymuned ymchwil ôl-raddedig. Mae’r uchafbwyntiau'n cynnwys arddangosfa posteri myfyrwyr ôl-raddedig, cyflwyniadau o'r dulliau a'r technegau arloesol a ddefnyddir gan ein hymchwilwyr ôl-raddedig, cyflwyniadau “Disruptor” a chyflwyniad gan yr Athro Mhairi McVicar ar “Camu i Ffwrdd, Camu i Fyny, Aros: Cyd-greu mym maes Ymchwil Bensaernïol” (i ffurfio rhan o Ganolfan Dulliau Ymchwil Ysgol Pensaernïaeth Cymru). Bydd panel nodedig o feirniaid yn cynrychioli amrywiaeth o arbenigeddau ymchwil o fewn yr Ysgol yn cynnig adborth gwerthfawr a chydnabyddiaeth am gyfraniadau rhagorol. 📅 29 Ebrill 2026 🕤 09:30 – 15:00 Cofrestrwch: /e/1985283974811?aff=oddtdtcreator

A weekend at Wymeswold, including giving a keynote at the AWN Pugin conference! All part of the @heritagefunduk restoration project at and of St Mary’s, Wymeswold. #gothic #gothicrevival #architecture #restoration #pugin

📢 Future Generations Commissioner for Wales Derek Walker will deliver the next in our Public Lecture Series, after the Easter break. Titled 'Creating spaces with communities in mind: Placemaking for future generations', Derek will explore how we can design places that truly serve the needs of future generations. 📅 Wednesday 22 April 2026 🕧 17:30 - 19:00 📍 Exhibition Space, Bute Building We look forward to seeing you there! Book now via the link in our bio. -------------------------- Ymunwch â ni ar ôl gwyliau'r Pasg ar gyfer y nesaf o’n cyfres o ddarlithoedd cyhoeddus, a fydd yn cael ei chyflwyno gan Gomisiynydd Cenedlaethau’r Dyfodol Cymru, Derek Walker. Thema’r ddalith yw ‘Creu lleoedd â chymunedau mewn golwg: Creu lleoedd i genedlaethau’r dyfodol’ a bydd Derek yn archwilio sut gallwn ni ddylunio lleoedd sydd wir yn diwallu anghenion cenedlaethau’r dyfodol. 📅 Dydd Mercher, 22 Ebrill 2026 🕧 17:30 – 19:00 📍 Neuadd Arddangos, Adeilad Bute Rydyn ni’n edrych ymlaen at eich gweld chi yno! Cadwch le nawr drwy ddilyn y ddolen yn ein bio.

🎉 We're incredibly proud to be recognised as one of the top schools of architecture in the world, placed at number 50 in this year’s QS World University Rankings! 🎉 🎉 Rydyn ni’n falch iawn o gael ein cydnabod yn un o ysgolion pensaernïaeth gorau'r byd, gan ei gosod yn rhif 50 yn Rhestr QS o Brifysgolion Gorau’r Byd eleni! 🎉

Croeso/welcome to Professor Clare Melhuish from the UCL Urban Laboratory as our newest Honorary Professor at the Welsh School of Architecture, Cardiff University. Seen here running a stall at the engagement event Love Grangetown in 2025, Clare is a leading expert in the anthropology of built environments and an established architecture critic, author, lecturer and curator. A long-standing collaborator with colleagues in the WSA, she will bring her experience of international collaboration and interdisciplinarity to develop joint research and deliver societal impact. Read more at the link in our bio. #HonoraryProfessor #ResearchCollaboration #HigherEducation #Wales #Urbanism #BuiltEnvironment #GlobalEngagement Croeso i'r Athro Clare Melhuish o Labordy Trefol UCL, sy’n Athro er Anrhydedd newydd yn Ysgol Pensaernïaeth Cymru, Prifysgol Caerdydd. Dyma Clare yn rhedeg stondin yn nigwyddiad Caru Grangetown yn 2025. Mae Clare yn arbenigwr blaenllaw yn anthropoleg amgylcheddau adeiledig ac yn feirniad pensaernïol, yn awdur, yn ddarlithydd ac yn guradur profiadol. Mae hi wedi cydweithio gyda staff Ysgol Pensaernïaeth Cymru ers tro. Bydd yn defnyddio ei phrofiad o gydweithio’n rhyngwladol ac yn rhyngddisgyblaethol i ddatblygu ymchwil ar y cyd a chael dylanwad cymdeithasol. Darllenwch ragor drwy ddilyn y ddolen yn ein proffil.

Please share widely and join us in an online webinar that showcases how changes in our discipline and profession shape our new Masters in Architecture programmes! 📅 Thursday 26 March 🕧 11:00-12:00 📍 Online - book below Artwork: Mohammed Awadalla, Master of Architecture (MArch) ----------------------- Darganfyddwch fwy am y rhaglenni MArch sydd ar gael gennym! Ymunwch ag arweinwyr y rhaglen Dr Dimitra Ntzani a Dr Sam Clark ar-lein ddydd Iau (dolen yn y sylwadau): 📅 Dydd Lau 26 Mawrth 🕧 11:00-12:00 📍 Ar-lein - archebwch isod Gwaith celf: Mohammed Awadalla, Meistr mewn Pensaernïaeth (MArch

Women's History Month: Lecturer Dr Peter Lindfield @iamanantiquary introduces the women who helped shape the gothic landscape. Follow the link in our bio to read Dr Lindfield's article 'Rewriting the Gothick: How Women Shaped the Architecture of Georgian Britain'. Mis Hanes Menywod: Dr Peter Lindfield yn cyflwyno'r menywod a helpodd i lunio'r dirwedd Gothig. Dilynwch y ddolen yn ein bio i ddarllen erthygl Dr Lindfield 'Ailysgrifennu'r Gothig: Sut siapiodd menywod bensaernïaeth Prydain Sioraidd'.