Mr Tom Coward
Lecturer
Contact
- Email: thomas.coward@kingston.ac.uk
- Location: Kingston School of Art, Knights Park
- Faculty: Kingston School of Art
- School: School of Art and Architecture
- Department: Department of Architecture and Landscape
- Personal website
About
I teach on the postgraduate Architecture (ARB/RIBA Part 2) MArch course. I have co-led Unit 2 design studio with Simon Henley since 2015/16.
This year's studio research entitled '1977 and all that... a suburban archive of domestic treasures' critically considers the practice of architecture in 1977 through published texts and exemplary architecture. We will use this research as a springboard into a personal design thesis shaped within the contemporary architectural debate surrounding public access into and the exhibition of publicly held collections.
Last year, we considered '1956 and all that' with a similar format of examining the output of team X, and specifically Giancarlo de Carlo, in relation to 'settling a remarkable landscape' and living a 'many sided life' within Dartington Hall, Devon.
Our first year, 1966, celebrated the 50th anniversary of publications: The New Brutalism, Architecture of the City, and Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture.
Areas of specialism
- Post-modern architecture
- Modern architecture
- European architecture
- North American architecture
- Contemporary architectural practice
- The profession of architecture
- Interior design
- Exhibition design
- Urban design
- Experience design
Qualifications
- MA RCA Architecture & Interiors, Royal College of Art
- BA (Hons) Architecture First class, University of Nottingham
- Professional Practice Examination, London Metropolitan University
Industry links
Director of AOC Architecture Ltd
Member of Harrow Design Review Panel
Member of Croydon Place Review Panel
Member of Southwark Design Review Panel
Design Advisor to Greenwich Borough Council
Design Advisor to Haringey Borough Council
Member of the GLA Architecture, Design & Urbanism Panel
Professional membership
Chartered Architect and member of the Royal Institute of British Architects
Registered with the ARB
Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts
Publications
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