The Sheffield School of Architecture is an

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Sheffield Sheffield is a city status in the United Kingdom, city in South Yorkshire, England, whose name derives from the River Sheaf which runs through it. The city serves as the administrative centre of the City of Sheffield. It is Historic counties o ...

England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...

, and part of the

University of Sheffield , mottoeng = To discover the causes of things , established = – University of SheffieldPredecessor institutions: – Sheffield Medical School – Firth College – Sheffield Technical School – University College of Sheffield , type = Pu ...

. It is located on the top six floors of the

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. The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2015 placed SSoA among the top two schools of architecture in the UK (up from 3rd in the Times 2014 Guide). The school was rated 2nd by architectural practices in the ''

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'', AJ100 2014 list of the best schools of architecture in the UK. It has a strong social and political agenda. It is one of the longest established architecture schools in the UK, having opened in 1908. It has courses accredited by the Architects Registration Board (ARB) and the

Royal Institute of British Architects The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) is a professional body for architects primarily in the United Kingdom, but also internationally, founded for the advancement of architecture under its royal charter granted in 1837, three suppl ...

(RIBA). In the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2014 SSoA ranked 4th in the UK. In 2020, both ''The Complete University Guide'' and ''Guardian'' ranked the school among top three in UK for architecture. It also has an active student society (SUAS).

Notable people

* Prof Peter Blundell Jones – architect, historian, academic and critic * Prof Paul Monaghan – visiting professor * Prof

Flora Samuel 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.Steve Parnell''Flora Samuel: "I'm not sure the term architect really desc ...

– Head of the Sheffield School of Architecture 2010–2013 * Prof Saleh Uddin – architect, author and academic * Prof

Sarah Wigglesworth Sarah Wigglesworth MBE RDI is a British award-winning architect and was a Professor of Architecture at the University of Sheffield until 2016. Career Wigglesworth foundeSarah Wigglesworth Architectsin 1994. Her practice has a reputation for sust ...

– architect * Prof

Jeremy Till Professor Jeremy Till (born 5 April 1957) is a British architect, educator and writer. He is Professor of Architecture at Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London. He was Head of Central Saint Martins and Pro Vice-Chancellor of the U ...

– Head of the Sheffield School of Architecture 1999–2002 *

Khondaker Hasibul Kabir Khondaker Hasibul Kabir is a Bangladeshi landscape architect and sustainability advocate who works with Bangladeshi development agencies such as BRAC and Grameen in rural and sustainable architecture. He first proposed "The Platform of Hope" ('' ...

References

External links

Sheffield School of Architecture website
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