Awards and Publications

Awards

Alex MacLaren WINNER of 2015 CHSS Award from the University of Edinburgh
“Outstanding Contribution to the Student Experience”

The CHSS (College of Humanities and Social Sciences) at the University of Edinburgh has 1460+ staff across 11 colleges

CIBSE/ASHRAE “most effective delivery of material” for a paper at the International Technical Symposium, Dublin 2014 (with Richard Rooley)

Alex MacLaren awarded Berkeley Prize Teaching Fellowship 2013-14

Alex MacLaren elected to Fellowship of the Royal Society of Arts, 2011

Alex MacLaren ‘G4C Champion’ 2009 from Constructing Excellence UK

The G4C Award is open to anyone with less than five years’ industry experience and is presented to the individual recognised as making the most significant contribution to the Construction Industry

RIBA ‘Design 4 Education’ Finalist Team 2009
RIBA Norman Foster Bursary to attend RIBA International Conference, Paris (2007)
TEAMBUILD 2005 Winning Team (national ICE competition for young construction professionals)
Cambridge Architecture Weekend Design Competition 2002 Winning Team

Publications

Book Published 2014 : “Architecture Live Projects: Pedagogy into Practice”
Ed. Harris, H and Widder, L.  Routledge, May 2014
Chapter 3.1 TEAMBUILD- A. MacLaren

ESALA MA Architecture Unit 2 ‘(Per)Forming Communities’ 2014
“Civic Fabrication : Urban Futures : Theatre”
A book of student investigations into tectonic strategy. Online publisher, Blurb, 2014
Download Here (91MB) or preview and buy a hard copy below

ESALA MA Architecture Unit 2 ‘(Per)Forming Communities’ 2014
“Civic Fabrication : Prologue”
A book of student investigations into tectonic strategy. Online publisher, Blurb, 2014

ESALA MA Architecture Unit 2 ‘Making [Sense] of Place 2013
“Civic Fabrication #2 : Proposing Urban Futures”
A book of student projects for a civic building in Dalmarnock, Glasgow, post- Commonwealth Games. Online publisher, Blurb,  2013
(download a PDF here, 9.9MB) 

ESALA MA Architecture Unit 2 ‘Making [Sense] of Place 2013
“Civic Fabrication #1 : Architectonic Experiments”
A book of student investigations into tectonic strategy. Online publisher, Blurb,  2013
(download a PDF here, 75MB) 

MacLaren, A (2012) “new formats for delivery of learning in construction” ACSA International Conference Proceedings, published Fall 2012

MacLaren, A (2007) “Sketchbook” Potential Student Project Sites in and around London Bridge, Architects’ Journal, 15 March 2007

MacLaren, A (2005) ” We must be ready for the next ‘Cambridge’”, CEBE News Update Issue 13, July 2005 [Centre for Education in the Built Environment]

MacLaren, A (2004 Keynote Paper) ‘The Student Manifesto’  ARCHAOS/ ‘Architects for Change’ Student Symposium  ‘StudioCultures: the Student Perspective’, at the University of Westminster in November 2004

MacLaren, A (2004) “arCHAOS in architecture”, Scroope 16, the Cambridge Architecture Journal
MacLaren, A (2004) “School’s out over Education”, Architects’ Journal, 12 Feb 2004
“Archaos Theory” Profile, Architects’ Journal, 12 February 2004

Our ‘Lodge’ project in the New Forest was chosen as the image for the RIBA South Region Christmas Card 2010

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