Architecture and Built Environment

The University of Brighton has brought innovation and impact through research in Architecture and Built Environment and interior architecture.

From investigating the energy efficiency and performance of buildings, to examining the interrelationships between people, natural resources and the built environment, sustainable urban living to architectural humanities, our staff and PhD students at University of Brighton are at the leading edge of empirical and theoretical research into building design and construction.

We are also working to understand the shifting nature of education in the built environment to adapt to an ever-changing industry.

Key facts

As a Architecture and Built Environment environment PhD student or Architecture PhD student, you will be an integral part of the School of Architecture, Technology and Engineering and take an active role in a range of intellectual and social activities within the school.All postgraduate students working on built environment topics are integrated into one or more of our Centres for Research and Enterprise Excellence (COREs) or Research and Enterprise Groups (REGs)

Students have support and alignment across specialists in architecture, construction, and social sciences, bringing opportunities to present ‘work in progress’ to specialists and non-specialists and to reach a broad network of researchers.

Particular areas of specialism currently include:

• Advanced technologies in the built environment, architecture and construction

• Construction management

• Education in architecture and the built environment

• Energy efficiency and building performance

• Environmental impact of buildings and construction

• Housing, community, people and planning

• Project management

• Sustainability of the built environment

• Interior architecture and urban planning

• Architectural humanities, theory, and ethics

• Practice-based architecture

• Designing sustainable urban living