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Birmingham School of Architecture and Design is a modern and dynamic institution with roots stretching back to the 19th century.

We offer undergraduate and postgraduate courses across four disciplines: Architecture, Product and Furniture Design, Landscape Architecture and Interior Architecture and Design. Watch this video to find out more.

Concerns

Concerns is an annual review by the Birmingham School of Architecture and Design. In this 2015-16 issue, you can view final year student work and read more about the activities within the School.

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Merging advanced digital building techniques can transform infrastructure and communities, from internationa...
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Birmingham City University has announced a unique partnership with organisers of the city’s first urban green...
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Getting behind-the-scenes insight

Two second year BA (Hons) Product and Furniture Design students Lydia Phillips and Scott Ridgway recently had...
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Understanding suitability in Wales

As part of the recent bid for student experience funding, students from all years of BA (Hons) Product and Fu...
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Curating stories

Architecture students have had the chance to learn about the process of curation and exhibition design by col...
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Measure for success

MA Product Design  student Yu-Chung Chang wowed juries at the most recent Spark awards and picked up a Gold ...
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Birmingham City University plans to have the whole city bouncing on Friday 24 March with ‘The Big Birmingham ...
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Design inspiration in Europe

A key element of being a designer is exploring different cultural environments and capturing design inspirati...
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Spa Houses in Switzerland

BA (Hons) Interior Architecture and Design  students recently spent some time in Switzerland to gain a wider...
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BIM in Birmingham

Birmingham City University recently hosted the UK’s first Building Information Modeling (BIM) Expo and Camp. ...
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Our facilities

The state-of-the-art studios, workshops and teaching spaces at Parkside Building have been designed to maximise light and encourage collaboration between different disciplines of our architecture and design courses.

From day one you will have access to print, wood, metal, ceramics and glass workshops and industry-standard software, alongside assistance from our experienced technicians.

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Bunny Guinness

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Landscape Architect and 'Gardeners' Question Time' regular.
Ben Derbyshire

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Managing partner of a multidisciplinary firm of 120 architects.
Nick Bunn

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A recent graduate working in a landscape architecture practice.