Architecture Hub
Our courses are designed to help you build a great future. Check out our resources below to get a real flavour for Architecture student life.
BROADENING YOUR HORIZONS
Architecture at LSBU isn't just about your degree programme - it's about broadening your horizons and having fun along the way! Former student Ola Obadara talks about her unconventional path to success in our latest alumni podcast.
Student showcase
Check out 10 Architecture projects, featured in the design magazine Dezeen, that were displayed as part of our Architectural End of Year Show on Thursday 20 June.
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We're here to help you with your portfolio
If you haven't submitted your architecture portfolio yet, we're here to help make the process clearer, easier and less stressful. Join one of our Portfolio Advice Events in June (online) or July (on-campus) for expert feedback and practical guidance.
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The rewarding side of Architecture
Architecture is more than just designing buildings—it’s about shaping experiences, solving problems, and bringing creative visions to life. LSBU student and apprentice Todd Fletcher shares what drew him to the field
Find out moreSummer activities
The academic team has put together a list of recommended activities, reading materials, and resources to prepare you for your studies.
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Positive and supportive staff
"The positive attitudes of the students and the supportiveness of the staff, coupled with the highly rated courses and the success rate for graduates in finding employment, were all incredibly inviting." Find out more from current student and RIBA Award nominee Nour Borghol.
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Keeping vulnerable communities cool when the…
After the Met Office confirmed summer 2025 was the hottest on record, when the world warms up, how we can give communities access to affordable, clean...
Isha Ahmed Wins Prestigious Apprentice of the…
LSBU is proud to celebrate Isha Ahmed’s outstanding achievement as the winner of the Part I (Level 6) Apprentice of the Year Award at the prestigious ...
London South Bank University lecturer wins th…
Dr Christopher Cowell, Lecturer in Architectural History and Theory at London South Bank University (LSBU), has been awarded the prestigious Hawksmoor...
New Head of School of Construction, Property…
Dr Tim Lees has been appointed the Head of the School of Construction, Property and Surveying and will join London South Bank University (LSBU) in Mar...
Climate Emergency Debate Series
An exciting series of Climate Emergency panel debates, led by LSBU’s School of Architecture and the Built Environment (BEA), addressing some of the mo...
Award success for LSBU Built Environment and…
London South Bank University (LSBU) students, John Taylor and Oluwafemi Ayodele (studying BSc Architectural Technology) and Basal Shah ( studying MSc ...
Chris Harty appointed as LSBU’s new Dean of t…
LSBU is delighted to announce that Professor Chris Harty has been appointed as the new Dean of the School of the Built Environment and Architecture at...
LSBU student wins at Women in Property South…
Employers working in the property and construction sector had a unique opportunity to meet some of the most talented built environment undergraduates ...
National conference at LSBU to discuss how to…
The Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE) will be holding their annual technical symposium in person at London South Bank Unive...
UK university graduate wins global business a…
A London South Bank University (LSBU) former student, Anil Singh Rana, has won the Social Impact Award at the Study UK Alumni Awards, in Mauritius tod...
LSBU student wins prestigious international…
A London South Bank University (LSBU) Architecture student, Desislava Cholakova, has won a prestigious RIBA (Royal Institute of British Architects) 20...
Architecture students' work shipped to Venice…
LSBU Architecture students have entered the Venice Biennial Architecture Exhibition. 11 pieces of work have been shipped over to feature in the exhibi...
Robotics grant awarded at LSBU BEA
Associate Professor Federico Rossi and DARLAB director have been awarded with £133K grant from UKMSN+ - www.ukmsn.ac.uk - ,UK Manufacturing Symbiosis ...
LSBU academic collaborates with a digital art…
Federico Rossi, LSBU lead for Digital Architecture Robotics (DARLab) collaborates with visual artist Davide Quayola on robotic arm that sculpts Greek ...
LSBU presents DARLAB – Digital Architecture a…
LSBU students awarded Newman Student Medals f…
LSBU champion of women in engineering recogni…
Bridget Shield, Emeritus Professor of Acoustics at London South Bank University (LSBU) has become an MBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours for her “serv...
New £180k bursary will support more black and…
Leading industrial developer and asset manager, Chancerygate, have announced a new bursary programme
Collapse of Carillion exposes corporate devia…
The collapse of corporate giant Carillion in January 2018, highlights a culture of financial deviance embedded at the heart of the UK construction sec...
LSBU student's Royal Opera House sound engine…
Eric Ballestero, a PhD student from London South Bank University's (LSBU) Acoustics department has been awarded the Young Person's Award for Innovatio...
World-first hydrogen waste heat research aims…
Developing a new way of recovering waste heat and decarbonising heating and cooling through new hydrogen technologies from energy intensive industries...
LSBU joins United Nations partnership to tack…
LSBU has signed up to the United Nations Habitat UNI partnership with over 100 universities worldwide. The partnership promotes cooperation between un...
World-first study aims to deliver safer, clea…
A ground-breaking project to develop a new way of storing hydrogen in buses has been launched by academics from London South Bank University (LSBU), S...
LSBU students win RIBA Master of Architecture…
Two students from London South Bank University (lsbu) School of Architecture and Built Environment have won prestigious RIBA Master of Architecture (M...
GreenSCIES – a road map for UK towns to reach…
Boris Johnson has vowed to make Britain a world leader in low-cost clean energy with the launch of the Government’s 10-point climate action plan for a...
LSBU student wins major international archite…
A London South Bank University (LSBU) student, Piotr Smiechowicz, has won two major international architectural awards.
Three LSBU apprentices win UK engineering awa…
The CIBSE awards are presented to apprentices ‘who are rising stars with a burning desire to succeed in the building services sector’.
New research grant awarded by the Royal Socie…
Sevan Harput has won both a research grant and the opportunity to present his research at the House of Commons
LSBU’s cutting-edge research into cutting dow…
As part of the Royal Academy of Engineering’s Industry-Academia Partnership Programme (IAPP), LSBU is at the heart of a research project that has the ...
LSBU academics help develop a world-first sus…
LSBU academics help develop a world-first sustainable energy scheme using waste heat from the Tube to warm homes, two leisure centres and a school in...
Climate Emergency debate series launches with…
An exciting series of climate emergency panel debates designed to address climate change challenges faced by the construction and housing sectors
LSBU launches new Acoustics Technician Appren…
LSBU launches new Acoustics Technician Apprenticeship
Revolutionary low carbon smart energy grid to…
A revolutionary low carbon smart energy grid from LSBU, Islington Council and TfL
LSBU Architectural Technology students make C…
The 2020 Final is sponsored by VolkerFitzpatrick and will be taking place on one of their sites in central London on 11 March 2020.
LSBU Architecture student awarded RIBA Silver…
LSBU student, Piotr Smiechowicz, was awarded a commendation in the RIBA Silver Medal Category, dedicated to the best design projects produced at RIBA ...
LSBU first UK university to become member of…
LSBU is the first UK university to be invited to become a member of the Cross-industry Construction Apprenticeship Task Force (CCATF) this Autumn.
Lauren Webster, student at LSBU, wins at Wome…
Lauren Webster, BSc Architectural Technology student, was named one of four winners at the Women in Property Awards for the South East region.
LSBU Architectural Technology students throug…
Three teams from LSBU competed in the regional stages of CIOB’s Bright Futures Challenge on 6 February 2019. ‘LSBU 2’, a team of three second year arc...
London South Bank first UK University to offe…
London South Bank University (LSBU) has officially become the first UK university to offer a Level 6 Digital Marketer apprenticeship (BA Hons, Degree ...
LSBU helps establish waste management model f…
LSBU collaborated with CLEAR Community to deliver a world-standard integrated engineering model as a solution for Indonesia’s waste management problem...
London South Bank first UK University to offe…
LSBU is officially the first UK university to offer Level 6 (BA Hons, Degree level equivalent) apprenticeships in Architecture to undergraduates this ...
LSBU experts conclude that Heliport noise cou…
Residents living in three riverside boroughs near the London Heliport in Battersea are being subjected to noise levels that could pose a risk to their...
Enterprising solutions for a low carbon built…
LSBU hosts two-day CIBSE conference showcasing a diverse range of low carbon engineering and building services solutions for the built environment of ...
Product Design students deliver creative Airl…
Product Design and Engineering Product Design Students from have been working on projects developing innovative use cases for Airlander.
LSBU supports Southwark Council’s successful…
London South Bank University’s (LSBU) School of Architecture and the Built Environment and the School of Law and Social Sciences play vital roles in S...
Thomas’ success proves Asperger’s is no barri…
UNILAD beats world record at LSBU
LSBU leads by example in tackling sustainabil…
Mayor of London certifies LSBU a healthy plac…
Discover the Changing Face of Elephant &…
LSBU awards six honorary graduates and fellow…
LSBU celebrates 125 year Anniversary with Par…
London South Bank University (lsbu) celebrates its 125 year anniversary with a reception at the House of Commons in the Palace of Westminster on 11 Oc...
LSBU awarded £49k HEFCE grant to boost ‘Stop…
A £49K grant has this month been awarded to London South Bank University (LSBU) by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE), to boost ...
LSBU and BUE celebrate academic partnership
London South Bank University (LSBU) hosts a conference to celebrate the University’s academic partnership with the British University in Egypt (BUE)
LSBU named as first test site for London air…
LSBU's campus is to become the first test site in a new five-year research project looking at air pollution in London
London South Bank University celebrates achie…
Have your say in the London heliport noise st…
LSBU awarded £200K to investigate heat energy…
The EPSRC has awarded LSBU £200K to investigate the potential for inclusive heat recovery in untapped urban subterranean structures.
LSBU celebrates World Intellectual Property D…
LSBU students mark World Intellectual Property Day with the collaborative 'Where will we live - Building Ahead Challenge'.
Building services engineering student wins pr…
LSBU Senior Lecturer launches second interact…
Star architect David Adjaye among alumni hono…
Architect David Adjaye among LSBU alumni, visiting professors and honorary graduates awarded honours by the Queen in the new year.
£50K HEFCE funding to boost LSBU construction…
A £50k award from HEFCE has been given to LSBU to support a research pilot which will encourage students in architecture, engineering and construction...
£3M HEFCE award to upgrade LSBU laboratories…
LSBU has received a £3million pledge from HEFCE, to support the setting up of laboratory facilities for degree study and higher level scientific and e...
LSBU secures new funding for Degree Apprentic…
LSBU is one of just 18 universities to receive funding from a new £4.5 million fund to support degree apprenticeships.
Cliff face for White Cliffs of Dover wins LSB…
A cliff face structure design for White Cliffs of Dover wins a London South Bank University (LSBU) architecture student a top award.
LSBU launches new academic partnership with I…
Working with the Institution of Civil Engineers, LSBU will promote student engagement and professional development in civil engineering.
Students transform Southbank Place hoarding
Architecture students from LSBU have unveiled their unique hoarding design at Southbank Place after winning a competition to transform Sutton Walk
Comment: David Phoenix on the EU Referendum R…
David Phoenix, London South Bank University's (LSBU) Vice Chancellor, discusses the EU Referendum result.
Professor Judith Evans appointed as President…
LSBU Professor, Judith Evans appointed as President of International Institute of Refrigeration (IIR) commission C2
LSBU lecturer has sculpture selected for Roya…
An LSBU lecturer has had a sculpture selected for Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2016.
Professor Charles Egbu to be appointed CIOB V…
LSBU acoustics expert lectures on Royal Festi…
LSBU research on school acoustics highlighted…
New group of alumni are growing their start-u…
A new cohort of alumni are developing and growing their businesses on LSBU’s Graduate Entrepreneur Scheme
New research to demonstrate cost-effectivenes…
New research to demonstrate cost-effectiveness of longer-lasting components in new-build and refurbished housing