Matthew Lloyd Roberts’ research on experiencing architecture in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Britain
Research Spotlight: Matthew Lloyd Roberts’ work focuses on certain flashpoints and moments that inaugurated new ways of thinking about architecture in this period.
CONFERENCE: Sir William Chambers (1723-1796): A Tercentenary Celebration
17-18 April 2023
Stockholm and Engelsberg, Sweden
CSCA welcomes applications to its 2nd annual Summer School
Applications are open and priority deadline for funding is 31 January 2023.
Insight into the World of Classical Architecture: Summer School 2022
CSCA Director Frank Salmon reflects on our first Summer School in Classical Architecture
CSCA Director Frank Salmon delivers lecture on the nature of the Greek Revival at the British Museum
In this lecture scheduled for 27 October 2022, given in memory of curator Ian Jenkins, Frank Salmon will reflect on the nature of the Greek Revival in architecture.
CONFERENCE: The Professional World of Sir Christopher Wren
22 September 2023
Downing College, Cambridge
CONFERENCE: Diverse Modernities
CSCA and Create Streets organise conference ‘Diverse Modernities: British Architecture Beyond Modernism, 1918 – Present’, 8 September 2022.
Architect Quinlan Terry publishes new book on Layman’s Guide to Classical Architecture
CSCA visiting Professor Clive Aslet edits Quinlan Terry’s new book on the Layman’s Guide to Classical Architecture (Published by Bokförlaget Stolpe, 2022)
CSCA and Karolinska Institutet of Sweden organise conference on spaces of healing
The international conference ‘Architecture and Spaces of Healing’ takes place at Downing College on 10 March 2022.
Seminar Series
The Centre runs a regular seminar series during the Michaelmas (October-November) and Lent (January-March) terms. Seminars take place at 12:00 pm on Fridays at The West Lodge* at Downing College
Trustees of Sir John Soane’s Museum met at Downing College
In November 2021 the Trustees of Sir John Soane’s Museum, London, visited Downing College and the Centre for their autumn meeting, a rare occasion for such a meeting to take place outside London.
CSCA begins its work
Cambridge University is delighted to announce the launch of new Centre for the Study of Classical Architecture, generously supported by the Axel and Margaret Ax:son Johnson Foundation for Public Benefit of Sweden.
