About the Course

London is arguably the center of global design. Many local design firms have offices in London and abroad, and it is this global design network intersecting with British design traditions that situates architectural inquiry in this course.  The architectural survey course involves directly engaging works — archival objects, physical buildings and urban assemblages visited in the field — and producing analytic representations of those works in order to glean lessons. Learn more about ARC561 here.

About the Professors

Amber Bartosh is Director of the Syracuse University Architecture Program in London. She is a LEED accredited architect and interior designer who constructs and examines the immersive infrastructures of the built environment using hybrid-reality and interactive design experiences. This research is supported by her professional practice and demonstrated through design-centric physical construction, exhibition, and installation. She has designed and managed award-winning projects for competition, bid & design build processes in the United States, China, Kuwait, and the United Arab Emirates and her work has been exhibited internationally in Australia, Italy, and Taiwan.

Shumi Bose is an academic, curator and editor in the field of architecture and architectural history. She is Senior Lecturer in Architecture at Central Saint Martins and also teaches at the Royal College of Art, the Architectural Association and the Technische Universität Wien in Vienna. She is Chief Editor of KoozArch, and has published widely in periodicals including Log, PIN-UP and Wallpaper*. She has curated widely, including exhibitions at the Venice Biennale of Architecture, the Victoria and Albert Museum and the Royal Institute of British Architects. In 2020, Shumi founded Holdspace, a digital platform for extracurricular discussions in architectural education, and currently serves as trustee for the Architecture Foundation.