About the Course

London’s Built Environment: The Ways of the Architect presents a history of London’s built environment by examining the changing attitudes and practices of British architects from the mid-17th to the mid-20th century. It explores the ways in which London’s architectural culture was understood and produced through its architects’ diverse trainings, evolving modes of design and notions of style, built and theoretical work. Learn more about the ARC434 here.

About the Professor

Lara Belkind is an architect and urbanist completing a Ph.D. at Harvard University, where she previously received Master of Architecture and Master of Urban Planning degrees. Her research explores how architects and infrastructure have helped negotiate future metropolitan development in a fragmented Paris region. Her publications and podcasts have appeared in Vocabularies for an Urbanising Planet (Birkhäuser 2023), Designing Futures, Writing Cities, Built Environment, Metropolitics, Urbanism & Urbanization, Political Power & Social Theory, and Traditional Dwellings & Settlements Review. She has taught architectural history and design at Columbia University, the Architectural Association, Yale, and Harvard, and has worked professionally creating large-scale urban regeneration strategies with public agencies in New York and Washington, DC.