Mark Dorrian
BArch (Edinburgh College of Art), DipArch PhD (Architectural Association)
University of Edinburgh
Forbes Chair in Architecture
mark.dorrian@ed.ac.uk
RESEARCH INTERESTS
I welcome inquiries from students who are interested in pursuing doctoral study by creative practice or by written thesis on topics related to the fields of architectural history and theory, visual culture, or design pedagogy.
CURRENT RESEARCH STUDENTS
Aikaterini Antonopoulou, 'From Digital Creations of Space to Analogous Experiences of Places'.
Lily Ford, 'Keeping an Eye on the View: Aerial Images and Their Makers' (London Consortium).
Fiona Hanley, Writing Languages of Inquiry: The role of writing in academic research (University of Edinburgh).
Stavros Melissinopoulos, 'Architectural Pedagogy at the Extremes' (University of Edinburgh).
Matt Ozga-Lawn, 'Revealing Design: A Dialogic Approach Through Exhibition Methodology'
Ching-Pin Tseng, 'Redrawing Taiwanese Identities After Martial Law: Text, Space and Hybridity in the Post-Colonial Condition' (University of Edinburgh).
Yue Zhuang, 'Death, Burial and Landscape Theory in 18th-Century Britain' (University of Edinburgh)
SELECTED INTERNATIONAL VISITING POSITIONS
Visiting Professor, Tianjin University, China, November 2011.
Guest critic, 5th Doctoral Peer Review Colloquium, TU Delft, Holland, April 2010.
Guest critic, Doctoral Seminar, McGill University, Montreal, Feb 2010.
Visiting lecturer and critic, Cooper Union, New York, USA, Feb 2010.
Visiting critic, School of Architecture of the Arts Institute of Chicago (SAAIC), USA, Feb 2010.
Visiting professor (MSc in Design Research), University of Michigan, USA, Feb 2010.
Visiting lecturer and critic, University of Queensland, Australia, August 2007.
Visiting critic, University of Pretoria, South Africa, November 2006.
Visiting lecturer and critic, Rhode Island School of Design, USA, April 2005.
Visiting lecturer and critic, UdK Summer Academy / Programme for Urban Processes, Berlin, July – August 2002.
Visiting lecturer and critic, Rhode Island School of Design, USA, April 2002.
Visiting Scholar, Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montreal, April – August, 2000.
Visiting lecturer and critic, Rhode Island School of Design, USA, May 2000.
Visiting lecturer and critic, Rhode Island School of Design, USA, May 1999.
Gilmour Visiting Lectureship in Architectural Theory, University of Calgary, Canada, September 1998.
FUNDING
Graham Foundation (Chicago): Production grant, 2011 (Seeing from above)
British Academy/Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique: Joint Project Grant, 2006-2008 (The Aerial View: Spatial Knowledges and Spatial Practices).
Scottish Executive/Lighthouse (Glasgow): Biennale Award, 2006.
Arts and Humanities Research Board: Research Leave Award, 2004-2005 (The Cultures of Aberrant Form: Monstrosity, Vision and Language )
Scottish Policy on Architecture: National Programme Innovation Award, 2004 (Six Cities: Narrative, Mediatisation and Performativity).
Graham Foundation (Chicago): Production Grant, 2002 (Landscapes and Politics).
Canadian Centre for Architecture (Montreal): Visiting Scholarship, 2000 (Baroque Deformation).
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