Dr Laura Brown

Assistant Professor

Department: Architecture and Built Environment

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Key Publications

Decade of the lido - restoring valuable public spaces of leisure, Brown, L., Wood, M. 16 Jan 2024, Interdisciplinary Research Themes Showcase 2024
Planning for Legacy in the Post-War Era of the Olympic Winter Games, Brown, L. 11 Dec 2023, The Olympic Winter Games at 100, Abingdon, Routledge
The triple legacy of Olympic cities: a morphological assessment of Olympic stadia, Brown, L., Vialard, A. 8 Apr 2022, Annual Conference Proceedings of the XXVII International Seminar on Urban Form, Glasgow, University of Strathclyde
Planning for Legacy in the Post-War Era of the Olympic Winter Games, Brown, L. 27 Nov 2020, In: International Journal of the History of Sport
The architectural design and planning legacies of the European Summer Olympic Games 1948-2021, Brown, L. Apr 2020
Creative architectures of the Summer Olympic Games: Design, construction, legacy, Brown, L., Cresciani, M. Jul 2018, International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures (IASS) Symposium (2018)
Adaptable design in Olympic construction, Brown, L., Cresciani, M. 14 Dec 2017, In: International Journal of Building Pathology and Adaptation
Regional character in International construction: A case study for Olympic Architecture and Engineering, Brown, L., Cresciani, M. 26 Sep 2016, International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures (IASS) Symposium (2016)
Evaluating Perspectives of Olympic Legacy in Modern European Olympic Architecture (1948-2012), Brown, L. 2015, 12th International Post-Graduate Research Conference 2015 Proceedings, Salford, Manchester, UK, University of Salford
The Olympic Legacies of Roma 1960 and Athens 2004, Brown, L., Cresciani, M. 20 Aug 2015, In: Proceedings of IASS Annual Symposia, IASS 2015 Amsterdam Symposium: Future Visions – Historical Spatial Structures

Professional Activity

Oral presentation: The triple legacy of Olympic cities: a morphological assessment of Olympic stadia 2021
Invited talk: The heritage of the Games: Using archives to interpret urban change in Olympic host cities 2020
Oral presentation: Design for legacy: Alternative urban visions of the Winter Olympic Games 2020
Organising a conference, workshop, ...: Congress of Youth & Winter Sports 2020
Invited talk: Architectural heritage in the post-1948 European Summer Olympic host cities 2019
Participating in a conference, workshop, ...: Joint International Conference of the International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures (IASS) 2019 and Structural Membranes 2019 2019
Oral presentation: Emerging typologies in Olympic development 2019
Participating in a conference, workshop, ...: International Society for the History of Physical Education and Sport (ISHPES) Congress 2019 2019
Participating in a conference, workshop, ...: Visually mediated research 2019
Participating in a conference, workshop, ...: International Association for Sports and Leisure Facilities (IAKS) Spring Event 2019

Qualifications

Architecture PhD March 04 2020
Architecture MA (Hons) June 24 2014
Architecture BA (Hons) June 23 2011
Sport BSc (Hons) June 30 2007
Art and Design (other/general) BTEC Advanced Diploma October 22 2004
Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA) 2019

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