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Dr Laura Brown

Assistant Professor

School: Architecture and Built Environment

Laura Brown
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  • 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
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  • 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
  • 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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