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Dr Peter Holgate

Associate Professor

School: Architecture and Built Environment

EE Peter Holgate Staffprofile 255Born in Gateshead, North-East England; studied architecture at the Universities of Liverpool and Oregon; practised architecture in Newcastle, San Francisco, London and Frankfurt am Main, working on a variety of award-winning projects; qualified CDM Co-ordinator; full-time teacher of architecture since 2005; accredited postgraduate supervisor; awarded MA in Academic Practice, 2011; awarded Professional Doctorate in Education in 2016; roles have included Director of Learning and Teaching, Programme Leader (Master of Architecture), Director of Architectural Programmes and Interim Head of Department of Architecture and the Built Environment.

Campus Address

Ellison Building EBC204



Research Themes and Scholarly Interests

Architectural education; health and well-being in architecture; practice led teaching and research; curriculum design

Key Publications

  • Please visit the Pure Research Information Portal for further information
  • Where Critical Inquiry, Empirical Making, and Experiential Learning Shape Architectural Pedagogy, Salama, A., Holgate, P. 25 Aug 2025, In: Encyclopedia
  • Developing Academic Literacies through Assessment Rubrics for Architecture Curricula, Couture, A., Ring, P., Holgate, P., Jones, P. 21 Jun 2024, International Assessment in Higher Education Conference 2024
  • Enabling Owner-Occupiers to Retrofit: A Practice-Based Study of Architects’ Educative Role, Ghasemi, H., Hipwood, T., Holgate, P. 26 Jan 2024, AMPS Proceedings Series 33.1, Architecture Media Politics Society
  • Homes to Age in Place, Carr, J., Jones, P., Holgate, P. 22 Dec 2023, Future Home, London, Taylor & Francis
  • Repurposing as Learning: Understanding the Role of Architects in Enabling Owner-Occupiers to Retrofit, Ghasemi, H., Hipwood, T., Holgate, P. 2023, Proceedings of the International Conference, London, Counterarchitecture
  • Mental health in UK architecture education: An analysis of contemporary student wellbeing, Holgate, P., McClean, D., Bloice, L. 17 Feb 2020
  • The Professional Doctorate by Portfolio: Alternative Assessment for Advanced Practitioner-Led Scholarship?, Holgate, P., Sambell, K. 21 Sep 2020, In: Practitioner Research in Higher Education
  • Embedding professionalism in architectural education: Inquiry, reflection and judgement throughout professional development, Holgate, P., Jones, P. Sep 2019, Defining contemporary professionalism, London, RIBA Publications

PGR Supervision

  • Peter Dixon Interpreting Interpretation; an inquiry into the development of effective museum exhibition design processes Start Date: 01/10/2017
  • Ka Chi James Lai An Autoethnographic study of the Adoption of Sustainable Design Principle in the New Architecture of the Middle East. Start Date: 01/10/2024

Qualifications

  • Education EdD April 05 2016
  • Education MA (Hons) July 01 2011
  • Teaching & Learning PCAPL December 03 2007
  • Architecture BArch (Hons) July 05 1989
  • Architecture BA (Hons) July 01 1985
  • Principal Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy (PFHEA) 2019
  • Senior Fellow (SFHEA) Higher Education Academy (HEA) 2014
  • Architect Architects Registration Board (ARB) 1992
  • Chartered Member Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) 1992

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