Name Simon Unwin | Role Author | |
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Books Analysing architecture, Twenty Buildings Every Arc, Exercises in Architectu, Twenty‑Five Buildings Every Arc, An Architecture Notebook | ||
Simon Unwin is the author of Analysing Architecture (Routledge, London, 1997, 2003 and 2009) and Twenty Buildings Every Architect Should Understand (Routledge, 2010), both widely used in schools of architecture around the world. His other publications include: An Architecture Notebook: Wall (Routledge, 2000); Doorway (Routledge, 2007); and Exercises in Architecture (Routledge, 2012). Together, the books form a corpus of work that establishes a consistent and widely applicable methodology for the analysis of architecture through drawing.
Books by Unwin have been translated into Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Persian, Portuguese, Spanish and Russian. Unwin is also well known for his personal architectural notebooks which explore, through densely packed notes and meticulous and evocative drawings, various themes in architecture such as: Entrance (and the architectural in-between); Time (as an architectural element); Place (and architecture); and The Person (and architecture). Unwin is Emeritus Professor of Architecture at the Dundee School of Architecture, Scotland, where he was Professor from 2004 to 2009. Previously he was Senior Lecturer at the Welsh School of Architecture in Cardiff University, Wales, where he continues to teach design and architectural analysis. He has lived in Australia as well as the UK and taught or lectured in Israel, the USA, China, Malaysia, India, Sweden, Turkey and at other schools of architecture in the UK and Europe. He has been a member of the panel of judges for a number of architectural prizes and awards including The Andrew Doolan Prize for Architecture in Scotland (2006) RIAS Andrew Doolan Award for Architecture, the RIBA President's Medals Dissertation Prize (2008) RIBA President's Medals Students Award.
