Drawing on disability studies and historiography, it traces how ideas of normalcy became embedded in architectural education, while highlighting Selwyn Goldsmith’s early efforts to foreground bodily difference within architectural discourse. The paper argues that although accessibility entered curricula through regulation, disability has largely remained peripheral to architectural pedagogy, limiting its potential to function as a transformative lens for rethinking design education.

 Disability Dialogues. Sheffield: iHuman, University of Sheffield. 

‘We are all affected by the epistemic obstacles and distortions that arise in situations of oppression. But differently situated groups and subjects have different epistemic predicaments: their epistemic deficits are different, and their resources to overcome these deficits and to resist dominant ideologies are also different.’

Architecture often claims to be inclusive, yet its educational systems, tools, and expectations continue to privilege able-bodied norms. For students and practitioners with disabilities, the pressure to conform to standard outputs creates barriers that are rarely acknowledged

Architecture education is at a critical turning point. As climate breakdown accelerates, traditional human-centred teaching fails to address the environmental and ethical impact of extractive practices. This research proposes reimagining the curriculum through disability-informed methods and post-human theory to reshape how future architects engage with the planet.

The architectural principles governing domestic space in Islam are deeply embedded within the framework of Islamic law (Shari‘a), as well as the customs and cultural practices of Arab society

In the Arabic language, the term Bayt (plural: Buyūt) signifies a house or dwelling, irrespective of the materials used in its construction. The word carries metaphorical depth, often associated with poetry, where a bayt (verse) unites letters and words in the same way a house brings together its inhabitants.

In recent years, the intensification of urban securitization has emerged through a range of spatial strategies and technologies implemented under the pretext of public safety

This literature review examines the exercise of freedom of speech along Oxford Road in Manchester, a key arterial route that traverses three major universities and serves as a dynamic, multicultural public realm.

Cairo has long been shaped by spatial divisions that reflect and reproduce social class. From the walled exclusivity of Fatimid Cairo to the privatised compounds of today, the city’s urban fabric reveals a persistent pattern of segregation. These selected chapters examines how historical planning, political agendas, and housing policies have collectively entrenched class-based inequality in Cairo’s built environment.