University teaching & research

Tom is a teacher and lecturer in the history and theory of cities and architecture at the Bartlett Faculty of the Built Environment, University College London and Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts, London.

At Central Saint Martins he is Senior Lecturer and Lead on Critical & Contextual Studies for postgraduate MArch Architecture students, specialising in the intersection of architecture and politics; and teaches on MA Cities.

At University College London he teaches first- and second-year undergraduate Architecture and Planning students; and is a thesis supervisor for postgraduate MA/MLA Landscape Architecture.

His research and teaching focus on how cities, landscapes and architecture are represented, seen through and depicted in other media, from literature and photography to television and cinema; and on the intersections between politics, culture, society, architecture and urbanism. He explores writing and image-making as forms of (critical spatial) practice about spaces, sites, landscapes and geographies.

He’s also been visiting tutor and lecturer in the history and theory of cities and architecture, and a guest critic, at many other institutions, such as The Royal College of Art, London, Newcastle University, Eindhoven Design Academy, Netherlands, London Metropolitan University, University of Westminster, London and the Architectural Association, London.