The University of Sheffield
School of Architecture
Robert Blundell
  • Orthocare factory and office. Saltaire
    Orthocare factory and office. Saltaire
  • Orthocare. Internal view
    Orthocare. Internal view
  • Bathouse project. Model
    Bathouse project. Model
  • CR8. Community events venue
    CR8. Community events venue
  • House in Leeds. Detail
    House in Leeds. Detail
  • Tomorrow's townhouse. Sectional view
    Tomorrow's townhouse. Sectional view

MA (Cantab) DipArch RIBA

I read architecture at the University of Cambridge and the University of Sheffield. I am a registered Architect and have worked in private practice in Cambridge, Leeds and Saltaire, completing a wide range of projects both locally in the Yorkshire region and across the United Kingdom. Further afield, I have been involved with the development of schemes in the middle-east and China, including a period of time based in Shanghai. I am a co-founder and principal of 3xa-Design.

Teaching Activities

I am a studio tutor in year two of the undergraduate school. I have also contributed to technical tutorials for the third year course, and acted as a guest reviewer for the first year, the MA in conservation and regeneration, and the MSc in sustainable architecture courses.

I am interested in the exploration of conceptual approaches to design, the development and testing of these ideas through a creative and analytical process, and their tectonic and material resolution.

I consider a key role of a studio tutor to be to encourage and support the development of an independent, questioning, and self-critical approach to the design process
Professional Standing & Distinctions

Awards & Competitions

Tomorrow’s Townhouse. 2011
Designed in collaboration with Jo Lintonbon, our pre-fabricated urban housing scheme has been published in ‘Design, the key to a better place 2012’ and on the ecohomehub web-site.

The CR8. 2010
The cr8 was designed in collaboration with Jo Lintonbon and Matthew Bradshaw as a competition proposal to re-animate an un-developed building plot in the New Islington area of Manchester. Our scheme was published in Property Week.

Minotaur, a Contemporary Maze. 2002
Designed in collaboration with Jo Lintonbon, our project, based on the myth of Theseus and the Minotaur was one of four entries shortlisted to the final stages of a competition organized by ‘Kielder Art & Architecture’ for a new installation in Kielder forest.

A Contemporary Country House, Wiswell. 2001
Designed in collaboration with Jo Lintonbon, our scheme was shortlisted to the final stages of the competition and awarded second place overall. The project was exhibited at the CUBE gallery in Manchester.

Mill Hill, Leeds. 2000
A scheme completed whilst an Architect at Philip Lees and Associates. This project for the re-use of two early Eighteenth Century townhouses in the city centre received a Leeds Architecture award for restoration and conservation quality.

The Dr Brian Wragg Prize for Architectural Draughtsmanship. 1997
Received whilst a diploma student at the University of Sheffield.

Residential Care building for Macintyre Care. 1994
My proposals for an assisted living residential building were awarded first prize by the Macintyre care autism charity. The project was exhibited at the Building Centre in London