The University of Sheffield
School of Architecture
David Britch
  • Live Work Spaces Ancoats Manchester
    Live Work Spaces Ancoats Manchester
  • Collaborative exhibition at Castlefield Gallery Manchester
    Collaborative exhibition at Castlefield Gallery Manchester
  • Short listed entry Forgotten Spaces Sheffield
    Short listed entry Forgotten Spaces Sheffield
  • Urban Design competition for Stockport Centre
    Urban Design competition for Stockport Centre
  • Temporary Pavilion for Wirksworth Arts Festival
    Temporary Pavilion for Wirksworth Arts Festival
  • Manchester Academy Refurbishment £3.5m
    Manchester Academy Refurbishment £3.5m
  • Terrace House remodeling for Adactus HA
    Terrace House remodeling for Adactus HA
  • Proposed re-use of old goods station
    Proposed re-use of old goods station
  • Collaboration in annual big draw Salford
    Collaboration in annual big draw Salford
  • SLC Refurbishment of the Concert Hall
    SLC Refurbishment of the Concert Hall

BA Hons. in Architecture and Diploma in Architecture

I have been teaching at Sheffield on the undergraduate course for 9 years, I am interested in the use of analogy and literature to develop architectural positions on the city and how we might make meaningful space with it’s context.

I also run my own architectural practice Architects Britch, our work focuses on urban regeneration projects, and conversion of mainly listed buildings. We are interested in reuse of building not their preservation, best exemplified by our work at the Salford Lads Club where we have been working for 10 years on various projects.

I am also a director of an independent property company WSC which converts redundant buildings, creating, sustainable city based places to live and work.

Teaching Activities I am a second year associate studio tutor and I see my role as creating stimulating projects that fit within an overall framework for the year. For me it is important that the projects are creative, relevant and engaging to the students. I enjoy creating briefs that are spatially complex and have a strong visual and theoretical narrative. I think there is a strong relationship between my architectural competition work and the direction of my teaching.
Research Interests I am interested in the relationship between teaching and practice, how architectural competitions allow practising architects to test theoretical ideas, which feed into the teaching and practice of architecture. My interest started in my diploma at Sheffield where we won an open competition for Clacton Pavilion, since then I have had various commendations for projects in Liverpool and Warsaw and published submission in Verona and Cracow. We have just been short listed for the Forgotten Spaces 2011 here in Sheffield with our submission “Pigs, Bees and Bells”