The University of Sheffield
School of Architecture
Mark Emms

BA(Hons) DipArch(Dist) RIBA

I am both a teacher and practitioner of architecture. As well as acting as Year 3 Director within the school, I am co-director of Emms Fowler Architects whose projects aim to be concept driven, socially and spatially motivated, simple and legible, contextual and typological, and technologically integrated.

Previous award winning projects include refurbishment and extension of Arne Jacobsen´s St Catherine´s College in Oxford (as Senior Associate for Hodder + Partners) and The Lowry arts centre in Salford (as Site Architect for Michael Wilford and Partners.)

I have also acted as visiting design tutor in a number of schools of architecture and previously held a full time Lectureship at The University of Manchester.

Teaching Activities

Year 3 Director and Studio Tutor

The third year studio comprises a variety of parallel projects and aims to encourage students to develop their own position within the contextual and thematic framework provided by each one. Emphasis is upon the project as a whole as well as the end product, recognising the importance of both analysis and synthesis during the design process. Exploration and experimentation in design, technology and representation are actively encouraged and the resulting variety of design approaches acts itself as a vehicle for reflective discussion and learning within the year as a whole.

Lecturer in Construction
Professional Standing & Distinctions

Roses Design Awards Emerging Architect of the Year, 2007

Project Awards and Publications:
Extension to St Catherine´s College, Oxford, completed 2005 (as Senior Associate for Hodder and Partners):
RIBA Award, 2006
Oxford Preservation Award, 2006
Roses Design Awards Best Public Building, 2006
Roses Design Awards Architecture Grand Prix, 2006
Civic Trust Commendation, 2007
Published Architectural Review (February 2004 and May 2006) and Building Design (13 April 2006)

The Lowry, Salford Quays, completed 2000 (as Site Architect for Michael Wilford and Partners):
Royal Fine Art Commission Trust Building of the Year Award, 2001
RIBA Award, 2001
National Winner of the Celebrating Construction Achievement Award, 2000
United States Institute for Theatre Technology - Honour Award, 2001
Structural Steel Design Commendation Award, 2001
Manchester City Life magazine - Best New Building, 2000
Published extensively in the architectural and national press including Architectural Review (August 2000) and Domus (November 2000)

Studio Installation, University of Manchester, 1996:
Team leader for a design and (three-day) construction project involving all first year students of architecture.
Published Building Design (6 September 1996)

Wembley Park Design Competition, 1995:
Third Place and exhibited at the Transport Museum and Building Centre in London
Published in Archetype (April 1995) and The Architects Journal (23 March 1995)

Kent Design Initiative RIBA Competition, 1992:
Commended Second and exhibited at County Hall Maidstone.

Awards Assessor:
Scottish Design Awards Architectural Assessor, 2007

Roses Awards Architectural Assessor, 2004
Visiting Lectures:
Visiting Lecture, `Hodder Associates Current Works´ presented at the Hull School of Architecture, 2003

Visiting Lecture, `The Lowry; from concept to detail´ presented at Gensler Architecture Design and Planning Worldwide, London, 2002