Directory

Eimear is the Studio Coordinator at the London School of Architecture. Born and bred in Cork, she studied the History of Art and Architecture at Trinity College Dublin and has recently completed her postgraduate diploma in Cultural Event Management. Her passions include art, travel, and the Uberboat.

Jim is the first point of contact for students at the LSA, where he provides day-to-day support and helps resolve a wide range of academic and operational queries. He enjoys being a reliable go-to person for students and takes pride in making their experience at the school as smooth and positive as possible. With over four years of experience in the public sector, including supporting international nurses, Jim brings a strong background in student services and problem-solving. Originally from Bristol, he’s lived in London for six years and loves the city’s energy and diversity.

Lee Ivett is an architect, academic, and maker. He is also the founder of the participatory architecture, art, and design studio Baxendale. 

He was most recently Deputy Associate Dean and Head of Architecture and Construction at the University of Lancashire in his home town of Preston. In this role, he led a wide portfolio of built environment disciplines, developed opportunities for cross-disciplinary learning, and championed an ethos of ‘learning through doing’ and ‘thinking through making’. 

His practice-led research is rooted in the organic and generative, focusing on low-budget, socially-led projects developed with communities across the UK. These projects evolve from the tactical into longer-term, durational forms. This work has been brought together through ‘Other People’s Dreams’ – a collaborative live-action research office and educational framework that supports third-sector community organisations in the North West to use acts of making as a means of prototyping and creating new forms of amenity, activity, and public space. The work of ‘Other People’s Dreams’ has been shortlisted and commended in the RIBA Journal MacEwen Awards and showcased nationally and internationally. 

Lee’s work has been recognised internationally for its innovation, impact, and quality. He has exhibited, produced, and presented in Poland, Hungary, Nuremberg, Los Angeles, the Venice Architecture Biennale, BIO Ljubljana, and throughout the UK, and was selected for inclusion in the publication ‘New Architects 3’.  

He is also a regular contributor to architectural discourse, having written for ‘Architectural Review’, ‘Architects’ Journal’, ‘Architecture Today’, ‘RIBA Journal’, and ‘Metropolis’, as well as a range of academic journals.  

In addition, he speaks widely at national and international academic conferences on his research, teaching, and practice. He also contributes regularly to radio, digital media, podcasts, exhibitions, articles, and public events on architecture, society, and the city. 

Lee is Head of School at the London School of Architecture.

Lucy is the Marketing Manager at the London School of Architecture. She studied the History of Art at the University of Warwick, and has since built a career in social media and marketing roles within the creative industries. She brings a love of all things art and design to this role at the London School of Architecture, where she has the pleasure of sharing students’ work with the world.

Dr Ruth Lang is an architect, curator, and writer, whose work explores how the processes of contemporary architectural practice can better respond to the Climate Emergency. This research led to the publication of “Building for Change: the Architecture of Creative Reuse” with gestalten. She has exhibited at the Victoria and Albert Museum and the Jerwood Gallery, and was a research fellow for the Future Observatory at the Design Museum.

Ruth is the Head of Part 2/MArch Programme.

Tia Duong is the Practice Network Coordinator at the LSA.

Tia studied Architecture at the Bartlett (UCL), graduating with first-class honours. She began her career in architectural practice in London before spending a year in Vietnam, where she worked in marketing and founded a furniture and services studio focused on locally sourced materials. During this time, her team won first place in a UNESCO ideas competition.

She returned to the UK to pursue a master’s in Construction Economics and Management, graduating with distinction in 2024. Tia joined the LSA as a Research Associate on the Future Skills Think Tank, and now coordinates the Practice Network, supporting collaboration between architectural practices, the LSA and its students.

Outside of work, she enjoys rock climbing, volunteering, and furniture making.