Category: Architecture and Design End of Year Show

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Celebrating Innovation and Excellence: Prize Winners of the Architecture and Design Summer Show 2025

The School of Architecture and Design came alive recently with creativity, celebration, and community spirit at the annual Architecture and Design Summer Show 2025. This vibrant event marked the culmination of months of hard work, innovation, and exploration by our talented students and offered a glimpse into the future of architecture and design.

The private view brought together students, families, alumni, and industry professionals to admire the diverse and inspiring final projects on display. It was also a moment to honour outstanding achievements through a series of prestigious awards, recognising excellence in design, innovation, sustainability, and community impact.

Here’s a comprehensive look at this year’s award winners and the reasons they were honoured…

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Designing for a better world: How Brighton architecture and design students are building the future

From domestic safety for all to making emergency medicine more accessible, University of Brighton students are responding to everyday problems with bold and inclusive solutions.

In this blog, we’ll explore some of the fantastic projects recently on display at the Architecture and Design summer show.

Whether it’s improving emergency medical tools, designing healthier buildings, or making everyday products more inclusive, our students are proving that architecture and design are about more than just aesthetics—they’re about impact.

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How a Product Design student is redesigning the bra

Have you ever looked at a product and thought, “There has to be a better way”? That’s exactly what Olivia Goode, a final-year Product Design BSc student, did—and her bold idea might just change the way millions of women shop for bras.

Meet FORME: A bra fitting revolution

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Frustrated by the lack of standardisation and inclusivity in traditional bra fitting, Olivia created a user-led system that provides a more accurate fitting experience for women.

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Summer shows 2025: Kim Lau, Architecture RIBA Part 2 March

As part of our Summer Shows, we’re celebrating the bold, innovative work of our final-year students.

In this blog post, Kim Lau, a student studying Architecture RIBA Part 2 MArch, shares more about her final project, which reimagines Newhaven’s East Quay as a vibrant, inclusive space that celebrates its industrial heritage while fostering a sense of community.

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Summer shows 2025: Joan Johns – Interior Architecture BA(Hons)

Every summer, the University of Brighton comes alive with creativity during its annual Summer Shows—an inspiring showcase of student work across art, design, and architecture.

In this blog, we hear from Interior Architecture BA(Hons) student, Joan Johns, as they reflect on their experiences and time at Brighton.

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University of Brighton ranked among top 4.3% of universities worldwide

The University of Brighton has earned a place among the world’s leading universities. Brighton has ranked in the top 4.3% of institutions globally, in the 2025 Global 2000 list by the Center for World University Rankings (CWUR). 

This recognition highlights the university’s continued dedication to academic excellence, impactful research, and the success of its students and alumni worldwide.

The 2025 CWUR rankings are the largest of their kind, based entirely on outcome-based data, rather than surveys or self-submitted statistics. Universities are assessed across four key pillars: education, employability, faculty, and research – all of which reflect measurable impact on students and society.

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Summer Show 2025: Charlotte Ledger, Architecture RIBA Part 2 March

As part of our Graduate Summer Shows, we’re celebrating the bold, innovative work of our final-year students.

One such student is Charlotte Ledger, currently studying Architecture RIBA Part 2 MArch, whose thoughtful and environmentally conscious design work will be featured in this year’s MA Summer Show – a free public exhibition showcasing the creativity and vision of our postgraduate community.

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University of Brighton to open UK’s largest indoor cricket academy

The University of Brighton has announced the UK’s largest indoor cricket academy, enabling aspiring cricketers to develop their talents while earning a degree.

Brighton Cricket Academy is a groundbreaking partnership between the University of Brighton and Square One Education Ltd, which will offer top-tier professional coaching and cutting-edge facilities from September 2025.

Based at the university’s new Brighton Sport and Health Complex, Brighton Cricket Academy will be the second largest indoor cricket facility in the world, providing a world-class training environment catering to student cricketers of all ages, genders, backgrounds, and abilities. The academy programme will support players in fulfilling their potential both on the field and in their academic studies.

Brighton Cricket Academy will be open to all University of Brighton students at foundation, undergraduate, and postgraduate levels, catering to aspiring professional cricketers and those with a passion for the game. 

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Architecture and Design Show 2025: Sade Orija, Architecture BA(Hons)

As part of our Graduate Summer Shows, we’re spotlighting some of our final-year students to learn more about their creative journeys, standout projects, and what life is really like studying at Brighton.

Meet Sade, a final-year Architecture BA(Hons) student, whose work blends abstract experimentation with a deep commitment to community and cultural heritage.

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Architecture and Design Summer Show 2025

Save the dates…

This summer, we invite you to the Graduate Show 2025! Come and explore our free public exhibitions, as our talented final year students showcase all their incredible hard work.

Join us for what is always a fantastic event (and opening parties!) to celebrate the achievements of our brilliant students from architecture, interior architecture, sustainable design and product design courses as they showcase their final projects and work in progress.

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Architecture and Design show

📍 Where: Mithras House, Moulsecoomb campus
🗓️ When: Private view – Friday 6 June, 5pm-9:30pm
🎟️ Book your place for the private view

Open to the public: 7–13 June 

This show will feature work from architecture, interior architecture, design engineering, sustainable design, interior design, fashion history, product design, and art and design history.

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MA show

📍 Where: Grand Parade, City campus
🗓️ When: Private view – Friday 4 July, 6–10pm

Open to the public: 5–12 July 
Weekend opening: 12–5pm
Weekday opening: 10am–5pm
Thursday: 10am–6pm

A showcase of bold, innovative work by our postgraduate students in art and design to bring our summer shows to a close

Find out more about all of our upcoming summer shows on the University of Brighton website.

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