I am an Associate Professor of Architecture with a particular interest in critical pedagogy and the role of design-build and live projects in architectural education.
I studied Architecture at the University of Sheffield (BA Honours 2004 & Master of Architecture 2008). My PhD (Queen's University Belfast, 2012) developed . I have held academic positions at De Montfort University, Norwich University of the Arts, the Royal College of Art and the University of Nottingham.
I am the author of (RIBA Books, 2018) and the co-editor with Harriet Harriss, Ruth Morrow and James Soane of (RIBA Books, 2016).
With my postdoctoral colleague Francesco Camilli I am the co-author of (Routledge, 2025) which was funded by a Kempe Foundations grant.
I am the co-author with Elizabeth Boling (Indiana University, USA), James Corazzo (Sheffield Hallam University, UK), Colin M. Gray (Purdue University, USA) Derek Jones (Open University, UK) and Nicole Lotz (Open University, UK) of (Bloomsbury, 2025) which is now available .
Forthcoming is Architectural Thinking in a Climate Emergency (Routledge, 2025) with Sofie Pelsmakers (Tampere University, Finland) which will also be available Open Access.
In 2021 I won the Umeå University's Faculty of Science and Technology educational award for innovation and quality of education in the History of Architecture courses.
2025
New York; London: Routledge 2025
Brown, James Benedict; Francesco, Camilli
2025
London: Bloomsbury Visual Arts 2025
Jones, Derek; Brown, James Benedict; Boling, Elizabeth; et al.
2024
Architectural Research in Finland, Department of Architecture in Aalto University; Tampere University of Technology School of Architecture; Oulu School of Architecture 2024, Vol. 8, (1) : 284-297
Camilli, Francesco; Brown, James Benedict
2024
Acta Philologica, University of Warsaw 2024, Vol. 63 : 13-27
Brown, James Benedict
2023
Parliament buildings: the architecture of politics in Europe, London: UCL Press 2023 : 298-310
Brown, James Benedict
2023
Relate North 10: Possible Futures, Online via Yukon, Canada, January 27-28, 2023
Brown, James Benedict
2023
Encyclopedia of postdigital science and education
Brown, James Benedict
2023
Relate North: Possible Futures, Viseu: InSEA Publishing 2023 : 132-151
Carless, Tonia; Brown, James Benedict
2023
International Journal of Art & Design Education, John Wiley & Sons 2023, Vol. 42, (2) : 230-245
Brown, James Benedict; Camilli, Francesco
2023
Relate North 10 - Possible futures: exhibition catalogue
Carless, Tonia; Roush, Paula; serjeant, Robin; et al.
2023
London: msdm publications 2023
Carless, Tonia; Serjeant, Robin; roush, paula; et al.
2022
DRS2022: Research Papers
Brown, James Benedict
2022
Seattle Metamodernism Summit 2022: Abstracts
Brown, James Benedict
2022
Postdigital Science and Education, Springer 2022, Vol. 4 : 1088-1092