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Dr Tara Hipwood

Assistant Professor

School: Architecture and Built Environment

I am a Chartered Architect and a Senior Lecturer in Sustainable and Environmental Design in the Department of Architecture at Northumbria University

Prior to commencing my Ph.D in Low Carbon Housing Retrofit at Cardiff University in 2014, I was engaged in architectural education. Beginning at the University of Bath and the National Institute of Applied Sciences (INSA) in Strasbourg, France, this was followed by postgraduate studies, specialising in Sustainable Building: Performance and Design and RIBA Professional Practice examinations, both at Oxford Brookes University. My studies were combined with periods in architectural practice both in the UK and abroad, working on a variety of projects across the commercial, public, healthcare and social housing sectors.

I currently lead the final year of the BA Architecture programme and tutor  across both the Interior Architecture and postgraduate Architecture programmes on various aspects of sustainable, environmental and regenerative design.

Tara Hipwood

Campus Address

C101, Ellison Building
Northumbria University,
Newcastle upon Tyne,
NE1 8ST,

My research interests focus around the intersections between occupant wellbeing, the built environment, and the natural environment – and perhaps most importantly where the distinction between these elements breaks down. My Ph.D. studies, explored a nexus-of-practice perspective towards teleological influences on owner-occupiers’ home improvements and the implications this has for encouraging low carbon retrofit. I am currently developing this theoretical approach further to explore how regenerative design principles support practices of care – both social and ecological – in post-industrial communities.

Habib Ghasemi Architects as Educators: Reconceptualising the Role of Design Professionals in Owner-Occupier Low Carbon Retrofit Start Date: 18/01/2021 End Date: 27/06/2025

  • Education PGCert June 01 2020
  • Geography PhD December 14 2018
  • Architecture MSc June 30 2011
  • Architecture DipArch June 30 2010
  • Architecture BSc (Hons) June 30 2007
  • Associate Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy AFHEA 2015
  • RIBA Examination in Management, Practice, and Law RIBA Part III 2012
  • Fellow of the Higher Education Aacdemy FHEA 2020
  • Architect Registration Board (Reg. No. 080358H) 2012
  • Chartered Member of the Royal Institute of British Architects RIBA 2012


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