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Anthony Whyman

BSc B.Arch MA ACIAT IHBC RIBA
e: twhyman@cardiffmet.ac.uk
t: 029 20201558

Specialist Subject Areas

Chartered architect with expertise in the design of commercial, private and public buildings.
Specialist subject areas include Architectural Conservation, technologies of architecture and construction

Qualifications

Bsc (Hons) Architectural Studies (Wales)
Bachelor of Architecture (Wales)
MA Architectural Conservation (Bristol)

Biography

Anthony is a chartered architect with over twenty seven years of professional and academic experience in the subject of architecture and architectural technology. After graduating with a BSc in Architectural Studies from the Welsh School of Architecture, then University of Wales Institute of Science and Technology, in 1982 he completed a Bachelor of Architecture in 1984, and became a registered architect in 1985. Between 1987and 1992 he was an Associate of a private architectural practice in Newport, South Wales and an active member of the Royal Institute of British Architects through committee membership of the South East Wales Branch, acting as Chair and Vice Chair between 1988 -94.

Principal completed design projects include commercial projects such as: QED Centre,Treforest; WDA regional offices, Pentrebach; Medi Centre, University Hospital Wales, Cardiff; Aeronautical Training Facility (ATF), Nantgarw. In the retail sector projects include: Karen Millen Ltd, Covent Garden, Simpsons of Picadilly, Windsor Royal Station redevelopment.

Anthony entered higher education in 1993 lecturing at the University of Glamorgan and developed a particular interest in the refurbishment and conservation of historic buildings. In 1997 he returned to architectural practice but maintained an involvement in higher education through part-time lecturing at the Welsh School of Architecture.

Anthony was appointed to Cardiff Metropolitan University (UWIC) in 2000 as Programme Director of Construction Studies and led the validation of a new degree in Architectural Design and Technology and subsequent accreditation by the Chartered Institute of Architectural Technologists.

Anthony is a full member of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), the Institute of Historic Building Conservation (IHBC) and is an associate member of the Chartered Institute of Architectural Technologists (ACIAT).

Current research

Researching teaching practice and methodologies for studio delivery in architectural technology with particular interest in teaching students how to detail a building design.

Presentation on studio teaching practice given at CIAT Course Leader’s Conference at Brighton 2009/10. This research area will be formally developed through a professional doctorate to be undertaken with the School of Education.