Sophia Psarra @sophiapsarra.bsky.social · 24/09/2026And summer’s lease hath all too short a date 000 0
Sophia Psarra @sophiapsarra.bsky.social · 04/09/2026We celebrated our 11th wedding anniversary yesterday! Here’s to plenty more! 110 0
Sophia Psarra @sophiapsarra.bsky.social · 02/05/2026Bosco Verticale, a pair of residential towers covered in trees and vegetation features as “a home for trees and birds, that also houses humans". And this must be true because we searched for the entrance door and could not find it 🤯 010 0
Sophia Psarra @sophiapsarra.bsky.social · 02/05/2026Stefano Boeri’s Vertical Forest (Bosco Verticale) presides in "The "Isola" area ("island" in Italian, owing its name to the fact that it was once encircled by railway lines), designed by Boeri Studio, extending over 31,500 square metres. 110 0
Sophia Psarra @sophiapsarra.bsky.social · 02/05/2026Milano field notes May 2026 Visit to Porta Nuova, the business district of Milan. 110 0
Sophia Psarra @sophiapsarra.bsky.social · 23/04/2026Focusing on historic buildings adapted to parliamentary use, the project asks: How do spaces once designed for autocratic rule perform today as institutions of representative democracy? I look forward to developing this work in Milan and engaging with colleagues there. 010 0
Sophia Psarra @sophiapsarra.bsky.social · 23/04/2026The research explores the history and political culture of Italian parliament buildings, the public spaces they inhabit, and their transformation from sites of dynastic and centralised power into democratic assemblies for collective decision-making. 130 0
Sophia Psarra @sophiapsarra.bsky.social · 23/04/2026The project, Reinforcing Democracy – Adapting Heritage: Parliamentary Architecture and Public Space in European Historic Contexts, with a focus on Italy, will be developed in collaboration with Associate Professor J.m. Garcia Fuentes. 110 0
Sophia Psarra @sophiapsarra.bsky.social · 23/04/2026I am delighted to share that I have been awarded a Research Fellowship at the Politecnico di Milano, School of Architecture, Urban Planning and Construction Engineering (April–July 2026). 220 0
Sophia Psarra @sophiapsarra.bsky.social · 03/04/2026I had wonderful time in Southeast University School of Architecture in Nanjing. Knowledge and Architecture Symposium. With contributions from the Bartlett, MIT, Southeast University, Newcastle University and ETH. 020 0
Reposted by Sophia PsarraChi Onwurah @chionwurah.bsky.social · 03/02/2026Many scientists contacted the SITC concerned about UKRI cuts, especially to large Physics projects. Sir Ian said the overall budget was not being reduced but rising costs created a funding gap driving the reductions announced. He admitted a communications failure. 384 0
Sophia Psarra @sophiapsarra.bsky.social · 10/02/2026www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/parliam...architectsjournal.co.ukParliament restoration options whittled down to two with possible cost of £40bnThe final bill for restoring the Palace of Westminster could hit £40 billion, the body overseeing restoration of the Grade I-listed building has said as it outlined two paths forward for the complex j... 000 0
Sophia Psarra @sophiapsarra.bsky.social · 03/02/2026www.theguardian.com/business/202...theguardian.comBarnsley rebranded UK’s first ‘tech town’ as US giants join AI pushMinister announces Microsoft, Cisco and Adobe to help apply AI to local schools, hospitals, GPs and businesses 000 0
Sophia Psarra @sophiapsarra.bsky.social · 07/01/2026Birthday night at Duck and Waffle, 🧇 east London. Looking down on an urban landscape that has changed dramatically in the last decades I have been living in the metropolis. Time and new beginnings are of essence. We raised a glass to adventurous, authentic and unapologetic living in the new year! 110 0
Sophia Psarra @sophiapsarra.bsky.social · 06/01/2026Proud of my PhD student CHENYANG LI, who passed his viva. His PhD builds upon Hillier's latest work to develop a framework for typologies of graph structures for comparable description of complex buildings. The examiners were Prof Steadman Bartlett UCL+ Koch, KTH. Chenyang was sponsored by EPSRC. 000 0
Sophia Psarra @sophiapsarra.bsky.social · 25/11/2025Thanks to Micromega architecture for the picture 000 0
Sophia Psarra @sophiapsarra.bsky.social · 25/11/2025Huge thanks to the GIWA committee, the jury, my fellow candidates whose presence made this award even more special, my teachers, colleagues, amazing students, my supportive husband and my family. #design #architecture #GreekWomen 010 0
Sophia Psarra @sophiapsarra.bsky.social · 25/11/2025I was in great company, among inspirational and remarkable women from 15 categories, researchers, artists, scientists, neurosurgeons and many others who fight cancer, aging, climate change in Greece and different parts of the world. 110 0
Sophia Psarra @sophiapsarra.bsky.social · 25/11/2025The institution of GIWA honours Greek women who with their strength, creativity, excellence and vision are internationally recognised lighting the path for the next generation. 100 0
Sophia Psarra @sophiapsarra.bsky.social · 25/11/2025I am pleased to share that I was awarded the Greek International Women’s Award in the category of Design, GIWA. The award was the outcome of 35 years of academic contributions in Architecture, architectural and urban research. 320 0
Sophia Psarra @sophiapsarra.bsky.social · 20/11/2025Somers Town Community Association London and heat crisis workshop with participation of MAHUE students (Masters of Architectural and Urban Historic Environments) Bartlett UCL 000 0
Sophia Psarra @sophiapsarra.bsky.social · 15/11/2025Excellent week as Geddes Visiting Fellow, Edinburgh College of Art University of Edinburgh. I attended the Imagining Interiors Conference where I gave a keynote speech. I met PhD students, post-grad students, staff and colleagues. And I was excited to see my books in good company at the conference. 010 0
Sophia Psarra @sophiapsarra.bsky.social · 04/11/2025The final post in my blog trilogy on social housing. Blog 1 explored social housing in a part of London. Blog 2 saw housing as cultural and political project. Blog 3 asks: How do we address housing shortages in the 21st century? What is the role of the architect? con-figurations.com/2025/10/27/t...con-figurations.comThe Architect and the Housing Crisis95 Peckham Road, London, Peter Barber Architects, 2019 This is the final post in my trilogy of blogs on social housing. Blog 1 explored a concentration of diverse social housing developments within… 010 0
Sophia Psarra @sophiapsarra.bsky.social · 30/10/2025www.theguardian.com/society/ng-i...theguardian.comHow deprived is your area? Look up your postcode as new data for England releasedNew data ranks every area of England against a set of metrics for deprivation. Find out where yours figures in the statistics 000 0
Sophia Psarra @sophiapsarra.bsky.social · 10/10/2025My third and final blog will consider the indispensible role of architects in responding to today’s housing needs. Thanks to architectural historian William J. R. Curtis for referring me to his account of Darnbourne and Darke’s Lillington Gardens in his book Modern Architecture! 010 0
Sophia Psarra @sophiapsarra.bsky.social · 10/10/2025This is the second in a series of three blogs drawing on the English experience of producing public housing at scale in a way that recent British governments have been unwilling to do. I review some examples, influences and critiques. con-figurations.com/2025/10/10/f...con-figurations.comFrom Lutyens’ Page Street housing to Darnbourne and Darke’s Lillington Gardens and beyond: English social housing in its architectural contextIn the field of collective housing Le Corbusier’s Unité d’Habitation at Marseilles had something of the function of a prototype, writes William Curtis in his 1981 Modern Architecture since 2000. I … 120 0
Sophia Psarra @sophiapsarra.bsky.social · 04/10/2025Thanks Kerstin. Let me know if this works. con-figurations.com/2025/10/04/a...con-figurations.comAnother Housing Crisis: forward to the past!Page Street and Vincent Street Housing (1928-1930), by Edwin Lutyens. Image credits: Steve Cadman, Wikipedia Commons As England embarks yet again on a major housing building programme in the first … 100 0
Sophia Psarra @sophiapsarra.bsky.social · 04/10/2025These will inform investigations in the ‘Design Research Methodologies’ and ‘Design Practice’ modules in the Masters for Architecture and Urban Historic Environments (MAHUE) at the Bartlett School of Architecture this year. 000 0
Sophia Psarra @sophiapsarra.bsky.social · 04/10/2025Image credits: Page Street and Vincent Street Housing (1928-1930), by Edwin Lutyens. Image credits: Steve Cadman, Wikipedia Commons 100 0
Sophia Psarra @sophiapsarra.bsky.social · 04/10/2025I will be publishing three blogs on 20th century public housing projects in London which can contribute the current debate. 100 0
Sophia Psarra @sophiapsarra.bsky.social · 04/10/2025NEW BLOG: Edwin Lutyens Public Housing on Page Street, Pimlico. As England embarks yet again on a major housing building programme under the New Towns Task Force, I reflect on earlier architectural attempts to address previous acute housing shortages. configurationscom.wordpress.com/wp-admin/pos... 220 0
Reposted by Sophia PsarraMIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social · 03/10/2025"So extreme is this embarrassment within the political class that it has eclipsed even the personal fears of disability and death among legislators who control the dollars."thereader.mitpress.mit.eduThe Rise and Unraveling of America’s Science PactThe system of federally funded research gave the U.S. wealth, power, and prestige. Its future is now uncertain. 02115 0
Sophia Psarra @sophiapsarra.bsky.social · 01/10/2025Excited to meet students for the first time today for the Architectural Phenomena module! @thebartlettucl.bsky.social 000 0
Sophia Psarra @sophiapsarra.bsky.social · 27/09/2025Dear friends, some good news — I’ve been shortlisted for The Greek International Women Awards (GIWA)! ✨ The winner is chosen by public vote + a committe of experts, so I’d love your support. Just click the link to vote 👉 www.eventora.com/en/Events/gi.... Thanks, your support means everything! 💜🙌eventora.comGIWA 2025 000 0
Sophia Psarra @sophiapsarra.bsky.social · 13/09/2025‘And summer’s lease hath all too short a date’ #Aquarella #Kardamyli #Mani #Greece 110 0
Sophia Psarra @sophiapsarra.bsky.social · 08/09/2025Although currently being on his annual leave with me, visiting rugged mountains and coasts in Greece, Tony Mulhall from #RICS should celebrate that he has been elected, alongside 62 leading social scientists, a fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences. acss.org.uk/news/the-aca...acss.org.ukThe Academy of Social Sciences welcomes 63 leading social scientists to its Fellowship this autumn – Academy of Social Sciences 000 0
Sophia Psarra @sophiapsarra.bsky.social · 03/09/2025The first decade…thanks to our families and friends that made our wedding special. We lost a few dear ones since, and life becomes more complicated the older we get. But I at least am always made to laugh! 010 0
Sophia Psarra @sophiapsarra.bsky.social · 28/08/2025Trump Signs Executive Order to Make ‘Federal Architecture Beautiful Again’ www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/a...nytimes.comTrump Signs Executive Order to Make ‘Federal Architecture Beautiful Again’ 100 0
Sophia Psarra @sophiapsarra.bsky.social · 26/08/2025archinect.com/news/article...archinect.comTrump announces Chief Design Officer role to ‘improve nation through design,’ tapping Airbnb co-founderU.S. President Donald Trump has tapped Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia for the new government position of Chief Design Officer. The move came as a result of an executive order signed last week titled ‘Im... 000 0
Sophia Psarra @sophiapsarra.bsky.social · 17/08/2025Seriousness and humour, modernity and post-modernity in Pimlico 000 0
Sophia Psarra @sophiapsarra.bsky.social · 10/08/2025www.theguardian.com/technology/2...theguardian.comStaff at UK’s top AI institute complain to watchdog about its internal cultureWhistleblowing complaint warns Alan Turing Institute is in danger of collapse due to government threats over funds 000 0
Sophia Psarra @sophiapsarra.bsky.social · 30/07/2025Nothing nicer than a lovely meal with collegiate friendly colleagues from our PhD programmes. 000 0
Sophia Psarra @sophiapsarra.bsky.social · 22/07/2025I will be keynote speaker at the Interior Educators’ Conference 2025, with the exciting title ‘Imagining Interiors’. At the Edinburgh College of Art’s Interior Design department, University of Edinburgh, 13-14 November 2025. imagining-interiors.eca.ed.ac.ukimagining-interiors.eca.ed.ac.ukImagining Interiors – 2025 Interior Educators Conference 020 0
Sophia Psarra @sophiapsarra.bsky.social · 21/06/2025ChatGPT and our brains. time.com/7295195/ai-c...time.comChatGPT's Impact On Our Brains According to an MIT StudyThe study, from MIT Lab scholars, measured the brain activity of subjects writing SAT essays with and without ChatGPT. 000 0