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Michael Dring is a Senior Lecturer in Architecture and Academic Lead for Architecture at Birmingham City University, with expertise spanning architecture, landscape, and art. His work emphasizes 20th-century modernism, urban heritage, and interdisciplinary collaboration.
Education:
- Manchester School of Architecture
Dring co-founded the Birmingham Modernist Society and Birmingham Group for Post-War Architecture, advocating for the preservation of modernist structures. His research integrates archival practices with urban development, focusing on the civic role of institutions and infrastructure.
His publications, including the 2014 chapter on design-nature dynamics and the 2018 Modernist Map Birmingham, highlight his commitment to contextualizing modernist traditions within contemporary architectural discourse. He has contributed to community projects like the B37 Project and Many Worlds, and co-developed STEAMHouse for cross-disciplinary innovation.
As a board member of the Birmingham & Five Counties Architectural Association, he directed the digitization of their archive. His ongoing navigation_x project explores modernist spaces through audio-visual interpretations, presented at festivals such as Supersonic.
