Architecture seminar series: Bob Sheil

Bob Sheil is Professor in Architecture and Design through Production at The Bartlett School of Architecture UCL. He is a registered architect, an educator, researcher, and collaborator who is fascinated by the exchange between design, making, craft, and technology in architecture. 

He is a Co-Founder of the highly acclaimed international triennial conference and associated publication 'FABRICATE', launched at UCL  in 2011, then hosted at ETH Zurich (2014), ICD Stuttgart (2017), online by Cornell and Swinbourne Universities (2020), and at The Royal Danish Academy, Copenhagen (2024). FABRICATE was an early adopter of open access at UCL Press and together the five-volume series has generated more than 330,000 downloads across more than 184 countries. Preparations for a sixth conference are underway.

Bob is the author of multiple book chapters, refereed papers, and articles on design, making, technology, and architectural education. He has co-designed and built several significant artefacts/built works and been internationally exhibited on multiple occasions. He has edited nine books, including three issues of Architectural Design; ‘Design through Making’ (2005), ‘Protoarchitecture’ (2008), ‘High Definition’ (2014), an AD Reader ‘Manufacturing the Bespoke’ published in 2012, ‘55/02: A sixteen*(makers) Monograph’ (also 2012) and ‘Design Transactions: Rethinking Information Modelling for a New Material Age’ (UCL Press 2020, Ed). He also co-founded sixteen*(makers) in 1994, whose work in collaboration with Stahlbogen GmbH ‘55/02’ won a RIBA award for design in 2010. Other collaborative projects involve collaboration with the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, SHUNT, ScanLAB projects, and Thomas Pearce