Laura Miller
Lecturer in ArchitectureMy Role
I am a qualified architect and lead the Professional Practice Programme for the School of Architecture providing structured learning content across all year groups, including students who are working in practice between undergraduate and postgraduate study. I create links with professional practices in the North West and facilitate visits to architectural offices for students as well as organising mentoring experiences and project review opportunities between students and practicing architects. I plan and organise the annual field trip for students across the school and have developed a set principles for the organistaion of the trip to increase participation, provide equal opportunity and to demonstrate responsible travel and tourist behaviours through low carbon expenditure and critical review of places visited. I plan and organise the annual summer school provided to all students in the architecture school and focussed on hands on experiences and collegiate ways of working. I run workshops for primaryschool children and also for primary school teachers to give confidence in teaching architecture as a subject to primary school-aged children as required by the national curriculm.
Career Details
I have worked as an architect for 20 years and bring experience of working in professional practice to all the modules taught at as part of the undergraduate and post graduate architecture courses.
I am a partner at Miller Clear Architects LLP which I set up in 2011. Prior to this I worked for Eric Parry Architects, Long and Kentish, Hawkins/Brown, De Matos Ryan and HLM Architects.
Web Links
Home - Miller Clear Architects | Architects | Kendal | Keswick
Award Winning London Architects | Eric Parry Architects
Architecture, landscape, interior specialists - HLM Architects
Current Teaching
I am the Professional Practice lead across Lancaster University School of Architecture, convening third, fourth and fifth year Professional Practice modeules
I also retain teaching across several modules as a guest lecturer and tutor. This includes First year studio and technology, second year studio, technology and professional practice and third year studio
External Roles
I am a council member of the Lancaster and Westmorland Society of Architects, a branch of the Royal Institute of British Architects.
I am also a member of the Association of Professional Practice Advisors in Architecture
Current Research
I am currenrly working with a colleague at De Montfort University to develop consistent principles for Architecture Schools to organise and plan Study Tours. Evidence shows that there is inequality and lack of opportunity across the schools alongside varied approaches to sustainable practices and considerations of appropriatness of types of visits.
I am also researching transactional analysis between tutors and students and teh naviagtion of ILSPs with the impact on individual students participation in the established format of the architectural review.
I am researching the opportunities for more equal learning experinces through stuctured approaches to understanding the dynamics of groupworking and developing tools to enable more effective and equitable experiences for students when undertaking groupworking with a focus on the future use in proifessional practice.
Architecture Study Tour : Lille 2026
Other
Northern Soul 2025
Types of Public engagement and outreach - Festival/Exhibition
Lancaster School of Architecture Industry Day
Public Lecture/ Debate/Seminar
Lancaster School of Architecture : Summer School 2025
Other
Primary Art Skills
Non-governmental organization
FASS Internship- Society For the Protection of Ancient Buildings and Crosby Granger Architects
Other
Architecture Study Tour
Other
Architectural Education route for neurodistinct young people
Types of Public engagement and outreach - Festival/Exhibition
Karen Mitchell
Hosting a Non-Academic Visitor
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (Organisational unit)
Member of Advisory Panel
ARCHIextra Lecture Series 2024-25
Public Lecture/ Debate/Seminar
Out reach activity for 6th Form visit from Carmel College
Types of Public engagement and outreach - Festival/Exhibition
Access Festival, Lancaster University
Types of Public engagement and outreach - Festival/Exhibition
Decolonising FASS network (External organisation)
Membership of network
ARCHIextra
Types of External academic engagement - Hosting an academic visitor
Practice Makes perfect Association or Professional Studies Advisors
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
RIBA Workshop III at Moorside Primary School, Lancaster
Participation in workshop, seminar, course
RIBA Workshop II at Moorside Primary School, Lancaster
Participation in workshop, seminar, course
RIBA Workshop I at Moorside Primary School, Lancaster
Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Tom Nielsen : The Making of Democratic Urban Public Space in Denmark
Types of External academic engagement - Hosting an academic visitor
RIBA Student Health and Safety test
Other
Public Practice
Types of External academic engagement - Hosting an academic visitor
END. Architecture and Philosophy Face to Face
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Interface 2
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Hugh Lane Museum
Other
Architecture School Dublin Field trip : Irish Architectural Archive
Invited talk
Architecture School Field trip to Dublin 2024
Other
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (Organisational unit)
Member of Working Group
Centre for Scholarship and Innovation in Management Education (Organisational unit)
Member of Working Group
Lancaster Institute for the Contemporary Arts (Organisational unit)
Membership of committee
ARCH301 Lake District National Park Planning Authority
Invited talk
Association of Professional Practice Advisors in Architecture (External organisation)
Member of an organisation
Royal Institute of British Architects (External organisation)
Other Membership
Architects Registration Board (External organisation)
Member of an organisation
Professional Practice in Architecture- Year Out Programme
Business Course/Training
- Centre for Scholarship and Innovation in Management Education
- Imagination Lancaster
- School of Architecture