Flora SamuelFlora Samuel is an Architect and Professor of Architecture at the University of Sheffield and formerly Head of School. Her mission is supporting architectural practitioners in evidencing and communicating their value through research. She is leader o the Arts and Humanities Research Council funded ‘Evidencing and Communicating the Value of Architects’. Her last project ‘Home Improvements’ - shortlisted for the 2014 RIBA President’s Awards for Research - funded the production of the RIBA’s Report on Housing Research in Practice, the RIBA Practice Research Guide, the RIBA/SCHOSA Guide to University Located Research as well as three practice collaborative projects with Urbed, Ash Sakula and Satellite Architects. Samuel is incoming Chair of the RIBA Research and Innovation Group and the European research network ARENA where her specialist area is Architecture Practice Research. She has also published five books on Le Corbusier, two of them shortlisted for RIBA Research Awards. She also works as a consultant in developing research in practice. Read More Read Less