About C. Alan Short
Born 1955. C. Alan Short is a British architect.
Charles Alan Short (born 1955) is a British architect and academic.
Short was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he achieved an MA degree and a DipArch. He has been Professor of Architecture at the University of Cambridge since 2001, and President of Clare Hall, Cambridge since 2020. He champions low-energy buildings that will be resilient to climate change.
Selected buildings designed by Short
Queens Building De Montfort University, Leicester (1993) Contact Theatre, Manchester (1999) Lanchester Library, Coventry (2000) Lichfield Garrick Theatre, Lichfield (2003) UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies, London (2004)
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British architect and academic
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C. Alan Short was born in 1955.
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