Simon Richards

Simon Richards is an architectural historian with a particular interest in theory, aesthetics, tradition and heritage. He has published widely in these areas, including two monographs exploring the philosophies and psychologies of environmental determinism in architecture – “Le Corbusier and the Concept of Self” (Yale University Press, 2003) and “Architect Knows Best: Environmental Determinism in Architecture Culture from 1956 to the Present” (Ashgate, 2012) – as well as a co-edited volume exploring the concepts and histories of “Region” (Routledge, 2023). Currently, he is Programme Director of the undergraduate architecture program at Loughborough University, UK.