Editorial Board Members

Professor Mohamed Gamal Abdelmonem is Chair of Architecture and the Founding Director of Research at York School of Architecture, the University of York. Gamal held various academic roles, including a Chair in Architecture and University lead of Global Heritage at Nottingham Trent University, Queen’s University Belfast, the University of Sheffield, and a Visiting Professor at The University of California at Berkeley and the Royal College of Art. Gamal is a multiple award winner and the recipient of The Queen’s Anniversary Prize (2021), Research Excellence Award (2020), Jeffrey Cook Award (2014), and Newton Prize runner-up (2020). Professor Abdelmonem’s research focuses on architectural theory and history, architectural and urban heritage, architecture of the home, spatial practices in urban spaces, and virtual technologies. Gamal’s recent books include ‘Peripheries: Edge Conditions in Architecture’ (2012), ‘Portrush: Towards an Architecture for the North Irish Coast’ (2013); ‘The Architecture of Home in Cairo’ (2016), and “Architecture, Space and Memory of Resurrection in Northern Ireland” (2019); and ‘People, Care and Work in the Home’ (2020).