Peter J Baldwin
Peter Baldwin is a Registered and Chartered Architect, artist and academic, and the Head of Architecture and the Built Environment at 探花直播. Prior to joining BCU Peter was employed at Loughborough University, serving as Curriculum Development and Accreditation Lead for the Architecture (2023-2025). During his tenure he led the School's efforts to develop and accredit the MArch Professional 鈥 one of the first programs in the UK to be accredited under the ARB鈥檚 Tomorrows Architects Framework. Prior to this Peter held various teaching posts at the University of Lincoln for 13 years (2010-2023) teaching across the Part I, II, and III validated programmes. Throughout his time in academia, Peter has taught and lectured across the UK and abroad as a visiting professor, guest lecturer, and guest critic.
In addition to his academic role, Peter currently serves as an Accreditation Lead for the ARB (2023-) and is a member of the RIBA validation Panel (2025-).
Areas of Expertise
- Architectural Design
- Representation and Representational Theory
- Design Methods
- Curriculum Development
- PRSB Accreditation and Validation Processes
Qualifications
- Higher Education Academy: Senior Fellow (2022), Fellow (2017)
- Institute of Leadership and Management: Level 3 (2018)
- Professional Practice in Architecture PG Cert, [Part III]: University of Nottingham (2015 - 2016)
- Bachelor of Architecture, [Part II]: Lincoln School of Architecture (2010 - 2012)
- BA Hons, Architecture, [Part I]: Lincoln School of Architecture (2006 - 2009)
Memberships
- ARB: Registered Architect - 088080I (2016 - present)
- RIBA: Chartered Architect - 20026198 (2017 - present)
Teaching
Peter teaches on聽BA (Hons) Architecture and MArch.
Research
Charting a largely unmapped disciplinary territory between the documentation of spatial effect and artistic artefact, Peter鈥檚 research explores the generative potential of non-traditional modes of architectural representation an attempt to initiate a conversation between process, image, and representation. Peters鈥 works have been widely exhibited and published and were recently included in Thom Maynes 鈥Impossible Drawings鈥 Exhibition, A+D Museum (2024) and 鈥In Memoriam鈥 Exhibition, Yale School of architecture (2019). Peters Research has been published in AD 鈥A Sublime Synthesis: Architecture and Art鈥 (Wiley September 2023) and AD 鈥淭he Allegorical Architectural Machine鈥 (Wiley November 2024).' Peter guest edited a special issue of AD 鈥淕host Stories: Architecture and the Intangible鈥 (Wiley July 2024) and edited 鈥淪peculative Coolness鈥 with Professor Bryan Cantley (Routledge 2023).
Areas of Focus
- Architectural Representation
- (Post)Post Modern Critical Theory
- Hauntology
- Surrealism
- Post-Human Architectures
Postgraduate Supervision
Peter welcomes applications and research proposals for MRes and Doctoral Thesis projects.
Publications
Publication and Conference - Sole Author:
(Forthcoming) Baldwin, P (2026) 鈥楽chema(tic) Drawings and Strategic Plot(ing)s鈥, in Schmidt, R & Sanliturk, C. (ed.) Architecture and Precedent. London: RIBA Publishing.
(Forthcoming) Baldwin, P (2025) 鈥楢rchitectural Alchemy; Concerning the Coming of Venus鈥. 鈥楢D 鈥 Reimagining Architectural Drawing: Print and Process鈥. Vol 95. No 3
(Forthcoming) Baldwin, P (2025) 鈥楢n Architectural Autopsy: Dissecting the Exquisite Corp(u)se鈥, in Tankard, J and Grove, T (ed.) 鈥Exploring the Unheimlich鈥. London: University of Westminster Press
Baldwin, P (2025) 鈥楢llies and Alibies: Concerning Re-Rereading and the Pentimentopography of Thought鈥, Drawing On, Vol 4.
Baldwin, P (2025) 鈥業n Memoriam; Concerning the Choreography of Knowledge鈥. 鈥AD 鈥 Staged: Architecture for Performance, Exhibition and Fiction鈥. Vol 95. No 1 ISBN: 978-1-961-85698-1
Baldwin, P (2024) Book Review: 鈥楶atrik Schumacher, Tectonism: Architecture for the Twenty-First Century鈥, Kh艒rein: Journal for Architecture and Philosophy, Vol 2. No 2.
Baldwin, P (2024) Ethereal Encounters. The Material Image, RMIT, 1-3rd November. Melbourne.
Baldwin, P (2024) 鈥極n the Moment of Becoming鈥, Of the Moment, Vol 1.
Baldwin, P (2024) 鈥楧esirous Machines, Towards a New Architectural Allegory鈥. 鈥AD - The Allegorical Architectural Machine鈥. Vol 94. No 6 ISBN: 978-1-394-2041-5
Baldwin, P (2024) 鈥業 Ain鈥檛 Afraid of No Ghosts鈥︹ (Editorial). 鈥AD - Ghost Stories: Architecture and the Intangible鈥. Vol 94. No 4 ISBN: 987-1-394-18508-5
Baldwin, P (2024) 鈥楧iaphanous Bodies 鈥楢 Hauntology of Mediating Images鈥 AD - Ghost Stories: Architecture and the Intangible鈥. Vol 94. No 4 ISBN: 987-1-394-18508-5
Baldwin, P (2024) 鈥楽olid Shadows 鈥楶resencing Memory, Manifesting Memorial鈥 AD - Ghost Stories: Architecture and the Intangible鈥. Vol 94. No 4 ISBN: 987-1-394-18508-5
Baldwin, P (2023) 鈥楽ites of Inscription鈥 AD - A Sublime Synthesis: Architecture and Art鈥. Vol 93. No 5 ISBN 978 1394 170791
Baldwin, P (2023) 鈥楶lastic Beach is Fantastiche鈥. Fundamentals, Vol 1.
Baldwin, P (2023) 鈥楻ead Me - Instructions for [im]proper Use鈥 in Cantley, B & Baldwin, P (ed.) Speculative Coolness. Routledge. London. pp18-21 ISBN: 978-1-032-31886-8
Baldwin, P (2022) 鈥楽acRE[a]D Vessels鈥. DRAWING: Research, Theory, Practice. Vol. 7. No. 2.
Baldwin, P. (2022). 鈥楽[Y/N]thetic Territories; [HE]R0se Gardens of [un]Earthly Delights鈥. Amps: (IN)TANGIBLE HERITAGE(S). University of Kent, 15-17th June.
Baldwin, P (2021) 鈥楽[Y/N]thetic Territories; Waste[is]lands & WWW.onderlands鈥. 46PGS, Vol 7+8 Double Issue. December. pp 72-77
Baldwin, P (2021) 鈥楥harting Null Island; Ethereal Exchanges, Enigmatic Transactions鈥 in Badenoch, K & Skandarajah, S (ed.) Cartographies of the Imagination. pp 72-75. ISBN 978-1-5272-8386-2
Baldwin, P. (2020). 鈥楨-mergent E-cologies; CONditions and CON-texts鈥 Research First. The University of Lincoln, 20th November
Baldwin, P. (2020). 鈥楻e-Appropriation and Re-View(ing) or alLIES and aLIbiES鈥 Re-appropriation and Representation. Edinburgh School of Architecture, 30th October - 01st November.
Baldwin, P (2020). 鈥楽chema; Critical and Speculative Drawing Practices鈥: Research Indaba 鈥20: University of Lincoln, 26th February. Lincoln.
Baldwin, P. (2020) 鈥楶lanes without Frontiers; the Continued Importance of Conjectural Drawing鈥, in Karpati, D (ed) Creative Manifesto鈥檚. London: Quarto Publishing, pp178. ISBN 978-1-4549-3921-4
Baldwin, P. (2019) 鈥楻e-Creating a place for Praxis鈥 RIBA Research Matters. Nottingham Trent University, 17-18th October. Nottingham
Baldwin, P. (2019). 鈥業s this the Real Life or is it just Fantasy? The Image as a Critical Tool in a Diegetic Studio鈥 Tenth International Conference on the Image. Manchester School of Art, 5-6th September.
Baldwin, P (2019). 鈥楤ricolage: Exploring Associative Drawing Techniques as a Tool for the Development of Academic Writing鈥: Research Indaba 鈥19: University of Lincoln, 14th March. Lincoln.
Baldwin, P. (2019). 鈥楴arrative Interactions鈥, in Kirk, D & Schn盲delbach, H. (ed.) People Personal Data and the Built Environment. New York: Springer, pp. 143-162. ISBN: 978-3-319-70875-1
Baldwin, P (2018) 鈥楽tudio C; Reflections on Peer Mentoring in an Undergraduate Design Studio鈥. LALT Cultivating Creativity. University of Lincoln April 24th. Lincoln
Baldwin, P (2018) 鈥楴arrative Architecture鈥. Orientations 2018. University of Nottingham 30-31st May. Nottingham.
Publication and Conference - Co-Authored/Edited:
Baldwin, P, Hepburn, L, Philips M & Speed, C. 2024. Mythcommunication, 鈥楥rises of meaning in the age of the (im)material Image鈥. The Material Image, RMIT, 1-3rd November Melbourne.
Baldwin, P (ed) (2024). 鈥AD 鈥 Ghost Stories: Architecture and the Intangible鈥. Vol 94. No 4 Wiley: New York ISBN: 987-1-394-18508-5
Baldwin, P & Cantley, B (2023) 鈥Towards a S[Y/N]thetic Reality鈥 in Cantley, B & Baldwin, P (ed.) Speculative Coolness. Routledge. London. pp 202-205 ISBN: 978-1-032-31886-8
Cantley, B. & Baldwin, P (ed.) (2023) Speculative Coolness. Routledge. London. ISBN: 978-1-032-31886-8
Baldwin, P & Cantley, B (2021). 鈥楻E2mergent CON-texts鈥: AHRA 2021: (Region): Loughborough University, 11-13th November. Loughborough.
Tyrrell, R & Baldwin, P (2019). 鈥楻evealing the Unimagined: Creating a Place for Reflective Creative Praxis鈥: AAE Learning Through Practice 2019: University of Westminster, 24-26th April. London.
Baldwin, P & McCurtin, C. (2019). 鈥楽timulacra: Fiction as tool for navigating the Simulation鈥. AAE Learning Through Practice 2019: University of Westminster, 24-26th April. London.
Baldwin, P & Mole, H (2018) 鈥楴everwhere: The Role and Use of Narrative in Architectural Education鈥, Orientations 2018. University of Nottingham 30-31st May. Nottingham.
Baldwin, P and Griffin, B (2016) Magical Realism/Architecture a collection of Work. Lincoln: Self Published.
Baldwin, P, Griffin, B, & Wright R (2013) 鈥楧igital Capabilities鈥. World Architecture News. Fa莽ade of the Year 2013
Editorial/Peer Review:
Digital Creativity (2025 鈥 Present)
Architectural Humanities Research Association (2022 鈥 2023)
Architecture Media Politics Society (2022 鈥 2023)
People Personal Data and the Built Environment (2018 鈥 2022)
Publication and Exhibition of Work:
Barilari, F. A Memorial for Richard Mutt and She Comes, Unbidden She Comes, AR Magazine [Drawings] Vol 129-130.
Baldwin, P. 鈥楩iligreed Gods鈥, Of the Moment, [Drawings] A + D Gallery. 11th October - 13th January 2025. Lost Angeles.
Baldwin, P. 鈥楧rawings from the Chapel Hildebrand鈥 [Solo Exhibition] Project Space Plus. 1st April - 8th April 2023. Lincoln.
Spiller, N (ed) (2022) [HE]R0se Window: 鈥淐ONcerning the MEDIAtrix and the (super)induction of Transformed States of Being鈥. AD - Radical Drawing [Drawing] Vol.92 No.4 1. p11 ISBN 978 1119 787778
Baldwin, P. 鈥楽oul B[u]oy鈥: In Memoriam [Drawings] Yale School of Architecture, 20th Feb - 01st Nov 2020. Connecticut.
Baldwin, P, Griffin, B, & Wright R. 鈥楶ynchon鈥檚 Needle鈥 Living with Adaptive Architecture [Installation] Lakeside Gallery. 12th May - 17th June 2018. Nottingham.
Baldwin, P, Griffin, B, & Wright R. 鈥楧igital Capabilities鈥 Living with Adaptive Architecture [Installation] Lakeside Gallery. 12th May - 17th June 2018. Nottingham.
Baldwin, P, Griffin, B, & Wright R. 鈥楨verything Solid Melts into Air鈥 Living with Adaptive Architecture [Installation] Lakeside Gallery. 12th May - 17th June 2018. Nottingham.
Baldwin, P, & Wright R. 鈥楶ynchon鈥檚 Needle鈥 Frequency Festival [Installation]. 23rd Oct - 01st Nov 2015. Lincoln.
Baldwin, P, Griffin, B, & Wright R. 鈥楶ravda鈥 Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition [Installation] Carlton House Terrace. 1st - 6th June 2014. London.
Baldwin, P, Griffin, B, & Wright R. 鈥楽.T.A.N鈥 Garden Up Sheffield [Installation] Botanical Gardens. 7th - 8th June 2014. Sheffield.
Baldwin, P, Griffin, B, & Wright R. 鈥楧igital Capabilities鈥 RHS Chelsea Flower Show [Installation] Royal Hospital Chelsea. 21st - 25th May 2013. London.
Baldwin, P. 鈥楬ouse of Leaves鈥: Unit o_5 Expo: [Drawings] Lincoln School of Architecture, 6th -18th July 2012. Lincoln.
Baldwin, P. 鈥楽even Sketch Books鈥: The Moment of Privacy Has Passed: [Drawings] Usher Gallery, 10th - Feb - 11th March 2011. Lincoln.
Temple, N. (2011) Renevatio Urbis. London: Routledge, pp. 8-9,19, 38,43, 50,60-61,234,236,260, illus. ISBN: 978-0-4154-7385-9
Exhibition Curated:
Baldwin, P. 鈥楧rawings from the Chapel Hildebrand鈥 [Solo Exhibition] Project Space Plus. 1st April - 8th April 2023. Lincoln.
Baldwin, P, Jaeger, N & Schnadelbach, H. 鈥楲iving with Adaptive Architecture鈥 [Exhibition] Lakeside Gallery. 12th May - 17th June 2018. Nottingham.
Funding Awarded:
Baldwin, P 鈥楽acred Vessels鈥 [DYCP-Round 15] Arts Council England (Award - 拢6070). 2023 - 2025
Baldwin, P, & Wright R. 鈥楶ynchon鈥檚 Needle鈥 Frequency Festival [Teaching Innovation Fund] University of Lincoln (Award - 拢2000) 2015.
Baldwin, P, Griffin, B, & Wright R. 鈥楽.T.A.N鈥 [Teaching Innovation Fund] University of Lincoln (Award - 拢8000) 2014.
Baldwin, P, Griffin, B, & Wright R. 鈥楧igital Capabilities鈥 University of Lincoln (Award - 拢60000.00) 2012-2013.
Invited Talks, Lectures and Workshops:
Baldwin, P (2024). 鈥業n search of Uncertainty鈥. Drawing Manifestos. University of Calgary. 7th March. University of Calgary.
Baldwin, P (2023). 鈥楧iaphanous Bodies: Tall Tales and [Myth]Representations鈥. Open Lectures [Keynote]. 16th November. Leeds Beckett.
Baldwin, P (2023). 鈥楪host Notes: A Haunted Ontology of Mediating Images鈥. Radical Representation [Lecture]. 24th September. University of Western Sydney.
Baldwin, P (2023). 鈥楽ynthetic Spaces: Always Swipe, Right?鈥. Bryan Cantley Presents Speculative Coolness [Keynote]. 22nd May. UCLA.
Baldwin, P (2022). 鈥淲itness Marx; 鈥業n search of indeterminacy or towards a Spectral Turn鈥欌. Drawing Forward [Lecture]. 15th December. Drawing Forward.
Baldwin, P (2022). 鈥榌Ether]Real Exchanges, [in]Tangible Transfers鈥. Design Studio [2 Part Lecture & Workshop]. 17th February & 31st March. Loughborough University.
Baldwin, P (2021). 鈥榌Myth]Representations; Diaphanous Bodies & SacRE[a]D Vessels鈥. Studio Plus [Lecture]. 29th November. University of Huddersfield.
Baldwin, P (2021). 鈥楢lt-ered Perspectives & [dot].COMpressions鈥 Matters of Concern - Histories and Theories Module [Lecture]. 14th May. University of Portsmouth.
Baldwin, P (2021). 鈥楥harting Null Island; [IN]Determinate Waters, Contingents[eas], and (un)Disclosed Horizons鈥︹濃 Studio Plus [Lecture]. 04th May. University of Huddersfield.
Baldwin, P (2020). 鈥楽[y/n]thetic ReaL(it)IES鈥. Communication Fundamentals [Lecture]. 27th October. University of Portsmouth.
Baldwin, P (2020). 鈥(al)LIES and alibis; 鈥淧lan[e]s without Frontiers, Draw without Tears鈥濃. ArchiZoom [Lecture]. 14th October. 探花直播
Baldwin, P (2020). 鈥楤lack, White and [mis]Re(a)d鈥. D3SIGN [Lecture]. 01st May. 探花直播
Baldwin, P (2020). 鈥楧rawing eN(vs)Vy; the -ations, -isms & -ologies of articulating narrative鈥. Thematic Design [Lecture & Workshop]. 10th February. University of Portsmouth.
Baldwin, P (2019) 鈥楩alling for Bernard鈥 Comprehensive Design Project. [Lecture & Workshop] 16th March. Hull School of Architecture
Baldwin, P (2019) 鈥業nsert Pithy Title Here鈥. Chora Summit [Talk]. 5th April. Reading.
Baldwin, P & Thorns, J (2018). 鈥楧o鈥檚 and Don鈥檛s; CV Workshop & Mock Interview鈥 Inspire [Workshop] 8th March. Lincoln
Baldwin, P & Thorns, J (2017). 鈥楧o鈥檚 and Don鈥檛s; CV Workshop & Mock Interview鈥 Inspire [Workshop] 23rd March. Lincoln
Baldwin, P & Schn盲delbach, H (2017). 鈥楲iving with Adaptive Architecture鈥 [Workshop]. 27- 31st March Lincoln
Baldwin, P (2016) 鈥楽.T.A.N.鈥 Adaptive Architecture Workshop. Mixed Realities Lab, 2nd November. Nottingham
Work With Industry
Peter currently serves as an Accreditation Lead for the ARB (2023-) and is a member of the RIBA validation Panel (2025-).
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