Lecturer in Interior Architecture and Spatial Design

Birmingham City University - Department of Architecture and the Built Environment

Placed On: 20th February 2026

Closes: 16th March 2026

Job Ref: ABCE26003

Never Neutral: Going Beyond(er)

Our newly reconceptualised department emerges from the convergence of the Birmingham School of Architecture and Design and the College of the Built Environment — not as a pragmatic consolidation, but as a bold re-founding. We are shaping a Place of Praxis where architectural, spatial, technical and environmental design are understood as agency. The built environment is never neutral: it shapes lives, structures power, and distributes care and opportunity.

Our studios, seminars and lecture halls are spaces of experimentation and critical inquiry — where research meets practice, imagination meets responsibility, and design becomes an instrument of social transformation.

The Role

The Birmingham School of Architecture, Built Environment, Computing and Engineering seeks to appoint an inspiring Lecturer in Interior Architecture and Spatial Design to contribute to teaching, practice and research across our BA (Hons) Interior Architecture and Design and MA Interior Architecture programmes.

You will join a forward-looking course built on teaching excellence, critical design thinking and student wellbeing grounded in professional responsibility. We value intellectually rigorous learning, strong academic support and an educational culture that prepares graduates to contribute ethically and creatively to contemporary practice.

The successful candidate will bring industry experience, design intelligence and a reflective, evidence-based approach to teaching that raises student ambition and builds professional confidence. You will demonstrate fair, inclusive and supportive engagement with students, recognising that academic quality is strengthened by a respectful and professional studio culture.

Key Responsibilities

As Lecturer, you will:

• Teach across design studios and/or contextual studies, supporting the development of conceptual, technical and professional skills.
• Deliver research-informed, practice-aligned teaching that strengthens capabilities in drawing, modelling, detailing, representation, digital workflows, material specification and spatial strategy.
• Support curriculum delivery reflecting sustainability, social responsibility, digital literacy, material innovation and global interior futures.
• Provide responsible pastoral support, encouraging engagement, wellbeing, academic integrity and professional conduct.
• Connect design thinking to real-world contexts, including technical standards, ethical considerations and industry expectations.
• Contribute to industry-focused learning through guest talks, workshops or live briefs that enhance employability and professional awareness.

Powered by our distinctive STEAM agenda, we are committed to transforming the lives of our students and the communities we serve. We champion practice-based learning, socio-cultural and techno-political awareness, and design as a transformative force. Our studios cultivate experimentation, responsibility and socially engaged futures.

To advance this mission, we are investing in exceptional academic staff at the forefront of practice, research and pedagogy. Through immersive, hands-on learning, our educators empower students to achieve meaningful educational gain and personal growth. Together, we aim to shape designers capable of contributing to a more just, inclusive and caring world.

There has never been a more exciting moment to join us. Be part of a School in motion — reformative, imaginative and never neutral.