Professor Ashraf Salama

Head Of Department

Department: Architecture and Built Environment

Ashraf Salama is academic, scholar, and Chair in Architecture. He is Professor of Architecture and Urbanism and Head of the Department of Architecture and the Built Environment, University of Northumbria at Newcastle. He is co-Director of the UNESCO/UIA Validation Council for Architectural Education. Professor Salama has chaired and led three schools of architecture over the past 25 years in Misr International University, Cairo, Egypt (1996-2001), Qatar University, Doha, Qatar (2009-2014), and the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, United Kingdom (2014-2020). He is an honorary professor of architecture at the University Putra Malaysia and has held tenured and visiting positions in Egypt, Germany, Italy, Malaysia, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. ��He holds B.Sc. MSc. and PhD in architecture and has received his education at Al Azhar University in Cairo, Egypt and North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA.

Securing more than £2.0 million funded research over his research career, Professor Salama has published over 200 research outputs in the international refereed press including authoring and editing 17 books.��His research experience involves extensive PhD supervision and examination, where more than 25 PhD theses have been completed as primary/principal supervisor and more than 40 PhD theses have been examined with successful completion. ��He is the chief editor of the and honorary editor of Open House International. Professor Salama is the UIA 2017 Recipient of Jean Tschumi Prize for Excellence in Architectural Education and Criticism. He is a licensed architect in Egypt since 1987, practiced in Egypt (1987-92) and the United States (2001-2004). He has been a consultant to the Ministry of Culture and Ministry of Tourism in Egypt (1996-2001), urban design consultant to a number of authorities and development agencies in the Middle East since 2004 and, from 2001 to 2004, the Director of Research and Consulting at Adams Group Architects, Charlotte, North Carolina, United States.

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Key Publications

A Multimodal Appraisal of Zaha Hadid’s Glasgow Riverside Museum—Criticism, Performance Evaluation, and Habitability, Salama, A., Salingaros, N., MacLean, L. 9 Jan 2023, In: Buildings
The Routledge Companion to Architectural Pedagogies of the Global South, Harriss, H., Salama, A., Gonzalez Lara, A. 1 Jan 2023
Including local actors' perspective in neighborhood sustainability assessment: evidence from Dubai's sustainable city, Dessouky, N., Wheeler, S., Salama, A. 4 Sep 2024, In: Smart and Sustainable Built Environment
Influence and Resistance in Post-Independence Egyptian Architecture, El-Ashmouni, M., Salama, A. 22 Jul 2022
Urban resilience and sustainability through and beyond crisis – evidence-based analysis and lessons learned from selected European cities, Salama, A., Patil, M., MacLean, L. 21 Feb 2024, In: Smart and Sustainable Built Environment
Defying a legacy or an evolving process? A post-pandemic architectural design pedagogy, Salama, A., Osborne Burton, L. 28 Feb 2022, In: Proceedings of the ICE - Urban Design and Planning
Assessing public open spaces in Belgrade – a quality of urban life perspective, Vukovic, T., Salama, A., Mitrovic, B., Devetakovic, M. 28 Oct 2021, In: Archnet-IJAR
The Five Controversies of Market-Driven Sustainable Neighborhoods: An Alternative Approach to Post-Occupancy Evaluation, Dessouky, N., Wheeler, S., Salama, A. 24 Jun 2023, In: Social Sciences
Pedagogical Traditions in Architecture: The Canonical, the Resistant, and the Decolonized, Salama, A., Osborne Burton, L. 30 Nov 2023, In: Traditional Dwellings and Settlements Review
Urban form as a driver for inclusivity in public open spaces: A case from Glasgow, Pansare, P., Salama, A. 3 Sep 2023, Design for Inclusivity, Cham, Switzerland, Springer

Professional Activity

Organising a conference, workshop, ...: Architectural Education and Design Pedagogies: Global Perspectives and Challenges of Inclusivity, Health, and Resilience 2022
Invited talk: Contemporary Perspectives on Decolonizing Architectural Knowledge: Implications for Education, Research, and Practice 2022
Examination: PhD Examiner, School of Architecture, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia 2022
Examination: PhD Examiner, Department of Architecture and Built Environment, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom 2022
Organising a conference, workshop, ...: The Great Green Wall Initiative Webinar 2022

PGR Supervision

Eda Seyok Examining Quality of Urban Life in Post-Industrial Cities Start Date: 01/10/2022
Preeti Pansare Inclusivity Index for Urban Public Open Space: Tool for Assessing and Assisting Design Start Date: 01/10/2022

Further Information

Selected Books:

Harriss, H., Salama, A. M., & Gonzalez Lara, A. (Eds.) (2023). . (Routledge International Handbooks). Routledge.
El-Ashmouni, M. M., & Salama, A. M. (2022). . (Routledge Series in Architecture and Urbanism in the Global South). Routledge.
Salama, A. M. (2021). . (Routledge Revivals). Routledge.
Salama, A. M., & El-Ashmouni, M. M. (2020). . (Routledge Series of Architecture and Urbanism in the Global South). Routledge.
Wiedmann, F., & Salama, A. M. (2019). . Bloomsbury / I. B. Tauris (Imprint).
Salama, A. M. (2015 & 2016). . Routledge.
Preiser, W. F. E., Davis, A. T., Salama, A. M., & Hardy, A. (2014). . Routledge.
Salama, A. M., & Wiedmann, F. (2013 & 2016). . Routledge.

Selected Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles:

Patil, M. P., Salama, A. M., Arnfield, J., & Alvanides, S. (2024).��Smart and Sustainable Built Environment. AOP
Salama, A. M., & Patil, M. P.��(2024).��Journal of Urban Design, 1-27. AOP
Salama, A. M., Patil, M. P., Elsemellawy, A. N., Abudib, H. H., Almansor, N. A., MacLean, L., & van Riel, K. (2024).��.��Buildings,��14(4), Article 1001.��
Salama, A. M., Patil, M. P., & MacLean, L. (2024).��Smart and Sustainable Built Environment,��13(2), 444-470.��
Salama, A. M., Salingaros, N. A., & MacLean, L. (2023).��.��Buildings,��13(1), Article 173.��
Burton, L. O., & Salama, A. M.��(2023).��Archnet-IJAR: International Journal of Architectural Research,��17(3), 421-442.��
Dessouky, N., Wheeler, S., & Salama, A. M.��(2023).��.��Social Sciences,��12(7), Article 367.��

Latest Projects:

TRANSABE-EDU: Transcending Architecture and Built Environment Frontiers: A Cross-Cultural Educational Initiative
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Funder: British Council: £29,575.00
Dates: 15/02/24��→��15/02/25

Accepting PhD Students:

Topics of interest include multiculturalism, lifestyle trends and housing transformations; socio-spatial practice of migrant communities; knowledge economy and sustainable urban qualities; quality of urban life frameworks and testing of models and domains; cultural identity and image- and place-making; examining the spatial characteristics of urban traditions; user-centred assessment studies (POE/BPE); and decolonised architectural pedagogies.