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Laurence Lord is a lecturer in architecture at the School of Natural and Built Environment at Queen’s University Belfast and a founding partner with AP+E. AP+E is a design and research office based in Ireland and The Netherlands, driven by a strong interest in the social and cultural value of architecture.
Laurence founded the office in 2013 along with Jeffrey Bolhuis, the work includes exhibition making, urban design, regional strategies, adaptive reuse, and curation. AP+E have recently delivered multiple community led masterplans across Ireland and the Netherlands, including Lusk for Life, Fingal's inaugural Town Centre First Plan. Lusk for Life was shortlisted out of 1100 projects for a New European Bauhaus Award 2022. It was the only Irish Project shortlisted.
Laurence was part of the Curatorial Team for Professor Lesley Lokko, Curator for the 18th International Architecture Exhibition, Biennale Architettura 2023, The Laboratory of the Future.
Previously Laurence co-curated Free Market, the Irish National Pavilion at the 16th International Biennale Architettura in Venice in 2018. Free Market is an ongoing research project into the public spaces and potential development of market towns in Ireland which toured Ireland in 2019. Free Market won an AAI Award and an RIAI Research Award in 2020. In 2019 Laurence represented Free Market at an Oireachtas committee in Dáil Éireann, advocating for a Town Centre First policy based on the Free Market research, whioch has now become policy.
Laurence won the Royal Institute of Architects of Ireland Future Award in 2021. Laurence has given talks at Open House Belfast, the Architectural Association of Ireland, the RIAI Conference, Limerick School of Art & Design, UL, TUD, UCD, Luzern School of Engineering and NewNowNext with the Irish Architecture Foundation.
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Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Lord, L. (Recipient), 2020
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Lord, L. (Recipient), 28 Apr 2025
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Lord, L. (Recipient), 2020
Prize: National/international honour
Lord, L. (Recipient), 2017
Prize: Appointment
Lord, L. (Invited speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Lord, L. (Organiser)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Lord, L. (Examiner)
Activity: Examination types › PGT external examination
Lord, L. (Examiner)
Activity: Examination types › PGT external examination
Lord, L. (Organiser)
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
27/06/2024
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Other
Lord, L., Delaney, M., Bolhuis, J., Dempsey, I., Hurley, L. & Kennedy, T.
07/06/2024
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Other
24/05/2024
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities
20/04/2024
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
05/04/2024
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment