Simon Unwin

He was born in 1952 in Yorkshire, but grew up in Wales.^[1]

He studied at the Chelsea School of Art in London and the Welsh School of Architecture in Cardiff. From the Welsh School of Architecture, he obtained a PhD, and he went on to become a senior lecturer there.^[1]

His book, Analysing Architecture, was first published in 1997 and is described as having a "reputation internationally as one of the best introductions to architecture".^[2] His first three books, including An Architectural Notebook: Wall (2000) and Doorway (2007), have been described as forming a trilogy.^[3]

From 2004 to 2009, he was Professor of Architecture at the University of Dundee,^[4] where he is now an emeritus professor.^[5][6]

He currently resides in Cardiff.^[4]

Unwin has written several books about architecture:

• An Architecture Notebook: Wall (2000) ISBN 0415228735
• Doorway (2007) ISBN 9780415458818^[3]
• Exercises in Architecture: Learning to Think as an Architect (2012) ISBN 9781136486623
• Analysing Architecture (fourth edition 2014) ISBN 9781317810940^[2]
• Twenty-Five Buildings Every Architect Should Understand (2015; first published in 2010 as Twenty Buildings Every Architect Should Understand) ISBN 9781317555025
• The Ten Most Influential Buildings in History: Architecture's Archetypes (2016) ISBN 9781317483243
• Children as Place-makers: The Innate Architect in All of Us (2019) ISBN 9781138046009
• Curve: Possibilities and Problems with Deviating from the Straight in Architecture (2019) ISBN 9781138045941
• Metaphor: An Exploration of the Metaphorical Dimensions and Potential of Architecture (2019) ISBN 9781138045439