Alistair Fair

Accepting PhD Students

PhD projects

I am willing to supervise PhD projects related to the architectural history of twentieth-century Scotland, England and Wales, subject to capacity and the viability of the proposal. Potential applicants are invited to get in touch with me in advance of making a formal application to the university.

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2024
'The needs of new communities': Social development, the new towns, and the case of Milton Keynes, c. 1962-1987
Fair, A., 30 Aug 2024, In: Modern British History. 35, 3, p. 261-277 17 p., hwae037.
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The opportunity and desire to buy: Owner-occupation in Scotland’s new towns, c. 1950-80
Wright, V. & Fair, A., 14 May 2024, In: Contemporary British History. 38, 2, p. 219-44 26 p.
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Stonehouse: Scotland's last new town, c. 1967-77
Fair, A., 12 Jan 2024, In: Urban History. 50, 4, p. 818-839 22 p.
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2023
'The core': The centre as a concept in twentieth-century British planning and architecture. Part Two: the realization of the idea
Darling, E. & Fair, A., 1 Jun 2023, In: Planning Perspectives. 38, 3, p. 525-557 33 p.
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‘The core’: The centre as a concept in twentieth-century British planning and architecture. Part One: the emergence of the idea
Darling, E. & Fair, A., 1 Feb 2023, In: Planning Perspectives. 38, 1, p. 69-98
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2022
Privacy, the Housing Research Unit at the University of Edinburgh and the Courtyard House, 1959–70
Fair, A., 15 Dec 2022, In: Architectural History. 65, p. 327-358 32 p.
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2021

Object: Peter Moro Lamp
Fair, A., 23 Dec 2021, C20: Architecture, Design and Conservation, 2021, 2, p. 80.
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'University in the city': Percy Johnson-Marshall and the reconstruction of Edinburgh’s South Side, 1961-76
Fair, A., 14 Dec 2021, In: Planning Perspectives. 36, 6, p. 1123-1147 26 p.
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Peter Moro: Theatre architect
Fair, A., 11 Oct 2021, TM: Theatres Magazine, 65, p. 25-27.
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Peter Moro and Partners: Theatres and beyond
Fair, A., 1 Sept 2021, Sightline, 44, 3, p. 35-37 3 p.
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2020
Formica
Fair, A., 19 Oct 2020, C20: Architecture, Design and Conservation, 2020/3.
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2019
Austin Seven / Morris Mini-Minor
Fair, A., 18 Dec 2019, C20: Architecture, Design and Conservation, 2019, 3, p. 80 1 p.
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'A community project: theatre as social centre in 1960s Britain'
Fair, A., 1 Oct 2019, TM: Theatres Magazine, 59, p. 4-6.
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Townscape Sculpture
Fair, A., 1 Oct 2019, The Modernist, 32, p. 14-17.
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2018
Stage Set
Fair, A., 1 Oct 2018, Architecture Today, 292, p. 36-45.
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Modernization of our Hospital System: The National Health Service, the Hospital Plan, and the ‘Harness’ Programme, 1962-77
Fair, A., 23 Jun 2018, In: Twentieth Century British History. 29, 4, p. 547-575 29 p.
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Moderne Theater: Entwicklungen in Großbritannien nach 1950
Fair, A., 15 Apr 2018, Bühnentechnische Rundschau, 2018, 2, p. 98-102 5 p.
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2017
'Boxed in for too long': Peter Hall and post-war British theatre
Fair, A., 20 Dec 2017, Sightline, p. 39-41 3 p.
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'An object lesson in how not to get things done': Edinburgh's unbuilt 'Opera House', 1960-1975
Fair, A., 6 Dec 2017, In: Architectural Heritage. 27, 1, p. 91-117
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Impact of extreme weather events and climate change for health and social care systems
Curtis, S. E., Fair, A., Wistow, J., Val, D. & Oven, K., 5 Dec 2017, In: Environmental Health. 16 (Suppl 1), 128
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Modern Theatre in Scotland, 1960-1995
Fair, A., 1 Jun 2017, TM: Theatres Magazine, 2017, 2, p. 24-27 4 p.
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Obituary: Roderick Ham
Fair, A., 8 May 2017, C20: Architecture, Design and Conservation, 2017, 1, p. 70.
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Moderne Theater, 1950 bis 2010: Das Kunstquartier The Lowry in Salford, Großbritannien
Translated title of the contribution: Modern Theatre: 1950-2010: The Arts Quarter The Lowry in Salford, Great BritainFair, A., 1 Apr 2017, Bühnentechnische Rundschau, 2017, 2, p. 100-104.
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Modern Theatres: The Lowry
Fair, A., 29 Mar 2017, Sightline, p. 18-23.
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2016
'Light-hearted pavilion': The renewal of York Theatre Royal
Fair, A., 31 Dec 2016, C20: Architecture, Design and Conservation, p. 16-17 2 p.
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2014
'Brutalism Among the Ladies': Modern Architecture at Somerville College, Oxford, 1947-67
Fair, A., 18 Aug 2014, In: Architectural History. 57, p. 357-82
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A Laboratory of Heating and Ventilation: The Johns Hopkins Hospital as experimental architecture, 1870–90
Fair, A., 1 Aug 2014, In: The Journal of Architecture. 19, 3, p. 357-81
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Functional Recovery of a Resilient Hospital Type
Short, C. A., Noakes, C., Gilkeson, C. & Fair, A., 1 Aug 2014, In: Building Research and Information. 42, 6, p. 657-684
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2013
Performance of hospital spaces in summer: A case study of a ‘Nucleus’-type hospital in the UK Midlands
Giridharan, R., Lomas, K. J., Short, C. A. & Fair, A., Nov 2013, In: Energy and buildings. 66, p. 315-328 14 p.
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2012
Building resilience to overheating into UK 1960s hospital buildings within the constraint of the national carbon reduction target: adaptive strategies
Short, C. A., Lomas, K., Giridharan, R. & Fair, A., 2012, In: Building and Environment. 55, 3, p. 73-95
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Resilience of 'Nightingale' hospital wards in a changing climate
Lomas, K. J., Giridharan, R., Short, C. A. & Fair, A., 2012, In: Building Services Engineering Research and Technology. 33, 1, p. 81-103 23 p.
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2011

'A new image of the living theatre': the Genesis and Design of the Belgrade Theatre, Coventry, 1948 - 1958
Fair, A., 2011, In: Architectural History. 54, p. 347-382 36 p.
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2008
John Talman & All Souls College, Oxford
Fair, A., 2008, In: Georgian Group Journal. p. 97-116
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2006
"Somewhat like a three-legged table": Christopher Wren’s collegiate architecture
Fair, A., 2006, In: Immediations. 1, 3, p. 40-59
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