Laurence Lord
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Laurence Lord
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- Senior Lecturer (Education), School of Natural and Built Environment
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EmailL.Lord@qub.ac.uk
2014Research output 2014: 1Research output 2018: 1Research output 2021: 1Research output 2022: 3Research output 2023: 3Projects 2026: 12026
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Laurence Lord is a Senior Lecturer and Programme Co-Director BSc Architecture at the School of Natural and Built Environment at Queen’s University Belfast. Laurence is also the founding partner of 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 inDáil 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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biennale Arts and Humanities
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- Rural Areas Agricultural and Biological Sciences
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Projects
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1 Active
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R1288NBE: Future Island-Island (extension): Future Observatory: Design the Green Transition
Mulholland, C. (PI), Flood, N. (CoI), Jefferies, T. (CoI), Keeffe, G. (CoI), Lappin, S. (CoI), Lord, L. (CoI), Millar, B. (CoI) & Smyth, B. (CoI)
23/02/2026 → …
Project: Research
Research output
- 3 Article
- 1 Book/Film/Article review
- 1 Other report
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1 Chapter
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Kay Fisker: Danish functionalism and block based housing by Andrew Clancy and Colm Moore
Lord, L., 01 Jan 2023, In: Architecture Ireland. 327, p. 98 1 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review - ### Kinlough & Environs: a networked approach to small settlements
Delaney, M., Bolhuis, J., Lord, L. & Kennedy, T., 01 May 2023, In: Architecture Ireland. 329, 3, p. 27-30 4 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access - ### Queen’s University & The Venice Biennale
Lord, L., 27 Oct 2023, Perspective, 32, 5, p. 73-74 2 p.
Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article - ### A town-centred future
Lord, L. & Kennedy, T., 24 May 2022, In: House + Design . 07, p. 112-114
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article - ### Little republics: the story of bungalow bliss - appendix
Lord, L. & Bolhuis, J., 20 Oct 2022, Little republics: the story of bungalow bliss. Duncan, A. (ed.). Lilliput Press, p. 163-171 8 p.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
- bungalow
Prizes
Lord, L. (Recipient), 14 Jul 2022
Prize: Appointment
Lord, L. (Recipient), 2020
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards) - ### Architectural Association of Ireland Award Winner - The Reason of Towns
Lord, L. (Recipient), 28 Apr 2025
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards) - ### Arts Council Project Award Winner - Beyond Town
Lord, L. (Recipient), 2020
Prize: National/international honour
- Administrative Structure
- Ireland
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Cairo Design Awards - Community Impact
Lord, L. (Recipient) & Bolhuis, J. (Recipient), 02 Dec 2025
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
- Vehicle Prototype
- Prototype Vehicle
Activities
- 9 Invited talk
- 4 PGT external examination
- 4 Public lecture/debate/seminar
- 2 Participation in Festival/Exhibition
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5 More
- 3 Invited or keynote talk at national or international conference
- 1 Other examination
- 1 UG external examination
- 1 Membership of peer review panel or committee
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Town Centre First - AP+E
Lord, L. (Invited speaker) & Galway, N. (Organiser)
06 Mar 2026
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk - ### Architecture at Queen's - Offer Holder Day
Mariotti, J. (Presenter) & Lord, L. (Presenter)
28 Feb 2026
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Public lecture/debate/seminar - ### Master Class Shaping Tomorrow: The Future of Architecture
Mariotti, J. (Presenter) & Lord, L. (Presenter)
06 Feb 2026
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk - ### Peter Rice Annual Lecture 2025
Scott, F. (Invited speaker), Mulholland, C. (Host) & Lord, L. (Organiser)
02 Dec 2025
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Public lecture/debate/seminar - ### AFI - Workshop
Lord, L. (Participant)
02 Dec 2025
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Press/Media
21/06/2025
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Other - ### Irish Architecture Foundation takes its vision abroad
06/06/2025
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Other - ### Architecture Ireland - Broadening of the idea of what Architecture is - Interview
27/06/2024
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Other - ### Dublin Gazette - Lusk for Life, town centre first plan is launched
Lord, L., Delaney, M., Bolhuis, J., Dempsey, I., Hurley, L. & Kennedy, T.
07/06/2024
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Other - ### Fingal County Council - Lusk for Life Town Centre First Plan
24/05/2024
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities