Graham Cairns

Cairns studied architecture at Liverpool John Moores University and the University of Lincoln. His doctorate examined the relationship between advertising and commercial architecture and was awarded by the Superior Technical School of Architecture of Madrid. It was later developed into a book, Deciphering Art, Architecture and Advertising: Selling to the Sophisticated Consumer. In 1995 he founded and ran the UK based performance arts company Hybrid Artworks specializing in spatial installation and multi media performance. He lived in Spain between 2000-2005 and published his first book in Spanish: El Arquitecto Detrás de la Cámara: Una Visión Espacial del Cine.Vozmediano,Elena. Book review, El Arquitecto Detrás de la Cámara. Section: El Cultural, EL Mundo, Madrid, Spain. 08 November, 2007.http://www.elcultural.es/revista/letras/El-arquitecto-detras-de-la-camara/21632

In 2011 he founded the research organisation Architecture Media Politics Society and its associated journal. In this role he has organised academic conferences internationally with events in the UK, the US, Spain, Cyprus and Australia. Examples include 2014 events in both LondonThe Mediated City Conference PART 1, Ravensboune, London, 01-03 April, 2014.http://architecturemps.com/conferences/ and Los Angeles.The Mediated City Conference Part 2, Woodbury University, Los Angeles, 01-04 October, 2014.http://woodburymcd.wix.com/mediatedcityla#!about/csur He has also developed the 'interview article' as a form of academic publicationRoutledge Taylor & Francis. https://www.routledge.com/Reflections-on-Architecture-Society-and-Politics-Social-and-Cultural-Tectonics/Cairns/p/book/9781138588608 Interview-articles have been published by authors such as Noam Chomsky,Hidden Power and Built Form: Chomsky, Noam, with Cairns, Graham. The

Politics Behind the Architecture. Interview Article. First published in Architecture_MPS 1 October 2013. Reprinted in Salon, 30 October 2013.http://www.salon.com/2013/10/30/chomsky_the_u_s_mexico_border_is_cruel_by_design_partner/ Kenneth Frampton,Cunningham, David. Institute for Modern and Contemporary Culture. The University of Westminster. Architecture_Media_Politics_Society Kenneth Frampton interview. http://instituteformodern.co.uk/2012/architecture_media_politics_society-kenneth-frampton-interview Daniel Libeskind{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bColDwAAQBAJ | title=Reflections on Architecture, Society and Politics: Social and Cultural Tectonics in the 21st Century | isbn=9781317069645 | last1=Cairns | first1=Graham | date=4 October 2016 }} and Michael SorkinInterview Article. Driving on the Left: Sorkin’s View of the Street, the City and architecture. Michael Sorkin with Graham Cairns. https://www.scienceopen.com/hosted-document?doi=10.14324/111.444.amps.2013v2i4.001 He has also established a resource repository as part of a collaboration between librarians and academics.Peters, Amanda. New Media and New Collaborations: Librarians and Academics Together. Feliciter 59 (1) February 2013. http://www.cla.ca/feliciter/2013/1/#p=32 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150423065518/http://www.cla.ca/feliciter/2013/1/#p=32 |date=2015-04-23 }}

He is the author and editor seven published books on architecture, design, film and advertising. He has published in English and SpanishThe cinematic promenade of Sergei Eisenstein and the Villa Savoye of Le Corbusier: a reappraisal of the influence of film on an icon of the Modern Movement. Language:Spanish.In: Daniel Martí (ed.), Journal RUA (Red Universitaria de Urbanismo y Arquitectura), Universidad Veracruzana, Xalapa, Mexico. No. 9. September, 2013. pp34-42. and his work has also been translated to French.

Cairns has two areas of research: i) Architecture in its socio-cultural context; ii) Architecture and Visual Culture. Through AMPS he runs two research and publication programs that align with these areas of expertise. Housing – Critical Futures {{Cite web|url=http://architecturemps.com/housing-critical-futures|title=Housing – Critical Futures |}} is a three year long programme of conferences, publications and workshops operating over ten countries. It was launched in 2015. The Mediated City{{Cite web|url=http://architecturemps.com/the-mediated-city|title = The Mediated City |}} is a programme launched in 2014 that examines the role of technologies and medias on urban design, experience and living. As part of these research programmes he has initiated book series with Intellect Book, Bristol; Libri Publishing, Oxfordshire; and UCL Press, London.

• Reification and Representation - Architecture in the Politico-Media-Complex. 2019. Routledge / Taylor&Francis: London.{{ISBN|9780367532253}}.Cairns, Graham. Reification and Representation - Architecture in the Politico-Media-Complex. 2019. Routledge: London. [https://www.routledge.com/Reification-and-Representation-Architecture-in-the-Politico-Media-Complex/Cairns/p/book/9780367532253 routledge.com]
• Visioning Technologies – the architectures of sight. 2016. Routledge / Taylor&Francis: London. {{ISBN|978-1-4724-5496-6}}.Cairns, Graham (ed). Visioning Technologies – the architectures of sight. 2016. Routledge: London. [https://www.routledge.com/Visioning-Technologies-The-Architectures-of-Sight/Cairns/p/book/9781138616684 routledge.com]
• Reflections on Architecture, Society and Politics– Socio Cultural Tectonics in the 21st Century. 2016. Routledge / Taylor&Francis: London. {{ISBN|978-1-4724-5608-3}}.{{Cite web|url=https://www.routledge.com/Reflections-on-Architecture-Society-and-Politics-Social-and-Cultural/Cairns/p/book/9781472456083|title = Reflections on Architecture, Society and Politics: Social and Cultural Tectonics in the 21st Century}}
• Design for a Complex World – challenges in practice and education. 2014. Libri Publishing: London. {{ISBN|978-1-907471-65-0}}.Cairns, Graham. Design for a Complex World – challenges in practice and education. 2014. Libri Publishing: London.http://libripublishing.co.uk/design-interiors-and-architecture/design-for-a-complex-world?cPath=&
• The Architecture of the Screen: Essays in Cinematographic Space. 2013. Intellect Books: Bristol. {{ISBN|978-1-84150-711-8}}.Cairns, Graham. The Architecture of the Screen: Essays in Cinematographic Space. 2013. Intellect Books: Bristol.http://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/A/bo15565725.html
• Reinventing Architecture and Interiors - A Socio-Political View on Building Adaptation. 2013. Libri Publishing: London. {{ISBN|978-1-907471-64-3}}.Cairns, Graham. Reinventing Architecture and Interiors - A Socio-Political View on Building Adaptation. 2013. Libri Publishing: London.http://libripublishing.co.uk/design-interiors-and-architecture/reinventing-architecture-and-interiors?cPath=&
• Deciphering Art, Architecture and Advertising: Selling to the Sophisticated Consumer. 2010. Libri Publishing: London. {{ISBN|978-1-907471-15-5}}.Cairns, Graham. Deciphering Art, Architecture and Advertising: Selling to the Sophisticated Consumer. 2010. Libri Publishing: London.http://libripublishing.co.uk/art-and-design/deciphering-advertising-art-and-architecture
• El Arquitecto Detrás de la Cámara: Una Visión Espacial del Cine. 2007. Abada Editores: Madrid. {{ISBN|978-8496-258-90-7}}.Cairns, Graham. El Arquitecto Detrás de la Cámara: Una Visión Espacial del Cine. 2007. Abada Editores: Madrid.http://www.abadaeditores.com/libro.php?l=138

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