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Michael Stacey

Michael Stacey is Director of Michael Stacey Architects and Chair in Architecture at the School of the Built Environment at the University of Nottingham. 

Michael’s work combines practice, research, writing and teaching.  In 1987 he co-founded Brookes Stacey Randall Architects and in 2004 he established Michael Stacey Architects. His design portfolio has been recognized by numerous awards.  Key projects include: East Corydon Station, Thames Water Tower, Wembley Gateway Urban Regeneration Masterplan, Enschede Integrated Transport Interchange, Art House in Chelsea, Expertex Textile Centrum, and Ballingdon Bridge.

He is the author of a number of publications including Component Design (Architectural Press, 2001), and numerous articles and exhibition catalogues.   Besides his chair at the University of Nottingham, Michael is Research Professor at University of Waterloo, Ontario. Current research is centred on digital fabrication, form finding in architecture, offsite manufacture, facade design and procurement, emergent materials and sustainability.

Architecture Today

In content, style and layout, guides to concrete construction tend to be turgid, grey and intent on rendering the subject rather less interesting than it need be. So Michael Stacey’s new book, Concrete: a Studio Design Guide, comes as something of a revelation. Packed with colourful and relevant images, Stacey brings an architects’ eye and academic’s rigour to the subject without losing either the authority or concision that are essential for any guide. Fundamental principles, detailed information and clear diagrams are combined with fascinating (and bang up-to-date) case studies in a compact format that shouldn’t fail to inspire the most jaded of practitioners. For students too it should provide a more diverting option than typical course books. Supported by The Concrete Centre, the book has its origins in research undertaken by Stacey with students at London Met and Nottingham University, where he is a professor.

First published in AT223, Novemeber 2011