Lefkos Kyriacou (principal)
Lefkos (Dip Arch, MA) qualified as an architect in 2005 and currently lives and practices in London. He has worked on projects for a variety of educational, community and religious client bodies. Lefkos spent seven years at the award-winning Cottrell and Vermeulen Architecture. In 2014 he established Figure 1 Architects and built up an extensive portfolio of residential and commercial projects including both new build and renovations. Lefkos is a Certified Passive House designer and holds a Level 5 Diploma in Retrofit Coordination and Risk Management.
In conjunction with practice, Lefkos has been a researcher and teacher at the Department of Architecture, University of Cambridge. He was a Research Associate for Conflict in Cities and the Contested State (2005-2013), focussing on urban conflict in contested cities in Europe and the Middle East including Jerusalem, Belfast, Nicosia and Mostar. He produced the maps and drawings for the book Locating Urban Conflicts: Ethnicity, Nationalism and the Everyday and was a co-author of The Struggle for Jerusalem’s Holy Places. He was a Bye-Fellow and Director of Studies for Architecture at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge. Lefkos was a founding member of the Centre for Urban Conflicts Research and a research supervisor for the Mphil in Architecture and Urban Design, both in Cambridge. Most recently Lefkos has been a Professional Studies Advisor for the Royal Institute of British Architects on their Part 3 Course (Advanced Diploma in Professional Practice in Architecture).
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