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Charles Alan Short (born 1955) is a British architect and academic.

Short was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he achieved an MA degree and a DipArch. He has been Professor of Architecture at the University of Cambridge since 2001, and President of Clare Hall, Cambridge since 2020. He champions low-energy buildings that will be resilient to climate change.

Selected buildings designed by Short

• Queens Building De Montfort University, Leicester (1993)
• Contact Theatre, Manchester (1999)
• Lanchester Library, Coventry (2000)
• Lichfield Garrick Theatre, Lichfield (2003)
• UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies, London (2004)

Bibliography

• Short, C. A.; Lomas, K. J.; Woods, A. (2004-05-01). "Design strategy for low-energy ventilation and cooling within an urban heat island". Building Research & Information. 32 (3): 187–206. doi:10.1080/09613210410001679875. ISSN 0961-3218. S2CID 110633758.
• Short, C. Alan (2008-03-01). "What is 'architectural design research'?". Building Research & Information. 36 (2): 195–199. doi:10.1080/09613210701811015. ISSN 0961-3218. S2CID 218591052.
• Short, C. Alan; Al-Maiyah, Sura (2009-06-01). "Design strategy for low-energy ventilation and cooling of hospitals". Building Research & Information. 37 (3): 264–292. doi:10.1080/09613210902885156. ISSN 0961-3218. S2CID 108698801.
• Giridharan, R.; Lomas, K. J.; Short, C. A.; Fair, A. J. (2013-11-01). "Performance of hospital spaces in summer: A case study of a 'Nucleus'-type hospital in the UK Midlands". Energy and Buildings. 66: 315–328. doi:10.1016/j.enbuild.2013.07.001. hdl:20.500.11820/d1cc7e59-8fbc-479e-ac04-57680cbaaee9. ISSN 0378-7788.
• Short, C. Alan (2017). The recovery of natural environments in architecture : air, comfort and climate. London. ISBN 978-0-415-82440-8. OCLC 952567241.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

References

1. ^ "Short, Prof. (Charles) Alan, (born 23 March 1955), Professor of Architecture, University of Cambridge, since 2001 (Head, Department of Architecture, 2001–04); Fellow, Clare Hall, Cambridge, since 2002; Principal, Short & Associates, since 1997". Who's Who 2022. Oxford University Press. 1 December 2021. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U43221. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
2. "Professor Alan Short". Clare Hall. University of Cambridge. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
3. "Professor Alan Short MA Dip.Arch. Ph.D.(Cantab)". Department of Architecture. University of Cambridge. 28 March 2012. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
4. Short, C. Alan (3 February 2018). "People in glass buildings shouldn't be allowed: these structures a". The Independent. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
5. "The history man: Interview with Professor Alan Short". CIBSE Journal. Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers. August 2017. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
6. Hesson, Robert (24 March 2022). "Queens Building De Montfort University Leicester UK - Environmental Control". Northern Architecture. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
7. "The Contact Theatre, Manchester". Civic Engineers. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
8. Noon, Pat (September 2008). "The Lanchester Library — Building a Sustainable Library". LIBER Quarterly. 18 (2): 129–136. doi:10.18352/lq.7916. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
9. "Naked Engineering - Natural Ventilation".
10. "Lichfield Garrick Theatre". Theatre Tokens. Retrieved 13 August 2022.

• 1955 births
• Presidents of Clare Hall, Cambridge
• Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge
• 20th-century British architects
• 21st-century British architects
• Living people