Dr David Lund

Dr David Lund is a Senior Lecturer teaching on both the BA (Hons) Modelmaking and BA (Hons) Design degree programmes at AUB, with responsibility for the development and implementation of the theory, history, and critical thinking elements of the curriculum across all three levels. A trained architectural modelmaker turned modelmaking historian, David's research specialisms include the history of architectural modelmaking, the relationship between making, design and material culture, and the nature of models as epistemological tools.

David's work studying the history of architectural modelmaking is currently centred on the cataloguing and interpretation of the Thorp Modelmaking Archive, a unique collection of over 60,000 photographs and documents charting the history of the oldest architectural modelmaking company in the world, which he secured for preservation by AUB in 2019. As one of the world's leading authorities on the history of the subject, he is the author of A History of Architectural Modelmaking in Britain: The Unseen Masters of Scale and Vision, published by Routledge in 2022, and co-author of Zaha Hadid Architects: Evolution published in 2018. He is currently working on a new book examining the use of architectural models in shaping Britain's built environment during the 20th century.

David is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, a member of the Association of Professional Modelmakers, and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.