Christopher Maloney is a Senior Lecturer at Manchester School of Architecture and Programme Leader for MArch.

A Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, Christopher has over a decade of teaching experience. He was a member of the Association of Architecture Educators (AAE) steering committee, and has published and delivered conference talks on the subject of design pedagogy.

A qualified architect, Christopher has 10 years professional practice experience, including as a self-employed designer. He has talked at national conferences about the changing role of the designer due to the disruption of the Information Age on the industry.

Christopher was lead organiser of the 30th European Architecture Students Assembly (EASA) and was National Contact for the network for 5 years. He also founded the Architecture Student Network (ASN). He has been invited to talk at international conferences about these experiences.

Academic and professional qualifications

BA(Hons), BArch, MA, PGCert, Dip Ed, ARB, SFHEA

Teaching experience

2019 - 2023
BA (Hons) Interior Architecture and Design, Course Director.
Birmingham School of Architecture and Design.

2016 – 2019
Visiting Tutor / Guest Critic
Birmingham School of Architecture and Design

2014 – 2016
BA (Hons) Architecture, Lecturer
Birmingham School of Architecture and Design
Responsible for the programming and delivery of the curriculum to the Second Year cohort.
In this role I was part of the rewriting and internal validation process for the course, as well as RIBA mid-term validation visit.

2012
BA (Hons) Architecture, Guest Lecturer
Leeds School of Architecture

2008 – 2013
BA (Hons) Architecture, Associate Lecturer
Manchester School of Architecture

Practice experience

2017 - 2019
Project Architect.
D5 Architects.

2013 - 2017
Architect.
re|form [architects and urban strategists]