Johnathan Djabarouti Author

Johnathan Djabarouti is a registered architect (ARB), accredited conservation professional (IHBC) and Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA). Following nearly a decade in professional practice working on both new and old buildings in historic contexts, he is currently Senior Lecturer in Architecture at the Manchester School of Architecture (MSA), UK. In 2018 he received AHRC funding for his PhD project titled The impact of intangible heritage on architectural and building conservation practices in the UK: a socio-material outlook. He has been an Academy Panellist on the RIBA Advanced Conservation Course since 2022 where he teaches delegates about intangible heritage and its relationship to heritage buildings, and in 2023 he secured an AHRC Innovation Scholars Secondment grant to Historic England for his project Intangible heritage and design in historic contexts. His research on the intersections between the conservation/adaptation of built heritage and critical heritage theory have been published and presented widely.