Guide: Rosamund Lily West

Rosamund Lily West is a Lecturer in Architectural Studies at the University of Manchester where she is part of Manchester Architectural Research Group, and also lectures in design history and theory at Chelsea College of Arts. Prior to this, she worked as Research Fellow at the Survey of London based at the Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL, having previously worked in museums for fifteen years.

She is interested in public and community engagement with heritage, public art and the built environment and has led architectural tours for the V&A, London Festival of Architecture and the Architecture Foundation. Rosamund recently completed her PhD, 'Concrete citizens' sculptures and the London County Council's housing schemes, 1949 to 1965' at Kingston University.

Rosamund joined the Open City tours team in November 2021.