Three professors appointed in Bartlett School of Architecture and the Built Environment

The new dean of UCL’s Bartlett School of Architecture and the Built Environment professor Alan Penn has announced three new appointments, with effect from 1 January 2010.

After eight years as head of the department professor Iain Borden is now taking up a new role within the Bartlett Faculty as vice-dean for communications.

He will have overall responsibility for internal and external communications, including the faculty's website, publications, exhibitions, alumni relations and digital outputs.

Dr Marcos Cruz becomes director of the department. As well as co-tutor of the school's Diploma/MArch Unit 20, he is a co-founder of Marcosandmarjan Architects.

Chartered civil engineer David Cobb joins following a period of three years managing UCL’s UrbanBuzz knowledge exchange programme in the field of building sustainable communities.