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Leeds Beckett University - City Campus,
Woodhouse Lane,
LS1 3HE
Course overview
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L27 -
City Campus -
Full-Time -
12 Months -
21 Sep 2026
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What are practices of reuse?
As global challenges evolve, the built environment must also develop. The role of adaptive reuse practitioners involves anticipating and shaping these changes by modifying and repurposing existing structures, instead of demolishing and rebuilding. MA Interior Architecture: Practices of Reuse prepares you for this critical role by equipping you with the knowledge, methods, and skills to base your future practice of reuse on.
As part of this course, you'll:
- Build a critical approach to the reuse of existing buildings, infrastructure, and places, positioning design as a tool for transformation within social, material, and ecological contexts
- Become competent in the reuse project process, carefully considering every phase from initial assessment and design, to construction, completion, and beyond
- Develop your understanding of building regulations and legalities, and how these affect adaptive reuse projects
- Study the theories and histories of buildings, the architecture industry, and the variety of reuse practices
- Gain strong interpersonal skills and the ability to understand and lead a wide range of professionals, including designers, conservationists, historians, surveyors, engineers, and more
- Learn how to engage effectively with external stakeholders, such as local authorities and communities
- Foster a curious mindset, questioning and identifying design problems, and navigating specific reuse challenges
Why choose MA Interior Architecture: Practices of Reuse?
This course builds directly on the foundations you'll have studied on an undergraduate degree in architecture, interiors, spatial design, or related fields. This means you'll enhance and develop your knowledge, not repeat what you've already learnt.
On this creative MA programme, you'll become a specialist in the critical reuse of existing buildings, infrastructures, and places. By the end, you'll be equipped with a range of suitable methods of practice, applicable to any adaptive reuse project.
Learn from experts
Your teaching team comprises socially and politically driven professionals with significant experience in the topics you'll cover. They'll incorporate their specialist expertise, skills, and passion to enhance your learning with vital industry insight, expertise, and best practice.
Become an independent professional
Throughout the course, you'll undertake extensive self-directed study to hone your expertise, passion, and independence. You'll also have plenty of contact with our industry partner practices, to gain essential insight into a range of different projects and how they're run.
Build professional contacts
You'll develop a solid roster of professional contacts during your master's degree. From projects to site visits and guest lectures, there'll be plenty of opportunities to meet and connect with industry figures. We'll also encourage you to be proactive in extending your network further.
Study in an art school
Our architecture courses are based within the Leeds School of Arts. You'll join an innovative and inspiring creative community of changemakers who'll encourage you to push the boundaries of your discipline.
Why study the MA Interior Architecture: Practices of Reuse course at Leeds Beckett University?
- Study a specialised interior architecture course that underpins your learning with extensive industry contact
- Benefit from our strong and sustained relationships with reputable architecture and design practices
- We're based in Leeds School of Arts, meaning you'll learn in a creative and inspiring environment
- Learn from industry experts who utilise their highly specialised knowledge in their teaching
- At Leeds School of Arts, you'll join a diverse and welcoming community with opportunities to collaborate across numerous disciplines
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Career prospects
There’s a lot to consider when choosing a course. Take a look at the team you’ll be working with, employability statistics and career prospects to help make up your mind.
Career Prospects
Propel yourself into the exciting world of adaptive reuse practice. This master's in interior architecture equips you with the method, confidence, and contacts to become a strong and independent leader with a specialised skill set.
Throughout the course, you'll benefit from regular industry contact, site visits, and project experience. Ultimately, you'll gain an unparalleled ability to bring together a variety of stakeholders - from designers to surveyors, and engineers to historians - to lead a project from conception to completion.
Areas you might develop your career in include:
- Interior architecture/design practices
- Local authorities
- Construction development
- Retail or commercial design
- Hospitality design
- Setting up your own practice
Rather than treating the built environment as a blank canvas, you'll engage with what's already present – its histories, inhabitants, and entanglements – to propose thoughtful architectural reuse and contextually grounded interventions. Through modules focused on site survey, dismantling, typology, material systems, and design practice, the course encourages a reflective approach to interior architecture that values rigour, care, and long-term impact."
Lara Rettondini
Course Director
Lara Rettondini
Course Director / Leeds School of Arts
Lara Rettondini is Course Director for Interior Architecture and Design in the Leeds School of Arts. She joined Leeds Beckett University in 2021 after holding teaching and leadership roles at the University of Westminster, the University for the Creative Arts (UCA), Central Saint Martins (UAL), and Kingston University. Lara is a registered architect, co-director of London-based practice Studio X Design Group, and Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
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