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Daniel Talkes
BA BArch (Hons) DipArch RIBA AABC
Teams and roles for Daniel Talkes
Lecturer in Design and Construction
Overview
A recipient of the Welsh Gold Medal for Architecture, Dan is an award-winning practitioner, educator, and accredited conservation architect (AABC).
With a recognised specialism in adaptive re-use and the creation of contemporary architecture in historic contexts, Dan has taught at WSA since 2009, primarily as Design Unit Leader in BSc3. He has also been an invited critic at the Universities of Bath and Newcastle, and a guest lecturer at the University of Bristol.
Publication
2026
- Talkes, D. 2026. Introduction: The essays. In: Lindfield, P. and Talkes, D. eds. Revivalism and Architecture: Referencing and Reworking History. London: Routledge. , pp.xxvi-xlvi.
- Lindfield, P. and Talkes, D. eds. 2026. Revivalism and architecture: referencing and reworking history. London: Routledge. (10.4324/9781003594383)
- Ntzani, D. , Talkes, D. and Mullard, C. 2026. Material diplomacies: Tracing material provenance, memory ethics, and strategies of repair in the Temple of Peace and Health. Presented at: The 10th International Conference of Architectural Heritage (CAH) Turin, Italy 08-10 September 2026.
Book sections
- Talkes, D. 2026. Introduction: The essays. In: Lindfield, P. and Talkes, D. eds. Revivalism and Architecture: Referencing and Reworking History. London: Routledge. , pp.xxvi-xlvi.
Books
- Lindfield, P. and Talkes, D. eds. 2026. Revivalism and architecture: referencing and reworking history. London: Routledge. (10.4324/9781003594383)
Conferences
- Ntzani, D. , Talkes, D. and Mullard, C. 2026. Material diplomacies: Tracing material provenance, memory ethics, and strategies of repair in the Temple of Peace and Health. Presented at: The 10th International Conference of Architectural Heritage (CAH) Turin, Italy 08-10 September 2026.
Research
Emerging from his conservation accreditation, Dan’s research is multidisciplinary and includes: design responses to hidden and past contexts; heritage significance; the performance upgrade of traditional and early modernist structures; contested heritage and, particularly, the fabric legacies of Bristol’s involvement in the Transatlantic Slave Trade.
This work has benefitted from close collaboration with Local Authorities; Heritage Organisations, including Historic England, SAVE Britain’s Heritage, the Church Buildings Council; and end-user clients, including St Mary Redcliffe, with whom Dan has undertaken extensive fabric, archival, and design research to assist in the development of new facilities for the interpretation of the church’s hidden and contested heritage.
Teaching
Dan teaches Design and Construction across the BSc and MArch programmes, and is particularly interested in the creative synergies between concept, materiality and making.
Contact Details
+44 29225 14824
Bute Building, Room 309, King Edward VII Avenue, Cardiff, CF10 3NB