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The has appointed professor Alex de Rijke as dean of the School of Architecture. He will take up the position in January 2012.

De Rijke will be responsible for developing an enlarged School of Architecture with two new programmes 鈥� a one-year MArch course and a Master鈥檚 in Interiors, both of which will begin in Autumn 2012.

He said: 鈥淗aving always regarded education as a parallel discipline to practice, I will continue as director of dRMM Architects while developing a new course for the RCA, one which repositions future architects as the most highly skilled prime movers in the currently deregulated and debased market for building design and procurement.

鈥淚 am proposing that architecture and interiors at the new school are studied in the global context of new sustainable materials and manufacturing processes, as a remit and broad parameter for creative study and research.

鈥淭ogether with developed workshop and studio connections to facilitate 1:1 prototyping, we will build a momentum that will make the new RCA School of Architecture become the postgraduate school that defines architecture as 鈥榰seful art鈥�.鈥�

He will also lead the current Master鈥檚 in Architecture (RIBA Part II) programme, formerly led by Nigel Coates who left the College in July 2011.

De Rijke is a founding director of the architectural practice dRMM, whose work is well known for innovative construction technologies and materials. His  most inventive design is his much-lauded Sliding House, created for a private client in 2009, which won an RIBA Award and both Grand Designs 鈥楤est new building鈥� and overall 鈥楤est house鈥� categories.

He has taught most recently at London鈥檚 Architectural Association, the Aalto University in Helsinki and the School of Architecture in D眉sseldorf.

Dr Paul Thompson, rector of the RCA, said: 鈥淎lex will create a unique Architecture School focusing on theory and practice. With an emphasis on making and materials, I know he will exploit the excellent technical facilities of the RCA.

鈥淲hat makes his appointment as dean so exciting is the freshness of his vision: he is driven by a strong ethical and values-based agenda, with a radical desire to change both the educational model of architecture and also the profession. His vision accords entirely with the charter and mission of the RCA 鈥� an institution committed to thinking through making.鈥�