Dr Yahya Lavaf is a senior lecturer in architecture, Programme Leader of the BSc (Hons) Architecture course, and a senior fellow of Higher Education Academy. Yahya holds a PhD in architecture from Liverpool University. His research interests lie in the exploration of geometrical form in architectural design. Bridging between spatial sensibility and responsiveness to the environment and pre-existing conditions. Yahya’s research pursues Integral Theory in architecture; using architectural form as the capacity to entangle spiritual and pragmatic aspects of design. He has acted as a member of the scientific and organising committee and reviewer for several journals and international conferences. Some of his works have received internationally excellent recognition as part of the HEI’s Research Excellence Framework 2021. He has worked on a number of funded research projects in Malaysia, Hong Kong and the UK. Previously, he was a Co-Principal Investigator for an EPSRC (Connected Everything II) Project exploring Intelligent Empathy in Design. He was also a recipient of the Vice Chancellor’s ECR award for a research project investigating the impact of architectural form and daylighting on users’ emotional perception. Yahya is a reviewer and a member of the AHRC, EPSRC, ESRC and British Council’s Arts and Humanities College.