Tim Rawle is an English photographer, designer and writer, best known for his books and photographs on the architecture of Cambridge, England. After graduating from St Martin’s School of Art and the Central School of Art & Design in London with first-class honours, he went on to train as an Architect at Cambridge University, continuing to post-graduate study at the Architectural Association where he was the Caldicott Scholar. He then worked as a junior architect for a few years before changing to a career in publishing. As a photographer his passions are architecture, with a special interest in buildings and their interiors, landscape, people and wildlife; as a graphic designer his interests are in book design and highly illustrated publications; and as a writer he has long been fascinated by architectural history.

Tim is currently based in Oxford, but still also works in Cambridge where he has been a Fellow Commoner of Downing College for many years. Among his publications are:

CAMBRIDGE ARCHITECTURE (1985 & 1993) ~ “…a comprehensive and handsome photographic survey, with a fact-packed text and much historical information”, The Observer; “…an astonishingly comprehensive book… a unique and valuable record”, Daily Telegraph; “…for the non-specialist it is now the best single volume on the topic.”, Architects’ Journal.

CAMBRIDGE (2005 & 2016) ~ “…the best introduction to Cambridge ever published”, CAM, the University magazine; “It takes a book like this to remind us there are places in Britain to rival any city in the world for architectural splendour… the photographs are stunning.”, The Sunday Telegraph

A CLASSICAL ADVENTURE: The Architectural History of Downing College Cambridge (2015 & 2018) ~ ““…a well-researched architectural history with exceptional photographs”, The Georgian magazine.

Apart from his ever-expanding Oxford and Cambridge portfolios, he also works freelance for academic institutions, architects, publishers and individual corporate clients on a variety of publishing projects covering all aspects of photography, graphic design and print production.

Although having lived in Cambridge most of his adult life, Tim has also been fascinated by Oxford for many years where he is continuing ongoing research and photography. His work on this long-term book project OXFORD ARCHITECTURE: Eight Hundred Years of the University & Colleges, as a scholarly and pictorial analysis of the contributions made to Oxford by an extraordinary range of architects, has caught the attention of the European Cultural Centre which has granted an open invitation to exhibit his Oxford photographs at the Venice Biennale, intended upon publication.

To see a wide selection of Tim’s work please watch the introductory slideshow on the HOME page (3 mins duration) and go to CAMBRIDGE and OXFORD in the menu bar for in-place examples and more detail on both pictures and books.