Flora Samuel is a British architect, author and academic. In 2009 she became the Head of the School of Architecture at Sheffield University, the first woman to hold the post.^[1] Prior to this, she worked for ten years at the Welsh School of Architecture, Cardiff.^[1] She was educated at Cambridge University.^[1]

Samuel is currently Professor of Architecture in the Built Environment at the University of Reading, where she helped set up a new industry-led architecture school in close collaboration with construction.^[2] She was appointed as the first RIBA Vice President for Research in 2018.

• "Le Corbusier: Architect and Feminist", Wiley-Academy, 2004, ISBN 0470-847-476 ^[3]
• "Le Corbusier in Detail", Architectural Press, 2007, ISBN 978-0-7506-6354-0
• "Le Corbusier and the Architectural Promenade", Birkhauser, 2010, ISBN 978-3-0346-0607-3 ^[4]
• Flora Samuel, 2018, Why Architects Matter: Evidencing and Communicating the Value of Architects (London, Routledge)
• Anne Dye and Flora Samuel, Demystifying Architectural Research (London: RIBA Enterprises, 2015)