C. Alan Short

Charles Alan Short (born 1955) is a British architect and academic.

Short was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he achieved an MA degree and a DipArch. He has been Professor of Architecture at the University of Cambridge since 2001, and President of Clare Hall, Cambridge since 2020. He champions low-energy buildings that will be resilient to climate change.

Selected buildings designed by Short

 * Queens Building De Montfort University, Leicester (1993)
 * Contact Theatre, Manchester (1999)
 * Lanchester Library, Coventry (2000)
 * Lichfield Garrick Theatre, Lichfield (2003)
 * UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies, London (2004)