The politics of built heritage underpins the supervision of many of his doctoral students' work and was published by Routledge - 'The Production of Heritage'. His professional career as a Specialist Conservation Architect and Co-Chair of the RIBA Conservation Steering Group fully informs his teaching and research, with practice projects on National monuments such as the Grade 1 listed St Pancras Church and the Palacio Pereira in Santiago de Chile with Cecilia Puga. 

His research into innovative materials and fabrication techniques around tensile formwork for concretes and rammed earth has been widely published and referenced, collaborating with Edinburgh university, Queens University Belfast, TU Berlin, Heatherwick Studios, Studio Bark, Doka GmbH and others. 

Alan Chandler has previously taught at the Architectural Association, Goldsmith's College of Art, Cambridge University, and Edinburgh University.