In the News 2012
January
- On 30 January the Melbourne Leader details Dr. Dominique Hess' research into sustainable planning, detailing the economic and financial benefits of using reflective white paint on building rooftops.
- The Encyclopedia of Australian Architecture, co-edited by Associate Professor Julie Willis and Professor Philip Goad, is profiled in the Townsville Bulletin on 28 January.
- Barrie Shelton, Associate Professor of Urban Design, discusses a new book by Australian architects and planners detailing the history of Hong Kong's approach to building on Radio National, Canberra's Saturday Extra on Saturday 28 January.
- Dr. Dominique Hess, Senior Lecturer in Sustainable Architecture speaks to Luke Grant on Melbourne Talk Radio on Tuesday 24 January, to discuss how to keep buildings cool during the hot summer days. Dr. Hess discusses how painting roofs white can help to assess whether or not they retain or dispel heat.
- Senior Lecturer in Sustainable Architecture, Dominique Hess discusses low cost solutions for making our buildings more sustainable in MX (Melbourne) on Tuesday 24 January.
- The Encyclopedia of Australian Architecture, co-edited by Associate Professor Julie Willis and Professor Philip Goad, was included in the Herald Sun's Great Reads on Saturday 21 January.
- Dr. Ong Boon Lay discusses flooding in cities and solutions for managing heavy rainfall in urban settings in The Straits Times on Wednesday 11th January 2012.
- Daniel Coomber is profiled in The Warnambool Standard, on Wednesday 4th January, following his company, NOW Architects, success in the Melbourne School of Design Incubator Future Proofing Schools Competition.
In the News 2011
December
- Professor Philip Goad comments on the work of Australian architect, Robyn Boyd, in The Sydney Morning Herald, Friday 16th December. Professor Goad has edited an anthology of Boyd essays, to be published next year.
- MSD students Hannah Robertson and Milinda Pathiraja success in the 2011 RIBA Awards is profiled in the ‘Voice’, The Age, Monday 12 December.
- Alumnus Timothy Moore, the current editor of Architecture Australia, is profiled in the feature Melbourne’s Top 100 – bright lights, big city in the Melbourne Magazine, The Age, Wednesday 7 December.
- The MSD Incubator Future Proofing School Design Ideas competition winners announcement is profiled extensively this month including in World Architecture News, Architecture & Design, archdaily, Architectureau, MUSSE and in the ‘Voice’, The Age.
- The Encyclopedia of Australian Architecture, co-edited by Associate Professor Julie Willis and Professor Philip Goad, is profiled in Architecture & Design throughout December.
- Six Australian architecture practices that challenge tradition have been selected to exhibit in the Formations: New Practices in Australian Architecture exhibition at the Australian Pavilion during the 2012 Venice Architecture Biennale. Amongst them is PhD candidate Christine Phillips, as part of The Architects radio show team. Dr Peter Raisbeck is Christine’s supervisor.
- Professor Tom Kvan comments on our new Architecture building in the piece Bold designs aims for patent appeal in The Age, Friday 2 December.
November
- VEIL and their Eco-acupuncture project 1 are profiled in The Fifth Estate, 30 November.
- Dr Alan March comments on urban planning issues in Sustainability and the city, in the Domain section of Sunday’s Age, 27 November.
- Associate Professor Carolyn Whitzman and Professor Kevin O’Connor are quoted extensively in Our Liveable City published in The Age (Melbourne Magazine), Friday 25 November. The article profiles the ‘Liveable Melbourne’ study which The Age commissioned to explore the question: where is the most liveable suburb in the world's most liveable city?
- Dr Alan March wrote an opinion piece on the current urban planning system for The Age online on Thursday 24 November.
- The Encyclopedia of Australian Architecture, edited by Professor Philip Goad and Associate Professor Julie Willis, was profiled in the Metro section of The Age on Friday 18 November and on 3RRR’s The Architects show on Tuesday 22 November.
- Dr Robert Crawford’s recent report into water usage was profiled in the Herald Sun and Firstpost on 15 November, and in ecouterre on 16 November.
- RHD student Tullia Jack’s research into alternative laundering practices to make clothing more sustainable is the subject of the November Visions video podcast.
- Professor Kim Dovey comments on the darker side of urban development in The Sunday Age, 6 November.
- Associate Professor Carolyn Whitzman talks about gated communities and the security on Channel 7’s Today Tonight, Thursday 3 November.
- Professor Philip Goad and Associate Professor Julie Willis are interviewed about the release of The Encyclopedia of Australian Architecture, the first comprehensive reference text on Australian architecture, on ABC Radio National’s Indesign program, Wednesday 2 November.
- Hing-wah Chau, a PhD student whose work is part of the Oculus exhibition, talks about his research on SBS Radio (Cantonese program), Wednesday 1 November.
October
- Professor Kim Dovey talks about high density living on ABC Radio National’s ‘All in the Mind’ program, Saturday 29 October.
- Master of Architecture student Hannah Robertson and her ‘Bush Owner Builder’ housing project in far north Queensland was covered in The Age, Saturday 29 October.
- Ben Cleveland writes about the new Master's subject entitled Innovative Spaces and Pedagogy, co-taught between the Melbourne Graduate School of Education and ABP in the October edition of Education Review.
- David Cardamone, a third year Architecture student, will feature in a new documentary titled The Family to air on SBS in November, as reported on in the ‘Melbourne Magazine’ in The Age, 28 October, page 57.
- David Cardamone and his family were also covered in The Age on Wednesday 18 October, page 7.
- GAP’s Santiago de Chile exhibition is profiled in the online design media this month including in Architecture & Design; butterpaper; Australian Design Review.
- Two students from GAP were interviewed by Carlos Colina on SBS Radio, Spanish language program, about the Santiago! de Chile exhibition, Tuesday 17 October.
- Dr Derham Groves comments on university students working on real-life in public planning and private enterprise projects in The Geelong Advertiser, Monday 16 October, page 16.
- Dr Kate Shaw writes about urban consolidation and urban renewal projects in her opinion piece Disturbing developments in The Age, Thursday 13 October, page 19.
- Visiting Colombian architect, Lorenzo Castro was interviewed about his urban design projects on SBS Radio’s Spanish program, Tuesday 4 October.
- ABP events and staff feature in the Sept/Oct 2011 edition of Architecture Australia:
- ARM Architecture’s recent God Knows exhibition, part of our ABP Alumni Retrospective Series, is profiled by Christine Phillips, who calls the exhibition ‘a dazzling delight’, page 31.
- Professor Philip Goad writes about the National 25 Year Award - an award that honours our architectural past, page 97.
- Dr Alex Selenitsch reviews The Architect’s Brain: Neuroscience, Creativity and Architecture byHarry Francis Mallgrave,page 28.
September
- The City Weekly profiled ABP alumnus Daniel Dorall and his ‘Inversion Theory’ exhibition at the No Vacancy Gallery in Federation Square, 29 September, page 14.
- Dr Kate Shaw spoke about the planning and development process in Victoria on 3CR’s ‘City Limits’ program, 28 September.
- Professor Kim Dovey comments on the Docklands development in The Age, September 28.
- Professor Tom Kvan joined a panel of experts to discuss the rise of urbanization in the Asia Pacific region on Radio Australia’s Breakfast program, broadcasting to the Asia Pacific, Monday 19 September. Listen to the interview here.
- Dr David Nichols comments on the old Pentridge prison site in Coburg and plans for its redevelopment in the ‘Domain’ section of The Sunday Age, 18 September page 2.
- Professor Tom Kvan’s The Making of Hong Kong event in Perth – part of his national book and lecture tour - is profiled in The Weekend West newspaper on Saturday 17 September, page 25.
- The Making of Hong Kong national tour is also profiled widely in online design media including Green magazine, Architectural Happenings in Perth, Australian Design Review and Architecture & Design.
- Dr Lee Stickells, Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Architecture, Design and Planning at the University of Sydney, reviews The Making of Hong Kong: From Vertical to Volumetric in Australian Design Review.
- VEIL's work is showcased in the Melbourne Weekly feature article Green Age Dream, with comments from Michael Trudgeon and Che Biggs, Tuesday 13 September.
- Congratulations also to alumnus and architect Robert Davidov who was named the winner of Top Design, the Channel 9 design-focused reality show, on Wednesday 7 September. You can view Robert’s winning design here.
- The Spring edition of Atrium, the Faculty’s alumni magazine, features articles around the theme of community infrastructure including Associate Professor Clare Newton’s piece on innovative learning spaces, Dr David O’Brien’s article on the Gumala 0-5 studio and an article on state planning reforms by the Minister for Planning, Matthew Guy.
- Several ABP initiatives are profiled in Australian Design Review in September: The Making of Hong Kong national lecture and book tour; Kennedy Nolan’s a view exhibition; and the Dean’s Lecture with the Colombian Architect Lorenzo Castro.
- The Kennedy Nolan exhibition is also profiled in butterpaper and Architectureau throughout September.
- Letterboxes designed by a group of MSD architecture students, and constructed by Holmesglen TAFE bricklaying students, are profiled in the Waverley Leader, Tuesday 6 September.
- An article about ‘Innovative Spaces and Pedagogy’, the new subject developed for both Master of Architecture and Master of Education students and co-taught by ABP and Education staff, was published in the September edition of Australia Teacher Magazine.
August
- The public lecture presented by visiting Dutch architect Arie van der Neut about flexible, non-permanent structures was profiled in the ‘Domain’ section of The Sunday Age, 28 August.
- Dr John Stone commented on Melbourne’s transport zoning system in the Bayside Leader, Tuesday 30 August.
- Tamara Lowen, a Masters of Urban Planning student, wrote a piece about the recent MSD Travelling Studio to Kiribati in the August edition of PIA’s Policy & Advocacy Bulletin, page 19.
- Visiting Dutch architect Arie van der Neut (Director of HDVN Architecten) and his public lecture presented by the Faculty was profiled widely in the design media including Australian Design Review, butterpaper, Architecture & Design, Design Federation, and 3RRR’s The Architects.
- The Future Proofing Schools Design Ideas Competition to redefine relocation classrooms was profiled on Radio National’s By Designprogram on Wednesday 24 August, and included interviews with two of the competition judges, James Timberlake and Arie van der Neut. Listen to the interview here.
- The James Timberlake Dean’s Lecture was profiled in the ‘Voice’ in The Age, Monday 15 August and again in the ‘shape’ column of The Age, Friday 19 August.
- Associate Professor Hannah Lewi and Dr David Nichols talk about their book Community: Building Modern Australia and the significance of community and public spaces in the ‘Voice’, The Age, Monday 15 August, page 4.
- Alumnus and tutor Jefa Greenaway is interviewed about the 2011 Dulux Study Tour, which involved an intensive architectural exploration of three European cities, in the ‘Voice’, The Age, Monday 15 August, page 6.
- Dr Dominique Hes was interviewed on ABC Radio 612 Brisbane on Wednesday 10 August, about a British study into productivity and wellbeing amongst workers in open-plan offices.
- Professor Philip Goad commented on alumnus Neil Clerehan and his significant contribution to architecture in The Weekly Review, Wednesday 10 August.
- Dr Marcus White talked about ‘housing and density’ and mentioned the James Timberlake lecture on 3RRR’s The Architects program, Tuesday 9 August.
- Ben Cleveland (LEaRN) commented on the Kevin Borland designed buildings at Preshil and their influence on the teaching and learning culture at Preshil in the education section of The Age, Monday 8 August.
- Dr Marcus White talked about ‘housing and density’ on 3RRR’s The Architects program on Tuesday 9 August.
- Media interest in Dr David Nichols' book The Bogan Delusion continues, with David being interviewed by Tony Delroy on ABC 774, Thursday 4 August.
- The Herald Sun covered the subject of ‘gender inclusive cities’ on Thursday 4 August, publishing an interview with Associate Professor Carolyn Whitzman about how we can make Melbourne a safer city for women. Radio 3CR, 3AW and ABC 774 also interviewed Carolyn about this topic.
- Dr David Nichols comments on the Baillieu government’s plans to allow development on green wedge spaces in The Age, Monday 1 August.
- The next Dean’s lecture with American architect James Timberlake on 23 August is profiled in butterpaper, Australian Design Review, Architecture & Design and on 3RRR The Architects program throughout August.
July
- Dr David Nichols’ commentary on ‘bogans’, following the release of his book The Bogan Delusion, was covered in The Berwick Leader, page 24, Wednesday 27 July.
- Associate Professor Carolyn Whitzman was interviewed on ‘The Link’ on CBC Radio (Quebec) on Friday 22 July, about her research and the travelling studio she led in Montreal with Associate Professor Clare Newton, focused on exploring and creating safer, gender inclusive cities. Listen
- Alumnus Peter Ho, Director of PHOOEY Architects, is a judge on Channel 10’s new design-focused reality show The Renovators.
- Associate Professor Paul Walker reviews the Carrum Downs Police Station by Kerstin Thompson Architects in the July/August issue of Architecture Australia, page 79.
- A ‘Visions’ video podcast has been produced about the Gumala 0-5 studio, where MSD students constructed an early childhood centre for the Wakathuni community in the Pilbara.
- Dr David O’Brien’s Gumala 0-5 studio also received coverage in The Age, Monday 18 July and in the Pilbara Echo, Saturday 16 July.
- The Future Proofing Schools Design Ideas Competition is profiled in Australian Design Review.
- Dr Boon Lay Ong comments on the Holistic Economics and the Carbon Tax on the DesignBuild Source newsletter and website.
- Dr David O’Brien’s Gumala 0-5 studio was profiled in The Age, Monday 18 July.
- Alumnus and architect Robert Davidov is a contestant on Top Design, a new design-focused reality show hosted by Jamie Durie, launched on Channel 9, Wednesday 13 July.
- Dr John Stone comments on the value of congestion tax for Melbourne’s CBD in the Melbourne Leader, Wednesday 13 July.
- Kent Larson’s Changing Places public lecture was mentioned in the ‘Voice’, The Age, Monday 11 July and in Architecture & Design throughout July.
- Alumni Michelle Emma James, Jefa Greenaway and Eugene Cheah were profiled in The Young Architects, the ‘Life&Style’ cover story in The Age, Saturday July 9. The article highlighted influential young architects ‘changing the face of Melbourne'.
- Dr David O’Brien and students from the Gumala 0-5 studio were interviewed on Bush Telegraph, ABC Radio National on Friday 8 July. Listen to the interview here.
- Dr David Nichols wrote a piece about the film Your House and Mine (1954)in the online film journal Senses of Cinema in July.
- Dr Kate Shaw comments on the issues surrounding student housing in an article in the 2011 Melbourne University Magazine (MUM).
June
- Professor Kim Dovey was interviewed about Urban Intensification on Radio National Saturday Extra, Saturday 25 June.
- David and two MSD students were interviewed by Andrew Balding on ABC Radio North West WA (Karratha), Monday 27 June. Listen here
- The Master of Architecture Gumala 0-5 studio led by Dr David O’Brien has received significant media coverage:
- David and two MSD students were interviewed by Andrew Balding on ABC Radio North West WA (Karratha), Monday 27 June
- The project was discussed on SBS Radio’s ‘Living Black’ program, Wednesday 22 June.
- The Education section in The Age, Tuesday 21 June mentioned the studio.
- Dr David Nichols gave a Trades Hall Underground Talk on his recently published book The Bogan Delusion on Wednesday 22 June. David was interviewed on the same topic by Dan Mullins on Melbourne Talk Radio 1377 AM, Saturday 11 June and ABC Radio 666 Canberra, Tuesday 21 June.
- God Knows: An exhibition by ARM Architecture, part of the ABP Alumni Retrospective Series, was profiled in the Domain section of The Sunday Age, 19 June and again on 3RRR’s The Architects show, Tuesday 21 June.
- Professor Kim Dovey commented on poor planning decisions in Melbourne in The Age, Wednesday 15 June. He also commented on Geoffrey Rush and Barry Humphries’ anti-development views regarding Camberwell Station in the Herald Sun and on Radio 3AW, Tuesday 21 June.
- God Knows: An exhibition by ARM Architecture is profiled by Ray Edgar in the ‘shape’ column of The Age, Friday 3 June, page 15.
- Gumala 0-5 studio – MSD architecture students to build an early childhood centre for remote WA indigenous community: View media release.
- God Knows: An exhibition by ARM Architecture, the first event in ABP Alumni Retrospective Series for 2011, is profiled in the ‘Voice’, The Age on Monday 6 June; on the architecture website butterpaper, Monday 6 June; andon 3RRR’s The Architects, Tuesday 7 June.
- Dr David Nichols’ new book The Bogan Delusion has received significant media interest:
- David was interviewed on ‘Life Matters’ on ABC Radio National, Friday 3 June and on a number of radio programs - ABC Local Radio NSW, ABC Newcastle ‘Drive’, ABC 774 ‘Conversation Hour’ and 2GB
- The book is profiled by Chris Johnston in The Age, Saturday 4 June
- Dr Ong Boon Lay published an editorial piece in the May/June edition of Award Magazine titled ‘Sustainability or Ecology – Does It Matter?’
May
- Dr Robert Crawford’s recent study ‘Impact of past and future residential housing development patterns on energy demand and related emissions’ received national media interest in May and June:
- Robert was interviewed on ABC Radio 666 Canberra with Alex Sloan and on 3RRR’s The Architects program, Tuesday 7 June; and on 3CR community radio by Karl Fitzgerald, Wednesday 8 June
- Robert published an Op-Ed piece entitled Huge houses an irresponsible drain on the environment in The Age/National Times, Monday 6 June
- Robert appeared on Channel 9 TV New, Friday 3 June
- The study is reported on in Campus Daily, Monday 30 May; The Age, the Herald Sun andthe Canberra Times, Tuesday 31 May; Architecture & Design, Wednesday 1 June; and in the ‘Domain’ section of the Warrnambool Standard, Saturday 4 June
- Robert was interviewed by Carole Whitelock on ABC 891 Adelaide, Monday 30 May and by Celine Foenander on ABC Gippsland (Sale), Tuesday 31 May
- The imminent retirement of Professor Miles Lewis was reported on in the ‘Transitions’ column in the Education section of The Age , page 13, on Monday 30 May.
- Professor Gini Lee’s appointment as the new Elisabeth Murdoch Chair in Landscape Architecture was also mentioned in the ‘Transitions’ column in The Age , page 13, on Monday 30 May.
- Dr Robert Crawford’s study reveals inner city housing more energy efficient than 7 star suburban homes: View media release.
- ABP is well represented in the design magazine Artichoke, Issue #35:
- Clare Newton writes about innovative learning spaces and profiles the research being conducted under the Smart Green School and Future Proofing Schools grant programs, pp.48-49.
- Dr Susan Wilks describes how architects and designers are impacting on the delivery of the new school environments, pp.58-59.
- The conversion of the Gothic-style Baldwin Spencer Building into our new student centre by Woods Bagot is reviewed by Marcus Baumgart, pp. 60-61.
- An inventive cardboard juice-tasting station commissioned by Sunraysia and created by tutor Toby Horrocks is profiled on page 19.
- Dr Marcus White was interviewed by Alan Saunders about urbanism and architecture on ByDesign, ABC Radio National on Wednesday 25 May.
- The hugely popular UK based TimeOut magazine has published a ‘Creatives Guide to Melbourne’ that profiles local designers, including ABP tutor Toby Horrocks, and their ‘Top 5’ places to visit and find creative inspiration.
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Dr Kate Shaw comments on Planning Minister Matthew Guy’s announcement to fund a new Melbourne Planning Strategy in the Banyule & Nillumbik Weekly and the Melbourne Times Weeklyon Tuesday 17 May.
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Dr Dominique Hes and Dr Susan Wilks and comment on recent research findings related to the use and sustainability of recent ‘stimulus’ buildings erected at Victorian schools in The Age on Monday 16 May.
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Associate Professor Carolyn Whitzman comments on Australia’s expanding population and housing options in the Australian Broker magazine on Sunday 15 May.
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Dr Alan March writes about the future of infrastructure in Australia, despite changes to Infrastructure Australia’s role announced in the 2011 Federal Budget, in a piece published on The Conversation website, Thursday 12 May.
Martha Fajardo was interviewed by Carlos Colina on SBS Radio (Spanish Program) on Tuesday 10 May, to promote her Dean’s lecture and talk about her landscape architecture practice.
VEIL’s recent research into the security of Australia’s future food supplies is profiled the piece ‘Securing our food’ in the Voice, The Age, Monday 9 May.
Associate Professor Jianfei Zhu’s article ‘Robin Evans in 1978: between social space and visual projection’, is published in The Journal of Architecture, Volume 16, Number 2, 2011, pp. 267-90. It investigates Evans’ methods of research, as his work evolved from a social study on domestic/institutional space to an art-historical analysis on form and vision.
HEADSPACE 1, the documentary produced by Dr Stanislav Roudavski in 2010, featured in the Architecture and Design Film Festival in Chicago, 5-9 May 2011.
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MUP student Emily Peel wrote highly about the Melbourne Model and her experience of the Bachelor of Environments degree in a letter to the editor, Melbourne model has served me well, in The Age, Thursday 5 May.
The ‘Haus Win’ studio/project in Papua New Guinea led by Dr David O’Brien (with Lae UniTech) in December 2010 is profiled in the Autumn edition of Design Quarterly, page 16.
April
Prime Minister Julia Gillard attended the opening of the NOW and WHEN: Australian Urbanism exhibition in Seoul in late April. The exhibition features projects by several ABP staff, students and alumni including 'Mould City' by Peter Raisbeck, Nicola Dovey, Simon Wollan, Madeleine Beech and Jono Brener, 'The Fear Free City' by Justyna Karakiewicz, Tom Kvan (with Steve Hatzellis, WSH Architects) and 'Implementing the Rhetoric' by Marcus White's practice HAW. Read more on the Architecture & Design website.
The Martha Fajardo Dean's lecture and exhibition is profiled on the architecture website butterpaper throughout April.
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Several ABP staff are published or profiled in the April 2011 edition of Architecture Australia:
- Dr Alex Selenitsch writes a tribute to architect Graeme Gunn, recipient of the Australian Institute of Architects 2011 Gold Medal
- Dr Marcus White’s recent success at seizing the AAAA’s Emerging Architect Prize is covered on page 99
- The 2011 Dulux Study Tour Prize recipients, including alumus and tutor Dr Jefa Greenaway, are profiled on page 103
Australian Design Reviewfeaturesvarious items relating to our Faculty and alumni in April:
- The Dean’s Lecture with Colombian landscape architect Martha Fajardo is profiled
- Toby Horrocks, alumnus and ABP tutor, reviews The Pin-Up Gallery in Collingwood, a new space dedicated to exhibiting architecture and design
- Daryl Jackson’s designs for Melbourne Park and Nonda Katsalidis’ recent contemporary jewellery gallery are profiled
- Alumnus Dr Jefa Greenaway’s recent projects were recently featured in Architecture & Design, whenhe was announced as one of the Dulux Study Tour Award winners.
- An article by Dr Kate Shaw on the Creative Spaces program and urban consolidation appeared in The Age, Monday 11 April.
- Kirsten Larsen from VEIL was interviewed for an article on back yards and urban planning in The Age, Sunday 10 April.
- Dr Kate Shaw commented on the problems associated with supply and demand for housing in Melbourne on ‘City Limits’, Radio 3CR, on Wednesday 6 April.
- Dr Marcus White’s success in being named the National Emerging Architect of the Year at the Australian Achievement in Architecture Awards was reported on in the Cobram Courier, page 3, on Wednesday 6 April. Marcus graduated from Cobram Secondary College in 1993.
- Professor Chris Ryan (VEIL) was interviewed about potential national and Victorian fresh food shortages and VEIL’s recently released report on ABC 666 Canberra and in The Age, both on Tuesday 5 April.
- Kirsten Larsen, lead VEIL researcher on the research project, comments on the same topic in the Sydney Morning Herald, The Canberra Times and several regional papers including the Ballarat Courier on Tuesday 5 April and the Sunraysia Daily on Wednesday 6 April.
- On Tuesday 5 April The Architects show on 3RRR broadcast an interview with Nader Tehrani, taped while Nader was visiting Melbourne in late March.
March
- Dr Alan March comments on the Coalition government’s review of major Victorian projects identified for development by the previous state government in The Age, Friday 25 March.
- On Tuesday March 29, the presenters of The Architects on 3RRR discussed the 2011 Australian Achievement in Architecture Awards and mentioned Dr Marcus White, recipient of the Emerging Architects Prize; alum Anna Rubbo, recipient of the Neville Quarry Architectural Education Prize; and alum Jefa Greenaway who was awarded a Dulux Study Tour Prize.
- ABP’s Identity, Diversity and The Metropolis: The Inaugural Hon. Evan Walker Studio Exhibition is profiled in Architecture & Design throughout March.
- Dr Dominique Hes comments on the popularity of river living and its impacts on storm-water, biodiversity, pollution and potential climate or river level changes in The Age, Saturday 19 March.
- Associate Professor Carolyn Whitzman comments on children’s right to independent play and mobility in the Education section of The Age, Tuesday 24 March.
- Dr Marcus White’s exhibition of design research work - 'The First Show' at Pin-Up Project Space – was profiled on Triple R’s The Architects Show, Tuesday 15 March.
- The Nader Tehrani Dean’s lecture was profiled in the events section of the ‘Voice’ in The Age, Monday 14 March.
- The Architects Show on Triple R broadcast a ‘Community Buildings Special’ with Dr David Nichols, Tuesday 8 March.
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The tsunami reconstruction research work undertaken in Aceh by Dr David O’Brien, Dr Dominique Hes and Iftekhar Ahmed is profiled on the current edition of the CSIRO magazine ECOS.
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Alum and ABP tutor Toby Horrocks and his innovative Freefold Furniture business is profiled in green: sustainable architecture and landscape design, Issue 18, 2011, page 16.
- Identity, diversity and Indigenous place-making in Melbourne. University of Melbourne students are showcasing their vision of what it means to be Aboriginal in an urban environment as part of the Inaugural Hon. Evan Walker Design Studio Exhibition. View Media Release.
- Dr Chris Heywood comments on restricted work spaces in 'Sardine rage' rules in the shrinking office’ in The Sydney Morning Herald , Thursday 3 March.
- Professor Bill Russell (GAMUT) comments on the need for rail lines to be re-opened in regional Victoria following flood closures on ABC Radio (SW Victoria) news broadcasts and in the Shepparton News, page 6, Wednesday 2 March.
- Alum Pascale Gomes-McNabb, described as ‘Melbourne's go-to girl for designing boundary-pushing hospitality spaces’, is profiled in The Weekly Review, Wednesday 2 March.
- The Nader Tehrani Dean’s lecture, featuring an introductory conversation with John Wardle, is profiled in various design e-newsletters including Architecture Design Reviewand Architecture & Design.
February
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Visions goes behind the scenes of the ‘Digital Design + Fabrication’ Summer Workshop, led by Dr Stanislav Roudavski and Jas Johnston, involving Bachelor of Environments students. The video looks at how digital and computational design is evolving, and how a simple bamboo tripod came to be a 40 metre installation on the beach at the 2011 St Kilda Festival. View Visions Video Podcast Episode 94 here.
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Dr Alan March comments on Yarra Council’s attempt to increase transparency around planning decisions in the Melbourne Times Weekly on Wednesday 24 February, page 4.
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VEIL's 'City of Short Distances' film project launch at Federation Square was covered in the 'Arts' section of The Age, Friday 18 February, page 15. View or download article.
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Associate Professor Carolyn Whitzman discusses Female-friendly cities: Planning for inclusivity in our urban spaces in Up Close Podcast Episode 129
- Justin Mallia’s transformation of inner-city Yan Lane into a site for award-winning architecture is profiled in Australian Design Review, Thursday 17 February.
- ABP is profiled extensively in the ‘Voice’ in The Age, Monday 14 February:
- The success of the BEnvs program and our broader international partnerships, including the recent Australian Space, Environment and Identity program, is the cover story.
- Melbourne's Research Mentoring Program, featuring an interview with Associate Professor Julie Willis, is profiled in Uncovering the BIG ideas.
- BEnv's student Edward Couper, his Point Nepean research and success at being shortlisted in the Berkeley Undergraduate Prize for Architectural Design Excellence is profiled in Architecture as social art.
- The Celebrating Partnerships: Hansen Yuncken exhibition, presented by the Faculty in December, is mentioned in the ‘News and Nuance’ section of the Jan/Feb edition of Architecture Australia, page 14.
- Toby Horrock’s cardboard furniture is profiled in the article Thinking outside the cardboard box in ‘Life&Style’ in The Age, Saturday 12 February, page 26. Toby is an ABP alumn who has established a line of ‘playful and principled’ modular cardboard storage solutions and furniture - Freefold Furniture.
- Associate Professor Hannah Lewi’s and Dr David Nichols’ recently published book Community: Building Modern Australia is reviewed by Owen Richardson in ‘Life&Style’ in The Age on Saturday 12 February page 33.
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An image from PHOOEY Architect’s Upcycling exhibition, presented by the Faculty in the Wunderlich Gallery last September, features on the cover of the Jan/Feb edition of Architecture Australia, their 100th celebration volume. An article about the exhibition by K. Butler is profiled on pp. 39-41.
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Masters of Philosophy candidate Tullia Jack was interviewed by Red Symons (Breakfast) about sustainable fashion on ABC Radio 774, Tuesday 8 February.
- Landscape architecture student Anton Malishev’s success in winning a ‘Landscape Architecture Australia Prize for Design Communication’ was profiled in the February edition of Landscape Architecture Australia. Anton was awarded the prestigious prize for his project titled ‘Urban Food Box Growing Initiative’.
January
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Associate Professor Carolyn Whitzman comments on inner city apartment living in Perks of downtown living, published in the Daily Telegraph, page 8 of the ‘Home’ section, Saturday 29 January.
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Dr Kate Shaw comments on the value of retaining some heritage character in the Docklands and inner industrial precinct of Melbourne in ‘Turning our backs on city's heritage … again’ in The Age, Monday 24 January.
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Dr John Stone (GAMUT) comments on current urban planning and public transport issues in The Age on Wednesday 5 January
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Innovative architectural firm JMLA - consisting of alumni Jesse Judd, Natalie Lysenko and Rory Marshall - is profiled in 'Domain' in The Age on Saturday 8 January.
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