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A Brisbane launch was held at Milani Gallery on 29th May as part of Vokes and Peter’s Garden Variety talks. After a brief description by John there was a lively panel discussion between John, Andrea Bubenick and Aaron Peters, chaired by Josh Milani. 

An expanded leadership team is steering the School of Architecture, Design and Planning’s ATCH Research Centre into an exciting new chapter, building on a longstanding track record of excellence in architectural history, theory and Indigenous culture.

New research by PhD candidate Natalie Lis examines a range of architect-designed and vernacular structures – such as chicken coops, duck decoys and penguinariums – to investigate how architecture shapes cultural and social symbolism and how birds are used as resources.

The School of ADP's Dr Silvia Micheli has co-curated a new exhibition for the Canberra Museum and Gallery that explores the life of visionary architect Enrico Taglietti.

When architects or urban planners reimagine a city, the creative transformation is guided by discipline-specific rules, frameworks and stakeholder expectations. But what about the urban reimaginings born from underground music cultures?

In a recent article in the Courier Mail, Professor John Macarthur explains why buildings are heritage listed, and how these landmarks help the community to connect with their own history.

An iconic public landmark has opened on Sydney Harbour, designed by School of Architecture, Design and Planning PhD candidate Jessica Spresser and Industry Fellow Peter Besley.

An article by Associate Professor Antony Moulis and Dr Peyman Akhgar that reveals the substantial role of Beaux-Arts training in the expression of Iranian twentieth-century modernism has been published in the prestigious Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians (JSAH).

An insightful PhD thesis by Maryam Fayyaz delves into the geometric transformation of Frank Lloyd Wright’s quadrate plan form and the ways it has been adopted by postwar Australian architects.

Delegates from around the globe recently came together in Brisbane to explore the concept of “Islands” in architectural history and practice, at the 40th annual Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand (SAHANZ) conference.