Research news

In a new article in The Conversation, Associate Professor Dorina Pojani, Postdoctoral Research Fellow Ying Lu and Honorary Professor Neil Sipe argue that working from home is a compelling economic issue.

Fresh research from The University of Queensland could help apartment dwellers enjoy a backyard garden in their own flat and a year-round harvest of fruit and vegetables.

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).

Expanded research by Dr Fred Fialho Teixeira is set to put The University of Queensland at the forefront of digital twin development, revolutionising the way spaces are understood.

A recent book co-edited by Professor Ali Cheshmehzangi gives new insight into forward-looking, multidisciplinary strategies for tackling climate change in cities around the globe.

A recent PhD thesis by Genevieve Mosely addresses a concerning mismatch between the demand for designers skilled in design facilitation practices, and "the more static state" of design education.

Researchers from UQ’s School of Architecture, Design and Planning and the National University of Singapore’s Department of Architecture came together on Thursday, 13 March for the inaugural symposium on Climate Resilience for Healthy Urbanism.

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.

Paul Dielemans has accomplished a fascinating PhD thesis that explores the 1940–50s school designs of Queensland architect Frank Leo Cullen (1909–91) and what they represented for the Roman Catholic Church.

Ms. Caswell, an HDR candidate at UQ's School of Architecture, Design, and Planning, developed RUMI-01 to aid her research on health and wellbeing in high-rise precincts.