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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.

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?

Design students at The University of Queensland have contributed to the development of a world-first guide to help doctors and nurses in emergency departments better understand mechanical heart devices.

Researchers from the School of Architecture, Design and Planning are developing a new tool that provides guidance on integrating climate-resilient and emission-reduction strategies into infrastructure.

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.