Adjunct Professor Donald Watson
Adjunct Professor
School of Architecture, Design and Planning
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Featured projects | Duration |
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Robin Gibson | 2016–2018 |
Karl Langer: Modern Architect and Migrant in the Australian Tropics | 2022 |
Publications
Books
Watson, Donald and McKay, Judith (1994). Queensland architects of the 19th century : a biographical dictionary. Brisbane: Queensland Museum.
Queensland Architectural Archive, Watson, Donald, Gardiner, Fiona and Brisbane Civic Art Gallery (1988). Well made plans : catalogue of an exhibition of drawings from the Queensland Architectural Archive in the Fryer Memorial Library, University of Queensland. St. Lucia, Qld.: University of Queensland Library with the assistance of the Friends of the Fryer Library.
Watson, Donald (1986). Macarthur Chambers, 229 Queen Street, Brisbane. South Brisbane, Qld: Don Watson.
Watson, Donald, 1945- and McKay, Judith, 1949- (1984). A directory of Queensland architects to 1940. St. Lucia, Qld: The University of Queensland Library.
Watson, Donald (1981). The Queensland house : a report into the nature and evolution of significant aspects of domestic architecture in Queensland. Brisbane: National Trust of Queensland.
Watson, Donald (1978). Dating your house : a guide to establishing the date of construction of your own home. Brisbane: National Trust of Queensland.
Book Chapters
Gardiner, Fiona and Watson, Don (2022). ‘Australia Is Our Fate!'. Karl Langer: Modern Architect and Migrant in the Australian Tropics. (pp. 49-72) London, United Kingdom: Bloomsbury Publishing.
Watson, Don and Gardiner, Fiona (2022). Bend Like Bamboo: Always Bounce Back. Karl Langer: Modern Architect and Migrant in the Australian Tropics. (pp. 75-103) London, United Kingdom: Bloomsbury Publishing.
Watson, Donald (2017). Prelude to Practice: the Colonial Architect’s Office, 1882-1889. Conrad Gargett : 1890–2015. (pp. 2-7) edited by Robert Riddel. Brisbane, Queensland: Conrad Gargett.
Watson, Donald (2017). Henry W. Atkinson and Charles McLay: In Partnership, 1907-18. Conrad Gargett : 1890–2015. (pp. 30-49) edited by Robert Riddel. Brisbane, Queensland: Conrad Gargett.
Watson, Donald (2017). Henry W. Atkinson and Charles McLay: Parallel Careers 1890-1907. In Robert Riddel (Ed.), Conrad Gargett : 1890–2015 (pp. 8-29) Brisbane, Queensland: Conrad Gargett.
Macarthur, John, Riddel, Robert and Watson, Donald (2015). Civic visions for Brisbane. Hot modernism: Queensland architecture 1945-1975. (pp. 217-235) edited by John Macarthur, Deborah van der Plaat, Janina Gosseye and Andrew Wilson. London, United Kingdom: Artifice Books on Architecture.
Gosseye, Janina and Watson, Donald (2015). Architectural practice in post-war Queensland. Hot modernism: Queensland architecture 1945-1975. (pp. 164-181) edited by John P. Macarthur, Deborah van der Plaat, Janina Gosseye and Andrew Wilson. London, United Kingdom: Artifice.
Watson, Don (2015). Bayco Blocks: purposeful play?. Materiality: brick and block in contemporary Australian architecture. (pp. 558-559) edited by Ronald E. Ringer. Horsley Park, NSW, Australia: Dry Press Publishing.
Watson, Don (2012). Fulton, Charles. The encyclopedia of Australian architecture. (pp. 264-265) edited by Philip Goad and Julie Willis. Port Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Cambridge University Press.
Watson, Don (2012). Saunders, Edward. The encyclopedia of Australian architecture. (pp. 615-615) edited by Philip Goad and Julie Willis. Port Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Cambridge University Press.
Watson, Don (2012). Stombuco, Andrea Giovanni. The encyclopedia of Australian architecture. (pp. 654-655) edited by Philip Goad and Julie Willis. Port Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Cambridge University Press.
Watson, Don (2012). Suter, Richard George. The encyclopedia of Australian architecture. (pp. 668-669) edited by Philip Goad and Julie Willis. Port Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Cambridge University Press.
Watson, Don (2012). Wilson, John William. The encyclopedia of Australian architecture. (pp. 767-768) edited by Philip Goad and Julie Willis. Port Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Cambridge University Press.
Watson, Don (2012). Marks, James and Harry. The encyclopedia of Australian architecture. (pp. 430-430) edited by Philip Goad and Julie Willis. Port Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Cambridge University Press.
Watson, Don (2012). Lough, John. The encyclopedia of Australian architecture. (pp. 414-414) edited by Philip Goad and Julie Willis. Port Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Cambridge University Press.
Watson, Don (2012). Jones, Francis. The encyclopedia of Australian architecture. (pp. 374-374) edited by Philip Goad and Julie Willis. Port Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Cambridge University Press.
Watson, Don (2012). Gill, G.B.. The encyclopedia of Australian architecture. (pp. 272-272) edited by Philip Goad and Julie Willis. Port Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Cambridge University Press.
Watson, Don (2012). Gailey, Richard. The encyclopedia of Australian architecture. (pp. 266-266) edited by Philip Goad and Julie Willis. Port Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Cambridge University Press.
Watson, Don (2012). Roehricht, Richard. The encyclopedia of Australian architecture. (pp. 601-601) edited by Philip Goad and Julie Willis. Port Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Cambridge University Press.
Watson, Don (2012). Pye, Thomas. The encyclopedia of Australian architecture. (pp. 571-572) edited by Philip Goad and Julie Willis. Port Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Cambridge University Press.
Watson, Don (2012). Powell, Willoughby. The encyclopedia of Australian architecture. (pp. 558-558) edited by Philip Goad and Julie Willis. Port Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Cambridge University Press.
Watson, Don (2012). Porter, Christopher. The encyclopedia of Australian architecture. (pp. 551-551) edited by Philip Goad and Julie Willis. Port Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Cambridge University Press.
Watson, Don (2012). Petrie, Andrew. The encyclopedia of Australian architecture. (pp. 538-538) edited by Philip Goad and Julie Willis. Port Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Cambridge University Press.
Watson, Don (2012). Payne, G.D.. The encyclopedia of Australian architecture. (pp. 533-533) edited by Philip Goad and Julie Willis. Port Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Cambridge University Press.
Watson, Don (2012). Coote, William. The encyclopedia of Australian architecture. (pp. 174-174) edited by Philip Goad and Julie Willis. Port Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Cambridge University Press.
Watson, Don (2012). Chambers, C.W.. The encyclopedia of Australian architecture. (pp. 138-139) edited by Philip Goad and Julie Willis. Port Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Cambridge University Press.
Watson, Don (2012). Buckeridge, J.H.. The encyclopedia of Australian architecture. (pp. 112-112) edited by Philip Goad and Julie Willis. Port Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Cambridge University Press.
Watson, Don (2012). Brady, Alfred. The encyclopedia of Australian architecture. (pp. 103-103) edited by Philip Goad and Julie Willis. Port Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Cambridge University Press.
Watson, Don (2012). Corrie, Leslie. The encyclopedia of Australian architecture. (pp. 175-175) edited by Philip Goad and Julie Willis. Port Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Cambridge University Press.
Watson, Donald and van Bremen, Ingrid (2012). Wright, Alfred. The encyclopedia of Australian architecture. (pp. 778-778) edited by Philip Goad and Julie Willis. Port Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Cambridge University Press.
Watson, Don (2012). Costello, F.G.. The encyclopedia of Australian architecture. (pp. 175-176) edited by Philip Goad and Julie Willis. Port Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Cambridge University Press.
Watson, Don (2012). Donoghue, Cusick & Edwards. The encyclopedia of Australian architecture. (pp. 212-212) edited by Philip Goad and Julie Wills. Port Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Cambridge University Press.
Watson, Don (2012). Ford Hutton & Newell. The encyclopedia of Australian architecture. (pp. 260-260) edited by Philip Goad and Julie Willis. Port Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Cambridge University Press.
Watson, Don and King, Stuart (2012). Queensland architecture. The encyclopedia of Australian architecture. (pp. 574-578) edited by Philip Goad and Julie Willis. Port Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Cambridge University Press.
Journal Articles
Gosseye, Janina and Watson, Donald (2022). From IB74 to US Patent 4438616: the (re)making of a profession. Architectural Histories, 10 (1), 1-37. doi: 10.16995/AH.8310
Watson, Don (2020). Obituary, Roman Pavlyshyn (1922–2019). Architecture Australia, 109 (6).
Watson, Don and Gardiner, Fiona (2019). Archive of an Architect: The Karl Langer Collection. Fryer Folios, 12 (1), 32-39.
Watson, Don (2019). John Petrie: builder to the Queensland government. Queensland History Journal, 24 (2), 166-183.
Watson, Don (2019). Obituary, Geoffrey Pie (1938–2018). Architecture Australia, 108 (6), 106-107.
Watson, Don (2018). Parliament House: design and construction. Apart from Charles Tiffin and John Petrie, who else was involved?. Queensland History Journal, 23 (11), 770-797.
Watson, Don (2018). Charles Tiffin: Public Service Con Amore. Queensland History Journal, 23 (11), 752-769.
Hutcheson, Margot (2016). Peter and the Chinook. Fryer Folios, 10 (1), 20-20.
Watson, Don (2016). Roman Pavlyshyn architect : patriot. Fryer Folios, 10 (1), 16-19.
Watson, Donald (2013). Starting a structural revolution: Was Siemon's warehouse Brisbane's first reinforced concrete framed building?. Queensland History Journal, 22 (3), 233-246.
Watson, Donald (2012). A house of sticks: a history of Queenslander houses in Maryborough. Queensland Review, 19 (1), 50-74. doi: 10.1017/qre.2012.6
Watson, Donald (2011). A tolerably imposing pile: the Brisbane Courts of Law 1879-1976 an architectural history. Supreme Court History Program Yearbook 2010, 46-121.
Watson, Donald (1981). The Australian sugar industry story, 1907-1982 : achievements of the A.S.P.A.. Journal of the Royal Historical Society of Queensland, 11 (3), 88-106.
Conference Papers
Gosseye, Janina and Watson, Donald (2020). Architects on the Verge: Distance in Proximity at 'The Pleasures of Architecture'. 36th Annual Conference of the Society of Architectural Historians, Sydney, NSW Australia, 10 - 13 July 2019. Sydney, NSW Australia: Society of Architectural Historians Australia and New Zealand (SAHANZ).
Watson, Don (2016). Keynote address: Excerpts from a history of Brisbane icons. 13th Australasian Urban History Planning History Conference, Gold Coast, Queensland, 31 January–3 February 2016. Griffith University, Gold Coast: Australasian Urban History/Planning History Group.
Data Collection
Watson, Donald (2017). Rolls of the Board of Architects Queensland, 1930 - 1980. The University of Queensland Library. (Dataset) doi: 10.14264/uql.2017.123
Audio Documents
Watson, Donald, 1945- and Hampson, Alice L. T. M. Don Winsen interviewed by Alice Hampson and Don Watson, 20 Apr 1989. Interviews with architects 1989, F3831.
Watson, Donald, 1945- and Hampson, Alice L. T. M. Louis Hailey interviewed by Alice Hampson and Don Watson, 4 Apr 1989. Interviews with architects 1989, F3831.
Watson, Donald, 1945- and Hampson, Alice L. T. M. Eddie Hayes interviewed by Alice Hampson and Don Watson, 13 Apr 1989. Interviews with architects 1989, F3831.
Watson, Donald, 1945- and Hampson, Alice L. T. M. Jim Birrell interviewed by Don Watson, 1989 (Incomplete). Interviews with architects 1989, F3831.
Watson, Donald, 1945- and Hampson, Alice L. T. M. Stuart McIntosh interviewed by Don Watson, 23 May 1989. Interviews with architects 1989, F3831.