Dr Andrew Wilson
Senior Lecturer in Architecture
School of Architecture, Design and Planning
+61 7 334 67852
Researcher biography
Dr Andrew Wilson is a registered architect, architectural educator, and researcher with a Master of Architecture (Research by Design) from RMIT University (2001) and practice experience Victoria, Queensland and Germany. Andrew has teaching experience in the areas of 'Technology and Science' and 'History and Theory', as well as running architectural and urban design studios. He is committed to architectural culture, critical approaches to design learning and an open international cultural exchange with a focus on the Asia Pacific.
Andrew Wilson's research is focused on Research by Design; architecture as a open question, urban and social space, architecture's relationship with the city, and scales of regional operation. His work has been published in leading journals including Casabella and Architecture Australia.
Wilson has contributed as a Chief Investigator to a competitive external research grant, lead by Professor John Macarthur from the Australian Research Council, a Linkage Grant for 'Architectural Practice in Post-war Queensland (1945-1975): Building and Interpreting an Oral History Archive'. He has presented invited lectures and peer-reviewed conference papers in Japan, New Zealand and Australia. He was a JSPS Invitation Visiting Fellow at the University of Tsukuba (2011), and Visiting Foreign Research Fellow in 2012 and 2013. He has been invited as Visiting Scholar to KU Leuven, Belgium in the second half of 2014. He has curated architectural exhibitions and his own architectural work and collaborations have been exhibited at the Venice Biennale (2008) and in Australia. He regularly contributes as a critic to Architectural Review (London), Japan Architect, Architecture Australia and Architectural Review Australia.
Publications
Book
Moulis, Antony and Wilson, Andrew (2010). University of Queensland Centenary Architecture Campus Map. St. Lucia, QLD, Australia: School of Architecture, The University of Queensland.
Book Chapters
Wilson, Andrew (2023). Bligh, Arthur William (1905-1998). Australian Dictionary of Biography. (pp. 1-2) Canberra, ACT, Australia: The Australian National University.
Goad, Philip, McNamara, Andrew and Wilson, Andrew (2022). Vienna: Karl and Gertrude. Karl Langer: modern architect and migrant in the Australian tropics. (pp. 14-47) edited by Deborah van der Plaat and John Macarthur. London, United Kingdom: Bloomsbury Publishing. doi: 10.5040/9781350068131.ch-002
Saniga, Andrew and Wilson, Andrew (2022). A league of his own: Karl Langer's Landscape Australia. Karl Langer: modern architect and migrant in the Australian tropics. (pp. 232-257) edited by Deborah van der Plaat and John Macarthur. London, United Kingdom: Bloomsbury Publishing. doi: 10.5040/9781350068131.ch-009
Wilson, Andrew (2022). Bridging continents: Karl Langer's contributions to housing. Karl Langer: modern architect and migrant in the Tropics. (pp. 143-169) edited by John Macarthur and Deborah van der Plaat. London, United Kingdom: Bloomsbury Publishing. doi: 10.5040/9781350068131.ch-006
Wilson, Andrew (2021). After war: the St Lucia homes of Edwin Hayes and Campbell Scott. Activism at home: architects dwelling between politics, aesthetics and resistance. (pp. 60-71) edited by Isabelle Doucet and Janina Gosseye . Berlin, Germany: Jovis.
Wilson, Andrew (2016). The Education of Geoffrey Pestorius, Queensland Architect. G.W. Pestorius: Eblin Drive and Beyond. (pp. 72-83) edited by Leni Hoffmann and David Pestorius. Vienna, Austria: Verlag Für Moderne Kunst.
van der Plaat, Deborah, Wilson, Andrew C. and Musgrave, Elizabeth (2015). Twentieth-century (sub) tropical housing: framing climate, culture and civilisation in post-war Queensland. Hot modernism: Queensland architecture 1945-1975. (pp. 75-99) edited by John P. Macarthur, Deborah van der Plaat, Janina Gosseye and Andrew Wilson. London, United Kingdom: Artifice.
Micheli, Silvia and Wilson, Andrew C. (2015). International influences in post-war Queensland: protagonists, destinations and models. Hot modernism: Queensland architecture 1945-1975. (pp. 117-133) edited by John P. Macarthur, Deborah van der Plaat, Janina Gosseye and Andrew Wilson. London, United Kingdom: Artifice.
van der Plaat, Deborah and Wilson, Andrew (2015). Bringing architecture to the people: defining architectural practice and culture in post-war Queensland. Hot modernism: Queensland architecture 1945-1975. (pp. 15-29) edited by John Macarthur, Deborah van der Plaat, Janina Gosseye and Andrew Wilson. London, United Kingdom: Artifice.
Wilson, Andrew C. (2014). The Great Hall, University of Queensland. Augmented Australia: Regenerating Lost Architecture 1914-2014. (pp. 54-57) edited by Simon Anderson and Philip Goad. Barton, ACT, Australia: The Australian Institute of Architects.
Wilson, Andrew (2012). Kirk, Richard. The encyclopedia of Australian architecture. (pp. 384-384) edited by Philip Goad and Julie Willis. Port Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Cambridge University Press.
Wilson, Andrew (2012). Hayes and Scott. The encyclopedia of Australian architecture. (pp. 320-320) edited by Philip Goad and Julie Willis. Port Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Cambridge University Press.
Wilson, Andrew (2012). Job and Froud. The encyclopedia of Australian architecture. (pp. 367-367) edited by Philip Goad and Julie Willis. Port Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Cambridge University Press.
Wilson, Andrew (2012). Birrell, James. The encyclopedia of Australian architecture. (pp. 84-85) edited by Philip Goad and Julie Willis. Port Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Cambridge University Press.
Wilson, Andrew (2012). Simpson, John. The encyclopedia of Australian architecture. (pp. 628-628) edited by Philip Goad and Julie Willis. Port Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Cambridge University Press.
Wilson, Andrew (2012). Mainwaring, John. The encyclopedia of Australian architecture. (pp. 425-425) edited by Philip Goad and Julie Willis. Port Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Cambridge University Press.
Wilson, Andrew (2012). Donovan Hill. The encyclopedia of Australian architecture. (pp. 212-213) edited by Philip Goad and Julie Willis. Port Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Cambridge University Press.
Wilson, Andrew (2012). m3architecture. The encyclopedia of Australian architecture. (pp. 421-421) edited by Philip Goad and Julie Willis. Port Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Cambridge University Press.
Wilson, Andrew (2011). Karl Langer's subtropical housing. Sweat: The Subtropical Imaginary. (pp. 129-144) edited by Andrew McNamara. Brisbane, Australia: Institute of Modern Art.
Wilson, Andrew (2009). Torbreck : Projections of Californian landscape and ultra-modern lifestyle. Skyplane : form, technique, content. (pp. 132-143) edited by Richard Francis-Jones, Lawrence Nield and Xing Ruan. Sydney, Australia: UNSW Press.
Wilson, Andrew (2008). California dreaming: Civic ambition and subtropical housing in postwar Queensland. Placemakers: Contemporary Queensland architects. (pp. 30-39) edited by Miranda Wallace and Sarah Stutchbury. Brisbane, Australia: Queensland Art Gallery.
Wilson, Andrew (2008). Relational equilibrium, Amposta. ReHousing: 24 housing projects. (pp. 44-49) edited by Shane Murray, Diego Ramirez-Lovering and Simon Whibley. Melbourne, Vic., Australia: RMIT University Press.
Wilson, Andrew (2008). Controlled spirals in the post-war motorised city. Modern Times: The Untold Story of Modernism in Australia. (pp. 166-171) edited by Ann Stephen, Philip Goad and Andrew McNamara. Melbourne, Australia: The Miegunyah Press.
Wilson, Andrew and Reilly, Angela (2005). Reflections on an enduring partnership. Hayes & Scott : post-war houses. (pp. 2-17) edited by Andrew Wilson. St Lucia, Queensland: The University of Queensland Press.
Journal Articles
Wilson, Andrew (2024). Tropical Modernism: Architecture and Independence. ArchitectureAU.
Wilson, Andrew (2022). James Birrell: The Gift of Significant Collective Form. Sunnie Magazine (3), 86-91.
Sully, Nicole, O'Rourke, Timothy and Wilson, Andrew (2021). "Design". M/C Journal, 24 (4). doi: 10.5204/mcj.2848
Wilson, Andrew C., Tsukamoto, Yoshiharu, Kaijima, Momoyo and Orkland, David (2012). Strangely orthodox. The Japan Architect, 85, 4-6.
Wilson, Andrew (2011). Life cycle: Torbreck. Architectural Review Australia (122), 122-126.
Wilson, Andrew (2010). Autumnal garden. 'scape: The International Magazine for Landscape Architecture and Urbanism, 2010 (2), 10-10.
Wilson, Andrew (2010). People Meet in Architecture: Venice 2010. 'scape: The International Magazine for Landscape Architecture and Urbanism, 2010 (2), 10-11.
Wilson, Andrew (2008). Le Corbusier: Art and architecture – a life of creativity. Artichoke, 2 (22), 61-63.
Wilson, Andrew (2007). Engaging with the flux: Spectres from the post-bubble city of Tokyo. 'scape: The International Magazine for Landscape Architecture and Urbanism, 2007 (1), 38-42.
Wilson, Andrew (2007). Concrete jigsaw. Houses, 58, 84-90.
Wilson, Andrew (2006). Air. Architecture Australia, 95 (4), 62-69.
Wilson, Andrew (2006). Q1 Podium. Architecture Australia, 95 (4), 57-61.
Wilson, Andrew (2005). Ten tributes to Birrell: Andrew Wilson. Architecture Australia, 94 (2), 100-100.
Conference Papers
Wilson, Andrew (2023). Centenary Estates: private development and Brisbane’s post-war expansion west. Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand (SAHANZ) Annual Conference, Auckland, New Zealand, 25-27 November 2022. Auckland, New Zealand: SAHANZ. doi: 10.55939/a3709cvfen
Wilson, Andrew (2021). A City Transformed by War: Brisbane’s City Plan and World War Two. Histories of Urban Design: Global Trajectories and Local Realities, Zürich, Switzerland, 15-17 November 2021.
Wilson, Andrew Charles (2019). Cities in the Sun Fundamentals of Australian Tropical Architecture. Urban Tropicality, St Lucia, QLD, Australia, 5-8 December 2019.
Wilson, Andrew (2017). Cultural exchange: production of architectural knowledge between Australia, Japan and the United Kingdom. Architecture Connects. Association of Architectural Educators 4th International Peer Reviewed Conference, Oxford, United Kingdom, 6–9 September 2017. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford Brookes University.
Leach, Andrew and Wilson, Andrew (2016). Gold on the sand, gold on the door: E.J. Hayes, you know where. Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand (SAHANZ) Annual Conference, Melbourne, Australia, 6-9 July 2016. Melbourne, Australia: SAHANZ.
van der Plaat, Deborah, Hunter, Jane, Gosseye, Janina, Macarthur, John and Wilson, Andrew (2013). Digital stories and semantic web technologies: new practices in developing and interpreting an architectural archive. 66th Annual Conference of the Society of Architectural Historians, Buffalo, NY, United States, 10-14 April 2013.
Wilson, Andrew (2013). The Queensland house: local idiom. Exploring Human Sciences: Leading Graduate Schools International Conference. Tsukuba Global Science Week 2013, Tsukuba, Japan, 2-4 October, 2013. Tsukuba, Japan: University of Tsukuba.
Wilson, Andrew C. (2013). Colour-theory and the houses of Hayes & Scott. Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand (SAHANZ) Annual Conference, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia, 2-5 July 2013. Gold Coast, QLD, Australia: SAHANZ: Society of Architectural Historians, Australia & New Zealand.
Hunter, Jane, Macarthur, John, van der Plaat, Deborah, Wilson, Andrew, Muys, Andrae and Bannerman, Gavin (2012). A Web 3.0 approach to building an online digital archive of architectural practice in post-war Queensland. International Council on Archives Congress 2012, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 20 - 24 August 2012. Eagle Farm, QLD, Australia: International Council on Archives Congress.
Hunter, Jane, Macarthur, John, van der Plaat, Deborah, Gosseye, Janina, Wilson, Andrew and Bannerman, Gavin (2012). A Web 3.0 approach to building an online digital archive of architectural practice in post-War Queensland. 17th International Council of Archives (ICA) Congress, Brisbane, Australia, 20-24 August 2012. Munich, Germany: De Gruyter Saur. doi: 10.3828/comma.2012.2.5
Wilson, Andrew (2011). Hayes & Scott and the horizontal house. Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand (SAHANZ) Annual Conference, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 7-10 July 2011. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand (SAHANZ).
Wilson, Andrew, Yokokawa, Akari, Flutter, Nicholas and Marnane, Kali (2011). Amplifications [golden teeth]: Urban space as outdoor museum Place Lalla Yeddouna, A Neighbourhood in the Medina of Fez, Morocco International Competition Entry. UIA2011 Tokyo The XXIV Congress of Architecture, Tokyo, Japan, September 25-October 1, 2011. Tokyo, Japan: The Japan Institute of Architects.
Wilson, Andrew (2010). Karl Langer's subtropical housing: Greenbelt communities and usonian variations. Green Fields, Brown Fields, New Fields Proceedings of the 10th Australasian Urban History, Planning History Conference, Melbourne, Vic, Australia, 7-10 February 2010. Melbourne, Australia: University of Melbourne.
Wilson, Andrew (2010). Toward a momentary representation of the idea of Australian architecture. Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand (SAHANZ) Annual Conference, Newcastle, NSW, Australia, 30 June-2 July 2010. Newcastle, NSW, Australia: Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand (SAHANZ).
Wilson, Andrew (2009). Torbreck: Projections of mid-twentieth century Californian landscape. Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand (SAHANZ) Annual Conference, Auckland, New Zealand, 2-5 July 2009. Auckland, New Zealand: SAHANZ.
Wilson, Andrew (2008). Karl Langer's subtropical housing. AAANZ 2008 Annual Conference, Brisbane, Australia, 4-6 December 2008.
Wilson, Andrew (2008). Relational equilibrium. re Housing: UAL International Housing Conference, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 5-8 October 2006. Melbourne, VIC, Australia: UAL (Urban Architecture Laboratory); RMIT Publishing.
Creative Work
van der Plaat, Deborah, Sully, Nicole, Wilson, Andrew, Pettrup, Chenoa and Jefford, Adam (2018). Recollecting Home, curated by Deborah van der Plaat, Nicole Sully and Andrew Wilson. In Home: A Suburban Obsession, curated by Chenoa Pettrup and Adam Jefford. Brisbane, Australia: State Library of Queensland.
Thesis
Wilson, Andrew Charles (2015). The houses of Hayes and Scott (1946-1984). PhD Thesis, School of Architecture, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/uql.2015.711
Designs
Wilson, Andrew (2007). Bäumler Forster Studio.
Wilson, Andrew (1999). Watson House.