Dr Elizabeth Musgrave
Honorary Lecturer
School of Architecture, Design and Planning
Publications
Books
Musgrave, Elizabeth (2023). John Dalton: subtropical modernism and the turn to environment in Australian architecture. London, United Kingdom: Bloomsbury Publishing.
Zehner, Robert, Forsyth, Graham, Musgrave, Elizabeth, Neale, Douglas, de la Harpe, Barbara, Peterson, Fiona and Frankham, Noel (2009). Curriculum development in studio teaching. Sydney, Australia: Australian Learning and Teaching Council.
Book Chapters
Moulis, Antony and Musgrave, Elizabeth (2018). Exhibiting Scarpa: transcriptions of the narrative detail in Queensland. Italy/Australia: postmodern architecture in translation. (pp. 76-89) edited by Silvia Micheli and John Macarthur. Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Uro Publications.
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.
Musgrave, Elizabeth (2012). Exhibition, 'pin-up' review. Assessing creativity: supporting learning in architecture and design. (pp. 201-203) edited by Hedda Haugen Asklund, Michael J. Ostward and Anthonly Williams. Sydney, Australia: Office for Learning and Teaching (OLT).
Musgrave, Elizabeth (2012). Watson-Brown, Elizabeth. The encyclopedia of Australian architecture. (pp. 755-755) edited by Philip Goad and Julie Willis. Melbourne, Australia: Cambridge University Press.
Musgrave, Elizabeth (2012). Heathwood, Peter. The encyclopedia of Australian architecture. (pp. 321-322) edited by Philip Goad and Julie Willis. Melbourne, Australia: Cambridge University Press.
Musgrave, Elizabeth A. and Price, John (2008). The worst house in Brisbane. Abundant: Australian Pavilion 11th International Architectural Exhibition La Biennale de Venezia 2008. (pp. 135-135) edited by Neil Durbach, Vince Frost, Wendy Lewin, Kerstin Thompson and Gary Warner. Barton, ACT: Australian Institute of Architects.
Musgrave, Elizabeth A. (2007). Living the Modern "At The Edge". Living the modern: Australian architecture. (pp. 27-30) edited by V Perren and Kristien Ring. Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz Verlag.
Musgrave, Elizabeth A. (2005). The Jacobi house: Format expression and spatial moment. Hayes and Scott: Post-war Houses. (pp. 44-53) edited by Andrew Wilson. St Lucia: The University of Queensland Press.
Moulis, A. and Musgrave, E. (1997). Engaging the Material Urban Setting. Emergent Paradigms in Design Education: Sustainability, Collaboration & Community. (pp. 39-40) Sydney: Faculty of the Built Environment UNSW.
Journal Articles
Musgrave, Elizabeth (2024). Review of Our Concealed Ballast, Marian Macken, Vagabond Press, 2023, 112 pp.. Interstices: Journal of Architecture and Related Arts, 23 (23), 143-145. doi: 10.24135/ijara.v23i23.796
Musgrave, Elizabeth and Goad, Philip (2022). Tropical modernism in Australia’s Top End: climate, generic models and Harry Seidler’s Paspaley House, Darwin. The Journal of Architecture, 27 (5-6), 778-807. doi: 10.1080/13602365.2022.2146153
Musgrave, Elizabeth (2019). For love of whimsy: Kooroomba Chapel. Architecture Australia, 108 (3), 88-93.
Musgrave, Elizabeth (2018). Shadow-Makers: A Cultural History of Shadows in Architecture. Architectural Theory Review, 22 (2), 296-299. doi: 10.1080/13264826.2018.1484335
Musgrave, Elizabeth, Dongxue, Lei (translator) and Lu, Andong (Editor) (2017). Climate + comfort: fifty years of the split skillion roof in Queensland. Architectural Review (China), 586 1, 001-007.
Musgrave, Elizabeth (2017). 'Hot' and 'Cool': Perceptions of Subtropical Modernism in Post-War Queensland. Fabrications, 28 (2), 200-230. doi: 10.1080/10331867.2017.1309958
Musgrave, Elizabeth (2017). "G.W. Pestorius: Elbin Drive and beyond". Architecture Australia, 106 (3), 77-78.
Musgrave, Elizabeth (2016). Clare Design Works 1980-2015. Architecture Australia, 105 (3), 51-52.
Musgrave, Elizabeth Anne and Neale, Douglas (2015). Tacit knowing: making disciplinary knowledge visible in architectural design. Design Principles and Practices, 8, 43-54. doi: 10.18848/1833-1874/cgp/v08/38304
Musgrave, Elizabeth (2015). Sun and Shadow House by John Dalton. Houses (102), 130-136.
Price, John and Musgrave, Elizabeth (2010). Space craft. Architectural Review Australia (117), 78-87.
de la Harpe, Barbara, Peterson, J.Fiona, Frankham, Noel, Zehner, Robert, Neale, Douglas, Musgrave, Elizabeth and McDermott, Ruth (2009). Assessment focus in studio: What is most prominent in architecture, art and design?. International Journal of Art & Design Education, 28 (1), 37-51. doi: 10.1111/j.1476-8070.2009.01591.x
Musgrave, Elizabeth (2007). Sunlight, shade and shadow: Elizabeth Musgrave remembers John Dalton. Architecture Australia, 96 (5), 51.
Musgrave, Elizabeth (2005). Cool: The 60s Brisbane house. Architecture Australia, 93 (6), 41-42.
Musgrave, Elizabeth and Neale, Douglas (2004). Architectural image and idiom: Making local. Mosaic, 37 (4), 255-273.
Musgrave, Elizabeth and Horner, Max (2003). The detail of Architecture. AASA Refereed Design Scheme, 24-27.
Musgrave, Elizabeth and Price, John (2003). Northern exposure. Monument: Architecture and Design, 58 (2003/2004), 80-84.
Musgrave, Elizabeth (2003). From cellar to garret: extending the range of the bungalow. AASA Refereed Design Scheme, 18-23.
Musgrave, Elizabeth (2002). Goodwill overture. Architecture Australia, 91 (5), 66-69.
Musgrave, Elizabeth and Horner, Max (2000). The detail in architecture: Comparative analysis of built detail. Architectural Theory Review, 5 (1), 1-15.
Musgrave, E. A. (1999). Rivercity flows on. Monument (33), 76-83.
Conference Papers
Musgrave, Elizabeth (2020). The distance between myth and reality: constructing a modern architectural identity in rural Queensland. Combined meeting of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand (SAHANZ) and the European Architectural History Network (EAHN), University of Sydney, 10-13 July 2019. Sydney, NSW, Australia: Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand.
Musgrave, Elizabeth (2018). Knowledge transfer in the nineteenth century: the short history of béton aggloméré in Queensland. SAHANZ 2018: Historiographies of technology and architecture, Wellington, New Zealand, 4-7 July 2018. Wellington, New Zealand: SAHANZ.
Musgrave, Elizabeth (2018). Semantics and the Queensland idiom: identity in modern and post-modern (sub)tropical Queensland architecture. International Network of Tropical Architecture 2017 : Tropical Storms as a setting for adaptive development and architecture, Gainesville, FL, United States, 1-3 December 2017. Gainesville, Florida: iNTA .
Musgrave, Elizabeth (2017). “The Pleasures Functions of Architecture”: Postmodern Architecture and the “Culture of flimsiness” in Queensland. SAHANZ 2017 Quotation: What does history have in store for architecture today?, Canberra, Australia, 5-8 July 2017. Canberra, Australia: SAHANZ.
Elizabeth Musgrave (2017). Finding form: tools for mediating sunlight and shadow in the work of mid-century modern architects. EAHN The Tools of the Architect, Delft, The Netherlands, 22-24 November 2017.
Musgrave, Elizabeth (2016). A golden anniversary: 50 years of the split skillion roof in Queensland. Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand (SAHANZ) Annual Conference, Melbourne, Australia, 6-9 July 2016. Melbourne, Australia: SAHANZ.
Musgrave, Elizabeth (2015). Structuring space for student life: John Dalton’s 1970s campus commissions. Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand (SAHANZ) Annual Conference, Sydney, NSW, Australia, 7-10 July 2015. Sydney, NSW, Australia: SAHANZ.
Musgrave, Elizabeth (2014). Formal abstraction: from art to architecture in the work of John Dalton. Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand (SAHANZ) Annual Conference, Auckland, New Zealand, 2-5 July 2014. Gold Coast, QLD, Australia: SAHANZ and Unitec Press.
Musgrave, Elizabeth (2013). What's 'out' ... what's 'in'. Revolution versus evolution: John Dalton architect as pamphleteer. 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.
Musgrave, E., Andresen, B. and Neale, D. (2011). Constructing Architectural Space. ConnectED 2010: 2nd International Conference on Design Education, UNSW Sydney, June 28 - July 1. UNSW, Sydney: Faculty of the Built Environment, Faculty of Engineering, College of Fine Arts.
Musgrave, Elizabeth and Price, John (2010). Strategies for interactions: Studio teaching in architectural design. ConnectED 2010: 2nd International Conference on Design Education, Sydney, Australia, 28 June - 1 July 2010. Sydney, Australia: University of New South Wales.
Musgrave, Elizabeth and Andresen, Brit (2008). Sustaining futures: Yandina: A case study for country towns. Sub-tropical Cities 2008 Conference, Brisbane, 3-6 September 2008. Brisbane: Queensland University of Technology (QUT) Centre for Subtropical Design.
Musgrave, Elizabeth and Andresen, Brit (2008). Recovering the country towns archive: Framing local history. Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand (SAHANZ) Annual Conference, Deakin University, Geelong, Australia, 3-6 June 2008. Geelong, Australia: Society of Architectural Historians Australia & New Zealand.
Musgrave, Elizabeth and Hughes, Clair (2007). Parallel studio: Enhancing the studio learning experience for first-year architecture students. CONNECTED 2007, University of New South Wales, Sydney, 9-12 July, 2007. Sydney, Australia: University of New South Wales.
Musgrave, Elizabeth and Moulis, Antony (2007). Seeing drawing: Representing architecture on-line. 4th International Conference of the Association of Architecture Schools of Australasia: Techniques and Technology, Transfer and Transformation, Sydney, Australia, 27-29 September 2007. Sydney, Australia: Association of Architecture Schools of Australasia.
Musgrave, Elizabeth (2006). Architecture's responsiveness: Mapping change in the Queensland house. Subtropical Cities 2006, Centre for Sub-Tropical Design, Fac. of Built Env. & Eng. QUT, 27-29 September 2006. Sydney, Australia: Centre for Sub-tropical Design: Qld Univ. of Technology.
Musgrave, Elizabeth (2005). Mapping 'drawing together' space and its experience. Drawing Together: Convergent Practices in Architectural Education, Brisbane, QUT, 28-30 September, 2005. St Lucia, Brisbane: The University of Queensland.
Musgrave, Elizabeth (2003). John Railton: Brisbane houses 1962-70. Progress, Faculty of Architecture, University of Sydney, 3-5 October 2003. Sydney: Society of Architectural Historians, Australia & New Zealand.
Musgrave, Elizabeth (2002). The Plywood Exhibition House: An Investigation of Local Idiom. Additions to Architectural History, XIXth Conference of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand, Brisbane, New Farm Powerhouse, 4-7 October 2002. Brisbane, Australia: Sahanz.
Designs
Musgrave, Elizabeth and Price, John (2008). Goomburra Farmhouse.
Musgrave, Elizabeth, Price, John and Hampson, Alice (2005). Uralla Country Home.
Musgrave, Elizabeth and Price, John (2003). Hilltop House.
Theses
Musgrave, Elizabeth A. (2005). Mapping the edge : an analysis of regional responses in the Queensland house. MPhil Thesis, School of Geography, Planning and Architecture, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/131282
Musgrave, Elizabeth A. (1987). Garden poetry. Other, School of Geography, Planning and Architecture, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/uql.2020.534