On Tuesday 21 June 2022, the University of Queensland launched the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Design Framework at an event at Customs House. University of Queensland Vice Chancellor and President Professor Deborah Terry, Pro-Vice Chancellor (Indigenous Engagement) Professor Bronwyn Fredericks, Project Teams and Leads, and the UQ community were all in attendance at what Professor Cameron Bruhn noted was "a significant moment in the university's journey towards reconciliation and the task of creating a treaty-ready built environment."
Project Lead, Carroll Go-Sam's inspiring call to action titled "Zero to Hero" follows.
Join Islam Marshaly and Steve Chaddock as they present their ongoing research from overlapping research projects at the School of Architecture, the creation of a ‘digital twin’ of UQ’s St Lucia campus and research on digital cultural heritage of late modern campus architecture.
This collaboration between Dr Paola Leardini (UQ Centre for Future Timber Structure) and Maryam Shirmohammadi (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries - Forest Product Innovation) will enable future protocol development for mass timber building design and maintenance, focusing on structural stability, decay management and prevention.
Do you want to know how architecture schools in Australia and New Zealand are responding to the climate crisis through research, teaching, and learning? The report released today for the Climate Literacy and Action in Architecture Education project gives plenty of cause for optimism.
In June 2021, the University of Queensland School of Architecture and the Prince’s Trust Australia will partner to deliver the Enduring Design Masterclass, a winter intensive course that will provide Built Environment students with a practical understanding of the sustainable practice of traditional building knowledge.
In 1950s Australia, places of worship were a pivotal component in the construction of culture and community in rural and suburban expansion. However, the subsequent significance of these buildings has been largely unrecognized. Philip Goad and UQ Architecture PhD candidate Lisa Marie Daunt introduce some of the country’s most intriguing experiments with a new, modernist language for ecclesiastical architecture.
