Architecture
Architecture today is the product of many disciplines, which is reflected in the diversity of choice at the Melbourne School of Design. Urban design, planning, cost management, digital design and fabrication, engineering, environmental design, materials science, construction, landscape, art and the social sciences overlap to inform what we do as architects.
Architects combine creative vision, innovation, technological understanding and architectural theory to shape how we live, work and play in our built environment.
We are a vibrant community, with exceptional students and staff involved in shaping the built environment through unexpected discoveries. As teachers, we strive to develop imaginative, thoughtful, critical and industrious students. Trained with the appropriate skills, they are empowered to improve the quality of our built environments by addressing complex questions through from a cross-disciplinary viewpoint. The philosophy of "Thinking and Making” encompasses all that we aspire to achieve.
Architecture at Melbourne is distinctive from other schools. We offer one of the largest and broadest studio programs for our Masters students in Australia. Our studios are a place of critical debate and applied research. Practice and studio are intrinsically linked through modes of enquiry and provocative questioning. These design laboratories are used by our staff and students to test ideas, producing unexpected results. Creativity is at the heart of what we do.
Our students receive a grounding in architectural history, theory and technology that leads to the creation of innovative architecture. We have a commitment to our students to teach them the highly developed skills that see our graduates manage an architectural practice and lead or work within cross-discipline project teams.
Supported by some of the best fabrication workshop and makerspace facilities of any design school in Australia, our students learn to use new materials and technologies to create environmentally sustainable buildings. Design lies at the heart of the architectural process, and our students learn to develop their designs using modelling and rendering techniques, and virtual and physical modelling.
Architecture at Melbourne is identified by the Australian Government as having exceptional research strength, performing above world standard.
Programs
Undergraduate
Undergraduate study in Architecture is taught through the Bachelor of Design.
Study the Bachelor of Design (Architecture major)
Graduate
Find out about the coursework and research programs in Architecture:
Researchers
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A/Prof Amanda Achmadi, Associate Professor in Architectural Design -
Leire Asensio-Villoria, Senior Lecturer in Architecture and Urban Design -
Dr Behnaz Avazpour, Postdoctoral Research Associate -
Professor Donald Bates, Chair of Architectural Design -
Dr AnnMarie Brennan, Senior Lecturer in Design Theory -
Dr Karen Burns, Senior Lecturer in Architectural Design -
Xavier Cadorel, Lecturer -
Prof Christhina Candido, Professor in Environmental and Sustainable Design / Director Sustainable and Healthy Environments Lab -
Dr Dijia Chen, Lecturer in Architectural History & Theory -
Dr Siqing Chen, Senior Lecturer in Landscape Architecture -
A/Prof Ben Cleveland, Associate Professor in Learning Environments -
Dr Sofia Colabella, Lecturer in Architectural Technology -
Dr Kirsten Day, Lecturer in Technology and Practice -
Professor Kim Dovey, Chair of Architecture and Urban Design -
Professor Alexander Felson, Elisabeth Murdoch Chair of Landscape Architecture -
Dr Jie Feng, Lecturer in Architectural Science and Technology -
Professor Hélène Frichot, Professor of Architecture and Philosophy -
Blair Gardiner, Senior Lecturer in Construction Technology -
Professor Philip Goad, Redmond Barry Distinguished Professor and Chair of Architecture -
Professor Ray Green, Professor in Landscape Architecture and Heritage -
A/Prof Margaret Grose, Associate Professor in Landscape Architecture -
Stuart Harrison, Senior Lecturer -
A/Prof Rochus Hinkel, Associate Professor in Architecture and Design -
Dr Thanh Ho, Postdoctoral Research Fellow -
A/Prof Dominik Holzer, Associate Professor in Digital Architecture -
A/Prof Rory Hyde, Associate Professor in Architecture (Curatorial Design and Practice) -
Nancy Ji, Lecturer in Architectural Design -
Professor Justyna Karakiewicz, Professor in Urban Design -
Dr Stuart King, Senior Lecturer In Architectural Design And History -
Dr Nano Langenheim, Assistant Dean Technology -
Professor Hannah Lewi, Professor in Architecture -
Dr David Mah, Senior Lecturer in Architecture and Urban Design -
Dr Giorgio Marfella, Senior Lecturer in Architecture and Construction -
Dr Andrew Martel, Lecturer in Construction Management and Architecture -
Craig McCormack, Lecturer in Digital Architectural Design -
Professor Brendon McNiven, Enterprise Professor, Architectural Engineering -
Natalie Miles, Senior Tutor - Research & Pedagogy Support, BEL+T -
Dr Renee Miller-Yeaman, Melbourne Postdoctoral Research Fellow -
Dr Andrew Murray, Research Fellow in Architectural History -
Laura Mártires, Lecturer in Architectural Design (Teaching Specialist) -
A/Prof Masa Noguchi, Associate Professor in Environmental Design -
A/Prof David O'Brien, Associate Professor in Architectural Design and Technology -
Dr Kelum Palipane, Senior Lecturer in Architectural Design -
Professor Alan Pert, Deputy Dean -
Professor Anoma Pieris, Professor in Architecture and Associate Dean (Research) -
Dennis Prior, Lecturer in Architectural Design -
A/Prof Alberto Pugnale, Associate Professor in Architectural Design -
A/Prof Peter Raisbeck, Associate Professor in Architectural Practice -
Dr Hannah Robertson, Lecturer -
Dr Stanislav Roudavski, Senior Lecturer in Digital Architectural Design -
A/Prof Andrew Saniga, Associate Professor in Landscape Architecture, Planning and Urbanism -
Dr Alex Seo, Lecturer in Architectural History and Theory -
Dr Sidh Sintusingha, Senior Lecturer in Landscape Architecture -
Katie Skillington, Lecturer in Architectural Design -
A/Prof Djordje Stojanovic, Associate Professor in Architectural Design -
Dr James Thompson, Lecturer in Teaching and Learning -
Associate Professor Kate Tregloan, Associate Dean (Teaching and Learning) -
Professor Paul Walker, Professor of Architecture -
A/Prof Jillian Walliss, Associate Dean, Engagement -
Wendy Walls, Lecturer in Landscape Architectural Design -
Professor Julie Willis, Dean -
Scott Woods, Academic Fellow in Architecture -
Alessandro Zambelli, Senior Lecturer in Architectural Design