Research
AXO Archkit
A multi-mode browser-based workspace for architectural PDFs. Tile and print large drawings (Poster, Tapestry), markup and annotate (Markup), build issue schedules and sheet binders (Schedule, Sheets), author project briefs (Brief), compare revisions (Revise), present drawing sets (Present), and mark student work against rubrics (Quill). Local-only — your files never leave the browser.
Working with an Architect
A comprehensive, plain-language guide to the architectural process covering what architects do, how projects unfold, realistic costs and timelines, client rights and protections, sustainability requirements, and answers to the questions clients ask most.
Design Studio Gamma (2025)
Studio Gamma investigates medium-density housing through five critical themes: Density, Intensity, Adaptation, Place, and Ecology. Working within Carlton's MacArthur Place, over three adjacent heritage properties, students design dwellings that reconcile urban intensification with ecological enhancement, heritage preservation with climate adaptation, and individual privacy with communal vitality.
All that is public melts into air (2025)
Second iteration of the critical masters studio contesting Victoria's public housing demolition program, expanding to sites in both Fitzroy and Prahran with First Nations cultural advisors and returning 2024 cohort members as guest advisors.
VICASH
Ongoing research and data collection into Victoria's housing delivery systems in affordable and social housing (ASH).
Indigenous Engagement in Architecture
Discover frameworks, guidelines, and resources for respectful Indigenous engagement in architecture, emphasizing Country-centred design and decolonial practices.
Architecture as Spectacle (2024)
Postgraduate elective examining how architecture intersects and is captured by spectacle.
Privileged Praxis: Antipodean Perspectives on the Need for an Architecture of Community
Published in Building Diversity's anthology '...but, who are we building for?' this article examines the imperative to decolonize Australian architecture through community-driven design that centers Indigenous voices and dismantles colonial power structures from the academy through to practice.
All that is public melts into air (2024)
Masters design studio at the Melbourne School of Design investigating displacement and contested renewal around the Atherton Gardens public housing estate in Fitzroy (Ngar-Go), co-taught with Bella Singal and guided by First Nations cultural advisors.
NMAD Helsinki
Competition entry for the New Museum of Architecture and Design in Helsinki, Finland. An international design competition to create a 10,050m² cultural institution on the Makasiiniranta waterfront.
Architectural Glossary
Explore architectural terminology through our comprehensive, searchable glossary covering design principles, materials, sustainability, and technical concepts with practical metaphors.
Materials Atlas
Explore the world of architectural materials through our comprehensive atlas covering properties, applications, and sustainability considerations for modern design.
Feeding the Moloch: On the Speculative Nature of Australia's Housing Crisis
This article examines the acute and prolonged housing crisis in Australia, contextualizing it within decades of neoliberal policy, speculative market behaviour, and the systemic neglect of public housing. It critiques 'social mix' renewal programs, the demonisation of non-ownership tenures, and the framing of housing as a speculative asset rather than a human right.
An Exploration of Architectural Temporality
Exploring architecture's complex relationship with time and mortality through temporal conditions.
A Reading of the Utopic/Dystopic Future City in Film
How cinema reveals shifting visions of future cities and postmodern architecture's abandonment of utopian thinking.
Searching for Urban Complexity in Contemporary Digital Practice
This article explores the legacy of the 20th century's machine age, which has resulted in a homogenous character in modern urban cityscapes. It argues that the dominant economic and modernist planning agendas have created a 'sameness' reflecting linear, mass-production ideologies.