Dr Philip Goad is a Professor of Architecture at the University of Melbourne and director of the Melbourne School of Design. He is also a writer of several books including Olympic Architecture: Building Sydney 2000 and the guidebook Melbourne Architecture.
Philip Goad's Latest contributions
Tribute to a world-wanderer: Captain Kelly’s Cottage
Through a forensic and addictive process of discovery, John Wardle Architects has painstakingly added to and restored this cliffside cottage on Bruny Island with “humble deference” to its history and the world-wanderer who called it home.
Vale Neil Clerehan, 1922–2017
Philip Goad remembers the life of “one of Melbourne’s great architectural figures” – architect and writer Neil Clerehan, who passed away on 10 November 2017.
Revisited: Blott House
Completed in 1956, this house encapsulates Robin Boyd’s fascination with “the conflict between the opposed desires of privacy and freedom” and stands as a testament to his forward-thinking ideas.
Monash University Halls of Residence
Four new halls of residence, by Jackson Clements Burrows Architects, McBride Charles Ryan, and Hayball and Richard Middleton Architects, are shaping the urban environment of the Clayton campus and fostering a sense of community.
Master storytellers: 2016 Gold Medallists ARM Architecture
Philip Goad reflects on the “openly figurative, demonstrative, discursive and even anxiously abrasive” attributes of the 2016 Gold Medallists, Stephen Ashton, Howard Raggatt and Ian McDougall.
Vale Neil Everist OAM, 1929-2016
Philip Goad reflects on the life of the late Neil Everist, architect of mid-century icon and art gallery Heide II.
Profile: Hank Koning, Julie Eizenberg
Philip Goad considers the work of a California-based Australian duo focused on thoughtful solutions with a social bent.
Grand civic ambitions: Library at the Dock
With this public library in Melbourne’s Docklands, Clare Design shows how a small, community-minded building can help instil a still-young urban precinct with a sense of place.
Clerehan House II (1964) revisited
A hidden gem of mid-century Australian modernism: Clerehan House II by Neil Clerehan Architect.
Enlightened learning: William Macmahon Ball Theatre
Designed by Architectus, this lecture theatre at the University of Melbourne has the exquisite quality of natural light.