A lecturer in architecture at RMIT, Stuart Harrison is an architect, director of Harrison and White and co-host of The Architects radio show on 3RRR. He is the author of Forty-Six Square Metres of Land Doesn’t Normally Become a House (2011) and New Suburban: Reinventing the Family Home in Australia and New Zealand (2013), both published by Thames and Hudson.
Stuart Harrison's Latest contributions
No blank canvas: A companionship of old and new
A layered approach enables Kerstin Thompson Architects’ designs to recognize existing buildings and landscapes, bring in First Nations histories and stories, and operate in a more sustainable manner.
172 Spring Street by March Studio
A singular house in the sky, this apartment pays tribute to the gilded optimism of the building’s 1970s architecture and its broader urban context, asserting a sophisticated vision of domestic life in the city.
Modernism Week 2023, Palm Springs
Stuart Harrison shares his experience at Modernism Week’s annual 11-day festival in Palm Springs, celebrating the iconic Californian homes and buildings of the post-war period.
Australian Architecture: A History
Stuart Harrison reviews Davina Jackson’s new book, a broad survey of Australia’s architectural history, from pre-settlement to 2020.
Master of spatial tricks: House for Eva and Matilda
In a Brunswick laneway, a small-scale infill project capitalizes on mixed-use zoning, providing its owner with a main residence, a studio apartment and a shopfront office – on a site of just 88 square metres.
Revisited: Kessell House by Iwan Iwanoff
Designed in 1975 by celebrated émigré architect Iwan Iwanoff, this residence in the Perth suburb of Dianella signals Iwanoff’s evolution toward his characteristic, highly expressive architecture.
MMXX: Two Decades of Architecture in Australia
Stuart Harrison reviews Cameron Bruhn’s MMXX, a book that combines in-depth essays and selected project reviews, making a valuable contribution to what will hopefully be a growing collection of comprehensive histories of Australian architecture.
Impressive form-making: Collins Arch
Collins Arch – a collaborative new tower, plaza and park has the potential to shift the city’s twenty-first-century centre of gravity.
Town Hall Broadmeadows by Kerstin Thompson Architects
Kerstin Thompson Architects used the gamut of conservation strategies to create a new optimistic future for a much-loved suburban town hall affectionately known as “the pink elephant.”
South Australian modernism exhibition a study in modesty
A survey of modernism in South Australia offers a chance to contemplate the qualities inherent to the modern movement that are missing from today’s projects.