Dr Rory Hyde is curator of contemporary architecture and urbanism at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, and adjunct senior research fellow of the University of Melbourne.
His first book Future Practice: Conversations from the Edge of Architecture is available from Routledge.
Rory Hyde's Latest contributions
What Would Boyd Do? A Small Homes Service for Today
Robin Boyd’s resolve to do “better with less” still remains as relevant today. Rory Hyde evaluates the RVIA Small Homes Service’s legacy and its potential application to today’s increasingly diffused cities.
ARM Architecture and the big public
From RMIT Storey Hall to the Shrine of Remembrance and Geelong Library and Heritage Centre, the architecture of ARM seizes the attention of passers-by and seeks to become an object in the public imagination.
The Pool in Venice, a preview
Rory Hyde discovers themes of identity and cross-cultural understanding behind Australia’s The Pool exhibition at the 2016 Venice Biennale.
What does it mean to be a “good architect”?
Why does “good” architecture, as judged by architects, rarely have anything to do with “doing good,” wonders Rory Hyde.
Architecture in the coming age of AI
Our computers could soon be intelligent partners in design – first, though, they’ll need to figure out how to fold a shirt.
What does Assemble’s Turner win mean for architecture?
Architecture collective Assemble’s win in the Turner Prize is a coup for socially engaged practice. What does it mean for architecture to be considered art?
The power of plastic bricks
When Lego refused Ai Weiwei its bricks for an upcoming NGV show, he turned to crowdsourcing. Is there a lesson here for city-makers?
Sending out an SOS
In its obsession with form and design, has architecture forsaken its capacity to affect positive social change?
Melbourne Now
Maitiú Ward reviews a sweeping survey of Melbourne’s cultural identity, now on at the NGV.
Melbourne Now
An exhibition celebrating the creatives shaping Melbourne’s cultural and urban landscape.