Sandra Kaji-O’Grady took up the role of Head of School and Dean of Architecture at the University of Queensland in 2013. Her previous academic appointments were at Deakin University, the University of Melbourne, the University of Technology, Sydney and the University of Sydney. She was creative director, with John de Manincor, of the 2013 Australian Institute of Architects National Conference.
Sandra Kaji-O'Grady's Latest contributions
Sydney Modern Project by SANAA
Conceived a decade ago, SANAA’s design for a new wing for the Art Gallery of New South Wales gradually draws visitors down a steeply sloping site, through a series of offset pavilions and into a dramatic space inside a World War II fuel tank.
‘Peak Voronoi’: HOTA Gallery
The design for Australia’s largest regional art gallery encompasses convivial interiors to attract a broad audience, while its bold exterior repeats the motif used by ARM in previous structures for the Gold Coast’s cultural precinct.
Research in large practice
Naomi Stead and Sandra Kaji O’Grady introduce their guest-edited dossier for Architecture Australia, which looks at the state of research in large architecture practices in Australia.
Research in large Australian practices: A roundtable discussion
A frank and revealing discussion about how and why large Australian practices organize and fund research, and how they disseminate its findings.
Access to architectural education threatened under proposed funding cuts
Sandra Kaji O’Grady argues the Australian government’s funding cuts to higher education risk harming the global esteem of Australian architects, academics and graduates.
Stress test: Addressing mental illness at architecture school
A recent survey uncovered worryingly high rates of mental illness among architecture students. Is student life being eroded? And is our professional workaholic culture part of the problem?
Apocalypse now? Designing self-sufficient housing
Sandra Kaji O’Grady considers whether, in a quest to develop viable models for self-sufficient housing, architects can act as the mediators between climate-change denial and the apocalyptic persuasions of survivalists.
Bamboo beginning: Green Ladder
Sandra Kaji-O’Grady previews Vo Trong Nghia Architects’ pavilion Green Ladder, Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation’s 2016 Fugitive Structures commission.
The enduring myth of the ‘Australian’ architect
The lazy clichés used to characterize Australian architecture muddy attempts to explain what it is architects do, finds Sandra Kaji O’Grady.
Private air: ‘bubble’ architecture’s ominous return
New developments in architecture and technology are making pure air privately available. We should be concerned.