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
Gehry comes to Sydney
Internal organization drives the design of Gehry Partners’ new business school for UTS.
A new Australian pavilion
Sandra Kaji-O’Grady considers the exhibition of shortlisted entries to the Di Stasio Ideas Competition in 2008.
Lowy Cancer Research Centre
Lahz Nimmo Architects in association with Wilson Architects brings the academic and the clinical together for the most recent addition to UNSW.
Victor Churchill
Dreamtime Australia Design crafts a serious and visceral essay in butchery as high art in Sydney.
The critics respond
So, what does it all mean? In response to an initiative by Carey Lyon, we invite two critics to reflect on this year’s awards outcomes. Michael Keniger and Sandra Kaji-O’Grady contemplate the crop.
UNSW Law
The new building by Lyons juggles the Faculty of Law’s social philosophy and UNSW’s master plan.
Adding to the Opera House
Jørn Utzon’s Western Colonnade, the first addition to the exterior of the Sydney Opera House, provides an opportunity for reconciliation and a reminder that the building is a living place as well as an icon.
Plastic Extrusions
Cox Sanderson Ness explore the potential of plastic in the Polymer Engineering Centre.
Decoration and Artifice
Sandra Kaji-O’Grady explores the incessant referencing of elaborated suburban surfaces in two Lyons projects.
Art & Life
Christopher de Campo’s inventive brief of an art gallery and living spaces for character-filled clients has led to an accomplished ensemble of theatrical spaces.