Andrew Leach is a professor of architecture at the University of Sydney School of Architecture, Design and Planning, where he teaches architectural history. Among his recent books are Gold Coast (Lund Humphries), Sydney School (Uro, edited with Lee Stickells) and Rome (Polity). He was the 2019-20 Stuckeman Professor at Penn State University and held a Wallace Fellowship at the Harvard Center for Italian Renaissance Studies Villa I Tatti in 2018.
Andrew Leach's Latest contributions
Tasman Gallery by Benn and Penna Architects
A former shed in Byron Bay designed to balance art, life and work adapts to the changing creative needs of its users.
The Cottage by Justin Humphrey Architects
Preferring elaboration over eradication, this adaptation of a 1970s house disrupts pervading Gold Coast attitudes toward older housing and revels in its suburban context.
5 Easy Street by DFJ Architects
Sitting in “productive tension” with the development’s original ambitions, the fourth stage of Habitat demonstrates the flexibility of its masterplan.
Nurrangi by Potter and Wilson
A move into town from a remote farming community inspired the brief for this Armidale site: restore its original nineteenth-century homestead and build a new, complementary living pavilion.
A determined rural life: Long Road House
In the countryside of south-east Queensland, this new residence makes a compelling case for rural living, offering the temptation to commune in private with nature.
Essence of Byron Bay: Easy Street
In the third stage of a two-decade vision for a sustainable mixed-use village, DFJ Architects has combined an industrial material palette, the subtropical landscape and shared facilities to create a hub with characteristics bound to Byron Bay.
Rest and restore: Federal House
Acknowledging the restorative power of prospect and refuge, this new house in the Northern Rivers hinterland proffers a dramatic, bunker-like shell that peels open to reveal a warm and intimate inner sanctuary.
A finely crafted bunker: Mt Coot-Tha House
An intimate knowledge of both the steep site and the inhabitants shaped the design of a connected family refuge in a eucalypt forest on the outskirts of Brisbane.
A future ruin in the garden: Almora House
Edged by an established garden and crowned by an undulating concrete roof-form, this home for collectors on Sydney’s North Shore is a carefully cultivated expression in concrete and glass.
Subtle occupation: Tierney Drive House
At once fluid and contained, this family home embraces the opportunities for connection and retreat offered by its sloping, bush-bound site near the Gold Coast’s Currumbin Creek.
