Christine Phillips is an Eastern Kulin-based non-Indigenous architect, writer and senior lecturer at RMIT University’s School of Architecture and Urban Design.
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Masterplanning in the form of a ‘yarn’
Christine Phillips considers the masterplan for the former mining town of Jabiru in the World Heritage-listed Kakadu National Park, where Traditional Custodians driving the design process.
A ‘dazzling chimera’ of light and colour: MPavilion 2021
The 2021 open-air MPavilion in Melbourne’s Queen Victoria Gardens explores the ways in which human activities can be amplified by the surrounding natural environment, but also raises the persistent question: What is a pavilion?
Monash Woodside Building for Technology and Design
The Monash Woodside Building for Technology and Design reflects the surrounding ironbark trees and eucalyptus flowers, and boasts a multitude of other sustainable design features.
Heritage under threat: The role of activists
Architect-activists Christine Phillips and Tania Davidge consider recent campaigns to save valuable buildings across Australian cities.
‘Messy vitality’: Monash University Chancellery
ARM’s Chancellery acts as a portal between Monash University and the community, celebrating campus history while providing a contemporary facility.
Gillies Hall on the Mornington Peninsula
This Passive House-certified design rethinks the traditional student housing typology and creates a hilltop “village.”
Taking flight: Bunjil Place
In referencing Bunjil the Creator, FJMT’s Bunjil Place raises ongoing questions about recognition, symbolism and community space.
A considerate bunker: Compound House
In Melbourne’s bayside suburb of Brighton, March Studio’s Compound House offers a considered response to site and planning constraints and continues the firm’s keen interest in experimental fabrication.
The entrepreneurial architect: Jan O’Connor on tea, success and architecture
Architect, brand developer and businessperson Jan O’Connor co-founded the highly successful tea retail business T2.
McBride Charles Ryan: metaphors of knowledge
Melbourne-based architecture practice McBride Charles Ryan, with an impressive oeuvre of education projects, has demonstrated creative solutions to a broad range of pedagogical demands.
