Dr Philip Goad is a Professor of Architecture at the University of Melbourne and director of the Melbourne School of Design. He is also a writer of several books including Olympic Architecture: Building Sydney 2000 and the guidebook Melbourne Architecture.
Philip Goad's Latest contributions
Repose: Dirk Bolt monograph
Architectural historian Philip Goad reviews a new monograph exploring previously undocumented work.
2014 Gold Medal: Environmental fit
Philip Goad reflects on the work of the 2014 Gold Medallists, Phil Harris and Adrian Welke.
Prince Alfred Park Pool
Neeson Murcutt Architects and Sue Barnsley Design embed memory and art into a Sydney urban space.
Public Sydney: Drawing the City
Professor Philip Goad reviews the seminal work by Philip Thalis and Peter John Cantrill.
Reconsidering John Andrews
Reconsidering the work of John Andrews, the 1980 Gold Medallist.
The 25 Year Award
Philip Goad casts light on an award that honours the past in relation to a study on post-occupancy.
One hundred years of discourse
Architecture Australia begins this year’s centenary celebrations with an overview of the magazine’s history. Philip Goad reflects on the challenges and realities of recording Australian architecture.
Books
Division and Multiplication Nigel Bertram and Kim Halik. RMIT University Press, $27.50. This carefully conceived and exquisitely designed booklet is offered by its authors “in …
Cultural Endeavours
Cooktown has recently gained two new buildings for cultural institutions. Philip Goad looks at Rex Addison’s additions for the James Cook Museum and Bud Brannigan’s Art Gallery and Interpretative Centre.
Office Revolution
With an entirely new interior – a zen den, a beach and a table you walk on – plus a refurbished exterior, Campus MLC is a very stylish workplace for Generation X.
