Susan Holden is an architect and senior lecturer at the University of Queensland. She has published widely on architecture and culture, with a particular focus on its institutional, policy and governance contexts.
Susan Holden's Latest contributions
Design governance: Leveraging the value of architects
Kirsty Volz and Susan Holden ask: how can architects leverage their value and impact through positions in government?
Roundtable: Government architects in Australia
The Government Architects Network of Australia is a vital means of support and exchange across the country. Here, they discuss resourcing, value measurement, public sector career path options and other pertinent issues.
How innovative government procurement transformed a country
The Flemish Government Architect’s Open Call procurement method has contributed to overturning Belgium’s reputation for ugliness. Susan Holden finds out what Australian can learn from this program.
Design review panels in action
Design review panels can be important mechanisms to improve the quality of our built environment. Three experienced practitioners present case studies that demonstrate the valuable contributions that these panels can make.
The New Curator: Exhibiting Architecture and Design
In The New Curator, Fleur Watson argues, through case studies and conversations, that the curation of architecture and design is a specialized activity with great performative potential. Susan Holden explores the book.
Looking Back, Seeing Through: Contemporary Australian Pavilions
Susan Holden and Ashley Paine examine Australia’s suite of high-profile pavilion programs through the lens of shifting global practices in art and architecture.
Is architecture art?
John Macarthur and Susan Holden of Architecture Theory Criticism History (ATCH) use the pavilion as a device to explore the crossover between the disciplines of architecture and the visual arts.
Bush Civics
This Dossier compiles recent work in architectural history presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand (SAHANZ). A theme common to the five articles included in this Dossier is the way that architectural production is shaped by institutions: universities, business entities, religious organizations, governments and community groups. As such, these pieces point to broader issues that affect architectural culture today.