Naomi Stead is an associate professor in the School of Architecture at the University of Queensland (UQ) and deputy director of the UQ research centre Architecture, Theory, Criticism, History (ATCH).
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There’s a long tradition of mothers offering architects the first big commission
There’s a celebrated history of architects designing houses for their parents. Naomi Stead looks at two Australian projects that demonstrate how relatives could prove to be the “best clients.”
Lest: In Order Not That
A reflection on building in the face of oblivion at the Shrine of Remembrance Visitor Centre.
The state of gender equity in architecture in Australia: The research is in
Dr Naomi Stead presents the key outcomes of a three-year-long research project into the women in architecture.
State of origin
Timothy Hill, John Macarthur and Naomi Stead in conversation about the promotion of Queensland architecture.
Extra/ordinary
Four delegates at the Australian Institute of Architects National Conference respond to its exploration of the culture.
Easton Pearson
The Gallery of Modern Art finds that the true centre of its latest exhibition is behind the scenes.
Australian Wildlife Health Centre
Minifie Nixon’s Australian Wildlife Health Centre at the Healesville Sanctuary takes a highly experimental approach to programme, technique and form.
Rhetoric and tone
‘Expedient camel’, ‘ecstatic essimism’ or endless lists of numbers, Naomi Stead and Paul Hogben give a taste of the century’s modes of assessing and describing architecture.
Frampton, Colomina, Wigley
Three of architecture’s most significant theorists – Kenneth Frampton, Beatriz Colomina and Mark Wigley – visited Sydney recently. They spoke to three of Australia’s best young architectural thinkers