Charles Rice is an architectural historian, theorist and critic. He studied at the University of Queensland, the London Consortium (University of London), and the University of New South Wales. He is currently Associate Professor of Architecture, Director of Research Programs in the Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building and Director of the Centre for Contemporary Design Practice at the University of Technology Sydney. He has also taught history and theory at the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London. He has held a visiting research fellowship at Queen Mary, University of London, and has been invited to lecture at universities and cultural institutions internationally.
Charles Rice's Latest contributions
A diorama in a messy city: Green Square Library and Plaza
In the evolving urban precinct of Sydney’s Green Square, the unconventional organization of a library and its plaza – designed by Studio Hollenstein in association with Stewart Architecture – is driven by an urban approach that loosens the division between inside and outside.
John Horbury Hunt – Radical Architect 1838–1904
An exhibition at the Museum of Sydney in 2002 demonstrated the meticulous craft of John Horbury Hunt’s oeuvre.
Interior Urbanism / Portman Space
An exhibition of photos by Charles Rice and drawings by Alina McConnochie of the oeuvre of John Portman.
Biennale
We were virtually there
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
Bear Cottage
Domesticity and the institution meet in Bear Cottage, by MSJ, NSW’s first dedicated children’s hospice. Charles Rice speculates on the relationship between inhabitation and the image of the domestic.
Exhibition
Visions of a Republic presents Lucien Henry’s 19th century exploration of the artistic possibilites of an independant South Pacific nation. Charles Rice reports.
