Professor Des Smith is Chair in Architecture at Deakin University, and director of Des Smith Architects in Melbourne, and a director of Giles Smith Architects in Perth. Des is lucky enough to work with some very talented people, and on some very interesting projects in Victoria and Western Australia.
Des Smith's Latest contributions
Architectural poetry: House in the Hills
Defined by its rectilinear parasol of timber batten and set on a working sheep farm in regional Victoria, this house prioritizes clarity over pragmatism, geometric consistency over lavishness, purity and poetry over function.
De Stijl accelerator: Western BACE
Six Degrees Architects references De Stijl and late modernism in its design of this business accelerator for the burgeoning community of Melton, west of Melbourne.
Grange Road Townhouse (1967) revisited
A home designed by Graeme Gunn and built in 1967 for John Ridge, one of the founding directors of Merchant Builders.
The Doherty Institute
University of Melbourne’s new medical research facility by Grimshaw and Billard Leece Partnership.
Swanston Academic Building
Swanston Academic Building by Lyons raises questions larger than architecture says Professor Des Smith.