Fields of Research

Architecture
Manufacturing engineering

Research Objectives

Expanding knowledge in human society
Expanding knowledge in psychology
Civil construction design
Other construction
Construction materials performance and processes
Wood, wood products and paper

Career Best Publications

Research Publications

A Celestial Battlefield: The Forbidden City and Beijing in Late Imperial China; AA Files: annals of the Architectural Association School of Architecture
A Chinese Mode of Disposition: Notes on the Forbidden City as a Field of Strategy and Representation; Exedra : the journal of the School of Architecture Deakin University
Beyond methods: the case of imperial Beijing; FIRM(ness) commodity DE-light?: questioning the canons
Beyond revolution: notes on contemporary Chinese architecture; AA Files: annals of the Architectural Association School of Architecture
CITY: Analysis of Urban Trends, Culture, Theory, Policy, Action; CITY: Analysis of Urban Trends, Culture, Theory, Policy, Act
Constructing a Chinese Modernity: Theoretical Agenda for a New Architectural Practice; Architectural Theory Review
Contemporary architecture in mainland China: a critical observation; Contemporary Vernacular: Conceptions + perceptions
Contemporary Chinese Architecture - a cultural and ideological perspective; City: analysis of urban trends, culture, theory, policy, action
Contemporary Vernacular; Contemporary Vernacular: Modernising Architectural Traditions
Culture, Ideology Representation: Notes on Contemporary Chinese Architecture 1911-1990s; TRADITIONS AND MODERNTIY- Contemporary Architecture in Southeast Asia and Beyond
Dangdai Xifang Jianzhu Kongjian Tanjia Zhong de Jige Wenti (Harvey , Hillier and Foucault - topics of contemporary architectural research in the West; Jianzhu Xuebao (Architectural Journal)
Japan and the Convergence of Eastern and Post-Humanist Paradigms: New Aspects in Contemporary Architecture; Artifice
Open Up the Forbidden City; On What Ground(s)?
The Dulcity of the Boundary: Aspects of Chinese Space; 1996 International Symposium of Architecture and Culture

Research Projects

Research to develop aesthetic and architectural applications for Tasmanian regrowth and downgraded eucalypt hardwood in building design.; Australian Research Council (ARC)

Research Candidate Supervision

Design and planning imageries and their influence on the selection of sustainable residential forms- A fire responsible imagery
Space and Myth in Surakarta Kasunanan Palace, Indonesis
The develoment of the Australian relationship with the Australian landscape and its influence on Architectural form and planning.
The effects of group teaching and learning in the development of student architectural projects
The Influence of Native Flora on Australian Architecture and Interior Design