Australian Centre for Architectural History, Urban and Cultural Heritage (ACAHUCH)

A/Prof Alberto Pugnale

Alison Inglis

A/Prof Amanda Achmadi

Prof Andrew Jamieson

Dr Andrew Murray

A/Prof Andrew Saniga

Prof Anne Maxwell

Dr Annmarie Brennan

Prof Catherine Kovesi

Prof Chris Healy

Prof David Nichols

Projects

Projects conducted by research group members

Displaying 10 projects from 136 for the research group.

Suburban Rail Loop Authority (SRLA) Confidentiality Agreement

2026 - 2032

Safe Keeping: Effecting Solutions for Risk to Remote Indigenous Heritage

2026 - 2031

Gathering the Parts, Making the Whole: Lost but Not Forgotten, Participatory Ecosystems to Mitigate Impacts of Climate Change on Mental Health

2026 - 2031

Advanced Polymers for Heritage Conservation

2026 - 2030

Co-Designing Housing for First Nations Prosperity

2026 - 2028

Preserving and Interpreting 20th Century Paint and Design Trade Literature in Australia.

2025 - 2027

Housing Crises and Design Experimentation: The Architecture of Commonwealth Sponsored Housing

2024 - 2026

EA Attachment for IRMS to Support Carbon and Nitrogen Isotope Analysis of Organics

2026 - 2026

IASS 2026 Symposium and Design Competition of Lightweight Structures

2026 - 2026

Completed

The Pioneering Environmental Performance of the Leach House.

2026 - 2026

Completed

Scholarly Works

Scholarly Works by research group members

Displaying 10 scholarly works from 2490 for the research group.

Re[Press]: upcycling aluminium sheets into structural elements through die-less hydroforming

Jack Halls, Gabriele Mirra, Sofia Colabella, Michael Mack, Alberto Pugnale

Conference Proceedings | 2026 | Proceedings of IASS-IWSS 2026 — September 14-18, 2026, Turin, Italy “R-Evolution of Shapes: Sustainability, Re-Use, and new Design Paradigms”

Hydroforming is a metal-forming process that uses hydraulic pressure to produce high-strength-to-weight structural members. Conven..

Contestation

David Nichols, Kathryn Davidson, Kaling Cheung

Book Chapter | 2026

Ruth (1916–99) and Maurie (1916–88) Crow’s foray into urban planning advocacy reached its apogee with the three-part Plan for Melb..

The Bloomsbury Global Encyclopedia of Women in Architecture 1960–2020

Reference Work | 2026

The Bloomsbury Global Encyclopedia of Women in Architecture 1960-2020 fills a void in architectural history, giving students, scho..

Barbara Hill and the Most Intimate Coffee House in Perth, Western Australia, 1956–1960

Andrew Murray

Book Chapter | 2026

From "Primitive" to "Indigenous": Some comments on the history of Inuit and Aboriginal arts.

Susan Lowish, Bryn Tapper, Oscar Moro Abadía

Book Chapter | 2026

In recent years, the term “Indigenous art” has become increasingly popular among the artist community as well as in archaeology, a..

High-Tech Heritage: Impermanence of Innovative Architecture

Hannah Lewi

Journal article | 2026 | Fabrications

John Duncan in the Office of Ernö Goldfinger

Andrew Murray

Journal article | 2026 | Architectural Theory Review

Open access

The British Architectural profession throughout the twentieth century relied on an array of architectural assistants from a variet..

From “primitive” to “Indigenous”: Some comments on the history of Inuit and Aboriginal arts

OM Abadía, S Lowish, B Tapper

Book Chapter | 2026

In recent years, the term “Indigenous art” has become increasingly popular among the artist community as well as in archaeology, a..

Truth Telling at Wybalenna: Ablutions Pavilion and Homestead Renewal by Taylor and Hinds Architects

Stuart King

Journal article | 2026 | Architecture Australia

Advancing regional and community planning in Australia: the contribution of the Office of Frank Heath 1939–1948

C Townsend, D Nichols, R Freestone

Journal article | 2026 | Planning Perspectives

Australian postwar reconstruction in the 1940s saw idealistic synergies between decentralization, regional development, and ‘new t..

News

News by research group members

Displaying 10 news articles from 51 for the research group.

175 years of university architecture reflects Australian history. We shouldn’t let that history be lost

Hannah Lewi, Cameron Logan

Half a decade ago, Australian universities were thrust into an international experiment in online learning and working. Suddenly, bricks an..

September 15, 2026

Conserving our cultural record is more important than ever

Robyn Sloggett

We live in a world where misinformation spreads easily, deepfakes blur reality and political spin reshapes narratives. So, our ability to v..

March 23, 2025

Fitzroy 1974: a sumptuous record of a time before hipsters

David Nichols

In 1974, Melbourne publisher Outback Press produced a small book that almost felt like a magazine, perhaps even a fanzine: Into the Hollow ..

October 1, 2024

The Decameron: Medieval lockdown project or ‘wine-soaked sex romp’?

Catherine Kovesi

For anyone versed in medieval European history, the new Netflix adaptation of a 700-year-old story about a group of noble youths seems a ti..

July 24, 2024

The fight to save Syrian antiquities

Andrew Jamieson

For Andrew Jamieson, the conflict unfolding in Syria is a catastrophe on multiple levels – professionally and personally.By day (or more co..

June 12, 2024

Vietnam, brutalist architecture, fees and Gaza: how student protests shaped Australian universities

Hannah Lewi, Andrew Saniga

Australian university students are beginning to set up encampments on campus, in solidarity with college protesters in the United States. P..

April 29, 2024

From invisible segregation to the visible heart: what 100 years of kitchens can tell us about domestic labour

Hannah Lewi

Long before COVID shone a spotlight on working from home, the realms of home and work have always been blurred – particularly for women as ..

March 7, 2024

The Indigenous cultural knowledges co-designing campuses

Andrew Saniga, Susan Holden

Australia’s social and cultural evolution is expressed through its university campus landscapes, which have become increasingly significant..

August 31, 2023

Building social value into affordable housing

Alan Pert, Katrina Raynor

Bureaucrats, community housing providers, developers, service providers and architects are scrambling feverishly to drastically expand the ..

October 26, 2021

Australia's universities are on unceded land. Here's how they must reconcile with First Nations people

Ross Wissing, Andrew Saniga, Robert Freestone

University campuses are urban cultural institutions inextricably linked to the “making” of cities. They are also sited on unceded First Nat..

June 29, 2021