David Beynon is a Senior Lecturer at Deakin University and a practicing architect. His research involves investigating the social, cultural and compositional dimensions of architecture and urban environments, the role of architecture in processes of urban renewal, migration and cultural change, and the adaptation of architectural content and meaning through motifs, rituals and form in Australia and Asia. Beynon is also in architectural practice as a partner of alsoCAN Architects in Melbourne and has previously worked as an architect in Brisbane and Singapore.