Newspaper journalist by basic training, most professional work as an international editor of magazines and books and promoter of exhibitions, events advancing progressive architecture and multi-disciplinary design. Author of a controversial scholarship PhD thesis at RMIT, now working on books explaining geospatial science and digital arts themes re 'data cities', 'virtual nations', 'smart light' and the international environmental science simulations project called the 'global Earth observation system of systems' (GEOSS).
Experience
2019–present
Honorary Academic, University of Kent (Architecture)
2006–present
Director, DCity Pty Ltd
2013–2018
Visiting Research Fellow, Goldsmiths (Computing), University of London
2008–2008
d_city@NICTA project leader, NICTA
2005–2007
NSGlobal Associate Professor, University of New South Wales
1992–2000
Editor, Architecture Australia
Education
2018
University of Kent, PhD by Publications
1997
University of New South Wales, M.Arch (history and theory)
Publications
2018
Data Cities: How satellites are transforming architecture and design, Lund Humphries
2017
Douglas Snelling: Pan-Pacific Modern Design and Architecture, Routledge
2015
SuperLux: Smart Light Art, Design and Architecture for Cities, Thames and Hudson
2007
Next Wave: Emerging Talents in Australian Architecture, Thames and Hudson
2006
Pink Fits: Australian Perspectives on Architecture 1993-2006, DCity
2000
Australian Architecture Now, Thames and Hudson
Professional Memberships
Fellow Royal Geographical Society
Fellow Royal Society of Arts
Honorary Life Member International Society for Digital Earth