Martin Bryant

Professor Martin Bryant is a landscape architecture academic and practitioner whose work spans more than three decades. As a practitioner he has led numerous high-profile practice projects in Australia and New Zealand, working in directorial roles for the Government Architect NSW, Hassell, Aspect, and Wraight + Associates. He has designed significant contributions to Auckland and Wellington waterfront, Darling Harbour, Sydney Olympic Park, and Green Square. Martin has received numerous high-profile awards for his work, including the Lloyd Rees Award for Urban Design from the Australian Institute of Architects, Supreme awards from the NZIA and NZILA, and the 2013 Rosa Barba Prize, the most prestigious international award for the landscape architecture profession.

In academia, Martin’s research expertise on urban ecology and resilience is internationally recognised for policy development. He has received various awards for his work, including the Charlie Challenger NZILA award for his research on resilience. He has exhibited at the Venice Architecture Biennale (2021) and authored the United Nations Habitat III policy paper on urban ecology and resilience (2017).

Martin has had numerous leadership roles: he has been Head of School Architecture (UTS), Director of Post graduate studies ( UTS), and Course Director of landscape architecture programme (VUW). He is currently the Course Director of Landscape Architecture at UTS, a program that was in 2021 placed in the top 3 landscape schools in the world in the Barcelona Biennal.