Experience

Independent Scholar

• Research Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Design Historian working as an

  • 1989 - Present

  Specialist in cataloguing and assessing architecture and interior design collections. Writer, historian and curator specialising in the history of Australian design, interior architecture and architecture. Publications in many areas of design including furniture, architecture, interiors and popular culture. This includes chapters: “Furniture Design” [chapter] and “Prevost House” [entry] in Hannah Lewi and Philip Goad, editors, Australia Modern, Thames and Hudson, 2019, "Perspective Drawing" in Bruce Rickard. A Life in Architecture (2018), “Lessons from Things: European design training” [in the interwar period]. [chapter] in The Other Moderns, Rebecca Hawcroft, editor, New South Press, 2017, "Oceania" introduction and focus essays on William Balmain Teachers College, Sydney and Boroko Post Office, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea in the first-ever global survey of brutalist architecture from the 1950s to the 1970s (2017); "Corridor of Power: The Prestige and Promise of Insurance and Banking Architecture."​ in Sydney's Martin Place. A cultural and design history. Judith O'Callaghan, Paul Hogben and Robert Freestone, eds. Allen & Unwin, 2016; a chapter on interior architecture of Sydney espresso bars and cocktail lounges in "Leisure Space. The Transformation of Sydney 1945-1970", UNSW Press, 2014; "Design in Flight" [the Marc Newson version of the A380 Airbus] (2009), a collection of essays titled "Designing Australia" (2002) and a survey history "Design in Australia 1880-1870" (1998). Current research interest is 20th century interior architecture practice and practioners. Show less



University of NSW: Faculty of the Built Environment

• Casual tutor in interior architecture/industrial design

  • Jan 2006 - Nov 2017

  Leading tutorials in interior architecture history and theory, have lectured and tutored in interior architecture history and theory, industrial design history and theory. Leading tutorials in interior architecture history and theory, have lectured and tutored in interior architecture history and theory, industrial design history and theory.



Graham Brooks and Associates Architects

• Historian and Heritage Consultant

  • 2002 - 2005

  Heritage Advisor. Provide heritage advice, historical research and reports to a wide range of clients. Liase with construction trades, architects, developers, archaeologists, landscape architects, LGA’s and other relevant professions. This work included a wide range of heritage works, interpretation strategies and studies for Development Applications for residential projects. Heritage Advisor. Provide heritage advice, historical research and reports to a wide range of clients. Liase with construction trades, architects, developers, archaeologists, landscape architects, LGA’s and other relevant professions. This work included a wide range of heritage works, interpretation strategies and studies for Development Applications for residential projects.



Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales

• Curator

  • 1988 - 2001

  Curator of Rose Seidler House, Rouse Hill House, Elizabeth Farm, Vaucluse House, Hyde Park Barracks. Develop exhibitions, research and write publications; supervise heritage conservation projects. Curate exhibitions on "Convicts", 19th c. "Grand Tour" photography", "Domestic Revolution" (development of 21st c. kitchen) and other topics. [The Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales (now Sydney Living Museums) is an Australia-based statutory authority within the Government of New South Wales Department of the Arts, Sport and Recreation. It is entrusted with the care and maintenance of historic sites throughout the state, including gardens, parklands and urban spaces.] Show less