Architecture, Landscape and Visual Arts
Research by Faculty staff and students contributes to understanding of West Australian architecture, landscape and art within an Australian and world context.
The Faculty's broad research folio includes:
- West Australian and Australian housing
- Contemporary landscape theory
- Globalisation
- Architecture and the built environment
- Urban design
- Contemporary Australian art theory and practice
- Ecological art history
- Aboriginal modernism
- Byzantine architecture
- Agroforestry
Research projects
Current and recent projects by Faculty staff have encompassed ethics and design, the intersection of philosophy, history and the built environment, and urban development.
- Prospects for an ethics of architecture - seeks to describe and account for new opportunities for ethical reflection in architecture and adjacent design practices.
- Transience and the built environment: a philosophical and historical inquiry - aims to explore the impact of transience, as a key feature of human experience, on the way we live.
- Boomtown 2050, a book by landscape architect Richard Weller - is designed to help the community become informed and involved in the debate about how Perth should grow.
Publications
Research publications from our staff
2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005
Study
We offer high-quality research training for students through higher degree by research programs.
University information
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