News & Events

Tim Edensor, Professor of Human Geography at Manchester Metropolitan University, publishes 'Stone: Stories of Urban Materiality' - the culmination of research presented during keynote for 'Dubious Heritage', ACAHUCH's Symposium in 2018

Heritage Victoria has commissioned the Australian Lesbian and Gay Archives (ALGA) to develop a new heritage study A History of LGBTIQ Victoria in 100 Places and Objects.

The 2020 Annual Conference of the Society of Architectural Historians (SAH) was held on 30 April and 1 May as a Virtual Conference due to the COVID-19 situation. The SAHANZ-organised session was entitled “Opposite/Apposite: Exchanges between Australasia and Iberoamerica,” co-chaired by Dr Brett Tippey, Associate Professor of Architecture at Kent State University, and Dr Macarena de la Vega, Postdoctoral Research Fellow at ACAHUCH.

Best known for his advocacy of the Green Ban and his pioneering involvement in the Australian heritage movement, has died aged 90. ACAHUCH Post-Doctoral fellow Dr James Lesh writes for The Conversation.

ACAHUCH Post-Doctoral Researcher, Dr Katti Williams, provides expert historical knowledge on the longest war memorial built by returned servicemen, The Great Ocean Road.

Following the transition of the University's teaching and learning to online platforms in light of COVID-19, our newest member Dr James Lesh, under the auspices of ACAHUCH, has recently wrapped up an intensive subject in the Masters of Urban and Cultural Heritage (M-UCH) program.

'Australia Modern: Architecture, Landscape and Design', edited by Hannah Lewi and Philip Goad, has been shortlisted for the ABIA Australian Book Industry Awards 2019-20.

ACAHUCH's inaugural Labour Day symposium featured a multitude of speakers from a variety of institutions, museums, galleries, practices, discourses and universities across Australia and around the world.

ACAHUCH is pleased to annouce its 2020 Research Fellows. Both candidates come with diverse, interesting and engaging areas of research expertise. We look forward to their contributions to the Research Centre and the Melbourne School of Design.

ACAHUCH, on behalf of The Vera Moore Foundation, are pleased to announce the recipients for The Miles Lewis Fellowship for 2020. Distinguished international scholars in the field of architectural history will visit the Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning and deliver a public lecture as part of a new Fellowship created in recognition of renowned architecture historian Professor Miles Lewis AM. The Miles Lewis Fellowship has bee made possible by the generous support of The Vera Moore Foundation.

The SAHANZ PhD Colloquium for 2020 is to be held on 6 July 2020 and hosted by the Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning and ACAHUCH, at the University of Melbourne.

Hannhah Lewi and Philip Goad spoke with ABC Radio 774 Evenings program about their upcoming 'Australia Modern' book launch and exhibition.

Kate Follington from the Public Records Office of Victoria met with ACAHUCH members at Parkville this week, sharing her close knowledge of the PROV archive. The round table discussion considered potential research projects for utilising this invaluable repository, opportunities to communicate findings both to the broader community as well as within academic contexts, as well as the development of mechanisms for embedding archival research skills as a core skill for ABP graduates.For more information about their wonderful archive, please visit prov.vic.gov.au

ACAHUCH is planning its second one-day Labour Day symposium on March 11th, this time presenting new research and directions in the field of food, place and heritage.

ACAHUCH PhD student James Lesh recently wrote an article for The Conversation in response to the Fed Square redesign proposal.

Questions persist over the role polyethylene-core cladding played in the speed and spread of the Grenfell Tower blaze. It begs the bigger question – how do we prevent this happening again?

The closure of the Gatwick Hotel in St Kilda represents a new front in the ongoing gentrification debate in inner Melbourne. It highlights inconvenient truths about cultural appropriation, heritage as a driver of urban renewal, and the marginalisation of the city’s most vulnerable residents.

The glistening white sails of Sydney Opera House and the red brick and bluestone of Geelong’s industrial mills have little in common at first glance. But for both these places crowdfunding has led people to connect with these buildings.

Liveability has become one of the most important ideas to influence international urban governance and planning. On one level, this should be no surprise – after all, who can disagree that cities ought to be places where people can live? But from here things get tricky.