Professor Richard Blythe
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Head of School |
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School / |
Architecture & Design |
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Contact Details |
+(61 3) 9925 3506 |
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Location |
Building: 8 |
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College/Portfolio |
Design & Social Context |
- Profile
- Publications
Dr Richard Blythe is Professor in Architecture and Head of School, Architecture + Design at RMIT University, Australia a position he has held since June 2007. In 2010 he led the establishment of the RMIT University Creative Practice Research PhD program in Ghent, Belgium. Richard is a founding director of the architecture practice Terroir. The work of Terroir has been recognised through exhibition and publication nationally and internationally. Richard served as Chair of the Australian Institute of Architects National Education Committee from 2005-2011 and his most important achievement in that role was leading the development and adoption of the AIA Research Policy and associated documents. Richard’s academic passion is creative practice and in developing approaches to creative practice research and in building communities of creative practitioner researchers. Richard undertook a Velux visiting professorship in Aarhus, Denmark in 2011 to pursue the development of a trans-European PhD training network for creative practitioners.
Prior to taking up his position at RMIT Richard lectured at the University of Tasmania for 14 years where he served as Deputy Head of the School of Architecture and was the Vice Chancellor’s representative on the Tasmanian Government’s Building and Construction Industries Council. Richard gained a B.EnvDes and B.Arch from the Tasmanian State Institute of Technology and an M.Arch (research) specialising in twentieth century Australian architectural history from the University of Melbourne. Richard received a PhD from RMIT in 2009. During 2000-2001 Richard served as President of the Society of Architectural Historians Australia and New Zealand.
Qualifications
B.Env Des, B.Arch (TSIT), M.Arch (Melb), Invitational PhD (RMIT)
Professional Links
2008 Panel member, Architecture Programme Review, Victoria University of Wellington
2008 AIA representative, 3rd International Accreditation/Validation Roundtable, Australian Capital University, Canberra
2008- Adjunct Professor, School of Architecture and Design, University of Tasmania
2007 – present, Professor in Architecture, Head of School and Director of Research, School of Architecture and Design, RMIT University
2007-1999 Founding Director, Terroir
2005 (ongoing) Chair, National Education Committee, RAIA
2008-2005 Panel member, RAIA Student Prize for the Advancement of Architecture
2008-2005 Panel member, RAIA Glen Murcutt Prize
2008-2005 Panel member, RAIA National Education Prize
2008-2005 Panel member, RAIA National Lysaght Scholarship
2007 RMIT/RAIA representative, RQF CHASS Panel 13 Built Environment sub-committee meeting, Brisbane, July
2007 RAIA representative, RQF CHASS Panel 13 workshop, Brisbane, February
2007 Referee, IDEA conference, New Zealand
2007-2006 Contributing Editor, Architecture Australia
2006 Chair, RAIA/AACA National Accreditation Panel, University of Auckland
2006 Chair, RAIA/AACA National Accreditation Panel, University of Technology Sydney
2006 Nominated for standing committee of Union of International Architects validation process, Paris
2006 Chair, RAIA Student Biennale
2007-2005 University of Tasmania Representative, Tasmanian Building and Construction Industry Council
2007-2004 Chair, RAIA national Research Policy Implementation Sub-Committee
2005, 2001, 2000, 1999 Referee, Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand annual conference
2005 Referee, RAIA Take 5 journal (Sisalation Prize)
2006-1999 Chapter Councilor, Tasmania, RAIA
2005-2003 Quality Assurance Advisory Group, Launceston, University of Tasmania
2004 Referee, Journal of Australian Studies
2004 Chair, RAIA/AACA National Accreditation Panel, University of Western Australia
2004-1999 Committee member, RAIA National Education Committee
2003-2001 Chair, RAIA Sisalation Prize Steering Committee
2002 Chair, RAIA/AACA National Accreditation Panel, University of Newcastle
2002 Jury Member, RAIA Polyflor Haddon Scholarship
2001-2000 President, Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand
2001 Deputy Chair, RAIA/AACA National Accreditation Panel, University of Technology, Sydney
2001 Jury member, Professional Practice Award 2000, Architects Registration Board of Victoria
2001 Panel member, RAIA/AACA National Accreditation Panel, University of South Australia
1999 Panel Member, design studio benchmarking review, University of South Australia
Corporate Member, Royal Australian Institute of Architects (RAIA)
Registered Architect (Tasmania)
Research / Scholarship
2008 Blythe, R and de la Harpe, B, Inside Out: Enhancement of E-learning for design using an embedded practice model, Learning and Teaching Innovation Fund, RMIT
International Exhibitions - Terroir
Australian Style I: Architecture,National portrait gallery, Canberra, 11 September to 8 November 2009
2008 Venice Architecture Biennale, Australian pavilion. Five Terroir models have been selected to be exhibited in a display of 150, curated by Aaron Betsky, 14 September to 23 November 2008
Out from Under: Australian Architecture Now. This is an exhibition of young Australian Architects who are ‘establishing unique new trajectories in design that combine innovative material and spatial research with high quality building’ March – April 2007
Living the Modern_Australian Architecture: On the Tradition and Transformation of Modern Architecture in Australia, Deutsches Architektur Zentrum DAZ, Berlin, September 12- November 11 2007, and the Museum of Architecture Worclaw, Poland, February 8 – March 30 2008. Terroir was among 25 of Australia's most prestigious Architects to be selected to exhibit residential projects for the exhibition and symposium, curated by Dr Claudia Perren
Second Nature, Planning and Architecture Exhibition Centre, China, October 2006. Curated by Peter Davidson of LAB Architecture Studio, the exhibition featured the work of 9 Australian practices, of which Terroir was the only practice featured from NSW and Tasmania
AAA Young Architects, Customs House, Sydney, 1-30 October 2005
Mare Nostrum, 2nd International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam, International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam Committee, Rotterdam, 2005
Venice Biennale of Architecture, Gollings Pidgeon, Venice Biennale Committee, Venice 2004
Sharedrenovation, a collaborative exhibition with Simon Ancher and Jessica Ball, Cast Gallery, North Hobart, Tasmania, March 2004
Design Awards - Terroir
RAIA ACT Awards Urban Design Commendation, Commonwealth Place Amenities: Kiosks, Canberra, 2008
RAIA Small Projects Architecture Award, Fish349 Function Room, 2008
Commercial Interior Design Award (Best of State), Fish349 Function Room, 2008
EnergyAustralia National Trust Heritage Award for Conservation – Energy Management, 2008
Dulux Colour Award for Commercial Exterior, Commonwealth Place Amenities: Kiosks, Canberra, 2008
Hobart Waterfront International Design Competition, one of twenty-eight schemes selected for exhibition from two hundred and twenty entries. Head Judges, Carme Pinos and Wiel Arets, 2007
Prague National Library Competition, stage five final sixteen projects form over four hundred entries. Head Judge, Zaha Hadid, 2006
Australian National Interior Design Awards, Emerging Practice Practice of the year, 2006
Australian National Interior Design Awards (Best of State), Commercial Interior Design, Fish 349, 2006
Australian National Interior Design Awards (Best of State), Residential Interior Design, Liverpool Crescent House, 2006
Australian National Interior Design Awards (Best of State), Hospitality Interior Design, Fish 349, 2006
RAIA National Design Awards (Tas), Commercial Buildings, Peppermint Bay, 2005
RAIA National Design Awards (Tas), Residential Buildings, Tolmans Hill House, 2005
Coles Bay Award, 2003
RAIA National Design Awards (Tas), Residential Buildings, Tranmere House, 2001
RAIA National Design Awards (Tas), Interiors, Masonic Club Boutique Hotel, 2000
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