Davina Jackson is associate professor of New South Global Design at the University of New South Wales (supporting research across three faculties), catalyst of the emerging dCITY data cities modelling research ecosystem, and author of a forthcoming book on 16 young Australian practices. And former editor of Architecture Australia.
Davina Jackson's Latest contributions
Hollywood’s influences on Australian architecture
In this edited extract from Australian Architecture: A History, Davina Jackson looks at the influence of Hollywood on a generation of Australian architects.
The contorted concept that split the 1997 AA Prize jury
Nicolas Koulouras’s Knot Building proposal was “unusually creative attempt to literally tie up architecture’s unravelled strands of theory at the end of the millennium.”
How the ‘Sydney School’ changed postwar Australian architecture
Davina Jackson explores the genesis of the Sydney School of architecture that emerged in the 1960s – and attempts to locate it in the broader modernist movement.
Bathers
After a decade-long war with neighbours, the Bathers Pavilion at Sydney’s Balmoral Beach has reopened to general acclaim for a heritage-sensitive, yet contemporary, renovation.
AA Prize for Unbuilt Ideas
From 88 mainly student entries, RMIT’s Nicolas Koulouras wins this year’s AA Prize.His vigorous scheme nods to modernist sports arenas and takes current world interest in folded and crumpled facades a step onwards:thanks to an old Scientific American article about knots.
Pavilion on the Park
With a swirly plan and bold embellishments, Milan-trained Tony Masters rejuvenates a forgotten restaurant on the edge of Sydney’s Domain.
Other Geometrics
Sydney computer artist Horst Kiechle transforms a Melbourne art gallery into a techno-expressionist white grotto: creating amorphous and temporary interior architecture with CAD wireframes, virtual reality flythroughs