Dr Kirsty Volz is an architect and academic. She is a co-director of Toussaint and Volz and senior lecturer in architecture at the Queensland University of Technology.
Kirsty Volz's Latest contributions
Double North House by Furminger
Fusing utility and craft, this Brisbane home adopts and adapts the qualities of the Queenslander, resulting in a tactile and participatory design that facilitates easy living in a subtropical climate.
Flipside Circus’s Brisbane Circus Centre by Blok Modular
A relocatable, flexible structure made from shipping containers supports this country’s efforts toward a circular economy as well as the stripped back ethos of contemporary Australian circus.
Design governance: Leveraging the value of architects
Kirsty Volz and Susan Holden ask: how can architects leverage their value and impact through positions in government?
Roundtable: Government architects in Australia
The Government Architects Network of Australia is a vital means of support and exchange across the country. Here, they discuss resourcing, value measurement, public sector career path options and other pertinent issues.
Design review panels in action
Design review panels can be important mechanisms to improve the quality of our built environment. Three experienced practitioners present case studies that demonstrate the valuable contributions that these panels can make.
How good design can improve the way we all live
An exhibition at the State Library of Queensland explores the value of genuinely fit-for-purpose design that connects architecture, people, place and ecology.
Sydney House by Cavill Architects
A contemporary yet complementary addition to a 1950s house in New Farm is a tribute to the unsung history of brick in Brisbane’s residential architecture.
Entanglements and more-than-human futures: The Architecture Symposium, Brisbane
The Architecture Symposium, Brisbane, part of the Asia-Pacific Architecture Festival, delved into the broader relationships between architecture and the physical and social environments.
Meet the owners of Spring Hill House
Ryan and Fran swapped their large, suburban home for a compact site near the city, and approached local architect Paul Owen with a brief for a small-footprint, small-budget family home. Kirsty Volz spoke to the couple about their downsizing journey and the process of working with an architect.
Less house, more life: Spring Hill House
A Brisbane family of five disrupts the conventions of the suburban family home, instead pursuing a ‘city change’ that offers a compelling formula for less house, more life.
