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  • Strategic Grant
    • 21 July 2026 GROUNDING: Practice, Process & Place 21 July 2026
    • 7 Apr 2026 Mirndiyan Gununa: an embedded case study of workplace dynamics of a remote Indigenous Art Centre 7 Apr 2026
    • 30 July 2025 Home Office: Feasibility of Housing in Vacant Commercial Office Buildings of Sydney 30 July 2025
    • 30 July 2025 A Home, Not Housing: Empowering Women Through Co-design for a Good-Home Design Blueprint 30 July 2025
    • 25 July 2025 Designing Australia's Public Housing: Exhibition and Research Initiative 25 July 2025
    • 25 Mar 2025 Little Experiments, Big Crises: Some Australian Prefab Houses Symposium 25 Mar 2025
    • 5 Mar 2025 Second Skin (aka. FlaxWing): Exploring bioclimatic wrapping for climate-resilient housing in Australia 5 Mar 2025
    • 6 Feb 2025 Towards an Ethic of Care: Designing and delivering alternative housing models 6 Feb 2025
    • 6 Nov 2024 Glass in the Anthropocene: Explorations with a Magical Material 6 Nov 2024
    • 12 Aug 2024 Lived-In: A Post-Occupancy Evaluation of St Albans Housing 12 Aug 2024
    • 25 June 2024 Beyond Heritage: First Nations’ involvement in climate mitigation and design 25 June 2024
    • 31 May 2024 Papulu-Ku Nyinjjiki (Seeing Houses): Health and Housing in the Northern Territory 31 May 2024
    • 21 May 2024 Pollinator Corridor Research: Investigations into a pollinator corridor for inner Sydney, Australia 21 May 2024
    • 8 Apr 2024 Design for Climate | Design for Change: Addressing key challenges facing the built environment 8 Apr 2024
    • 26 Jan 2024 At Home: A three-day program of installations, exhibitions, screenings, talks and events exploring notions of home and the built environment. 26 Jan 2024
    • 11 Nov 2023 Pathways Towards Inclusion: First Nations’ Principles (Sharing, Making and Kinship in Australian Workplace) 11 Nov 2023
    • 8 June 2023 Phycoforms: Building the Future with Seaweed 8 June 2023
    • 1 June 2023 Supporting Social-Capital in an Omni-Channel Workforce: Findings from an adaptive workplace pilot 1 June 2023
    • 23 Nov 2022 Workplace Plasticity: Furnishing the Net-Zero Office through Robotic Fabrication 23 Nov 2022
    • 9 Nov 2022 Adapt: Empowering Adaptive Reuse in Historic Precincts 9 Nov 2022
    • 9 Nov 2022 Retain, Repair, Reinvest: Barak Beacon Estate 9 Nov 2022
    • 11 Oct 2022 Designing Better, Not Bigger: Dynamic Architecture through Scalable Modular Systems 11 Oct 2022
    • 24 Aug 2022 Stepping Stone: Indigenising the Foyer Model of Transitional Housing 24 Aug 2022
    • 6 July 2022 Retain, Repair, Reinvest: Ascot Vale Estate Feasibility Study and Alternative Design Proposal 6 July 2022
    • 10 Apr 2022 Vanua Solesolevaki: Nurturing Communities through Revitalisation of Collective Building Culture 10 Apr 2022
    • 6 Feb 2022 The Future of Living goes to Campsie: The Extension of the Suburban Block 6 Feb 2022
    • 3 Dec 2021 ‘Place Agency’ Podcast: Social Sustainability in Australian Architectural Practice 3 Dec 2021
    • 8 Nov 2021 Folk Costumes for Indo-Pacific Air: An Exhibition 8 Nov 2021
    • 24 June 2021 New Agency: The Future of Dwelling and Ageing 24 June 2021
  • Research Grant
    • 25 Nov 2022 Queer Geology: Architecture of Queer Ecology 25 Nov 2022
    • 15 July 2022 Not Just Ramps and Doorways: Disability Housing is About Choosing Where, How and Who You Live With 15 July 2022
    • 5 July 2022 Architecture Bulletin: The official journal of the New South Wales Chapter of the Australian Institute of Architects. 5 July 2022
    • 24 May 2022 Blueprint for Small Home Approval: Navigating the Design and Certification Process of Small-Footprint, Permanent or Relocatable Dwellings 24 May 2022
    • 7 Apr 2022 Interlude: A series of conversations exploring the recent transformations in architectural education 7 Apr 2022
    • 26 Oct 2021 Hope in High-Rise: An Exploration of Urban Density and Apartment Design 26 Oct 2021
    • 24 June 2021 Design Considerations for Residents with Impeded Cognitive Functioning: Conversations with People with Schizophrenia 24 June 2021
    • 11 May 2021 New Ways of Working (NWOW) Beyond COVID-19: With Special Reference to the Activity Based Workplace (ABW) 11 May 2021
    • 10 May 2021 Another Canberra House: Assessing the Historical Environmental Impact and Future Performance Possibilities of Existing Housing Stock Via Retrofit 10 May 2021
    • 10 May 2021 Australian Design Index Exhibition 10 May 2021
    • 5 May 2021 Building Community Engagement with Architectural Services in Bushfire Affected Communities 5 May 2021
  • Design Thinking
    • 30 Mar 2026 Shared and Sustainable Future Communities 30 Mar 2026
    • 21 July 2025 Girlpower: Design Solutions for an Equitable and Inclusive Future for Females in Sport 21 July 2025
    • 4 June 2025 Empower by Design: Enabling Innovative Inclusion of Disabled People in Design 4 June 2025
    • 18 Mar 2025 The Spoil Grounds: Waste Architectures in Infrastructures of Extraction 18 Mar 2025
    • 12 Mar 2025 Mapping the Hanging Swamps of the Blue Mountains: An Atlas of the Hanging Swamps of the Blue Mountains 12 Mar 2025
    • 14 Nov 2024 Liquid Infrastructures: An Archive of the Central Sydney Estuary 14 Nov 2024
    • 17 Oct 2024 Social Value in the Built Environment: Lessons from Housing Case Studies 17 Oct 2024
    • 24 Sept 2024 Generative AI in Design Education: Post-digital Pedagogies Toolkit 24 Sept 2024
    • 11 Nov 2023 Developing Spatial Design Know How with and for Young People Living in Out-of-Home Residential Care 11 Nov 2023
    • 11 Nov 2023 Rural Design in Queensland: Case Studies 11 Nov 2023
  • Master Research Grant
    • 21 July 2026 How integrated into their communities are aged care typologies in Canberra? An assessment of walkability 21 July 2026
    • 21 July 2026 Colouring Canberra’s Suburbs Blue: exploring an alternative densification option for suburban infill 21 July 2026
    • 16 June 2026 Family-Friendly Apartments in Canberra: Spatial Lessons from Detached Houses for Higher Density Housing 16 June 2026
    • 21 Feb 2023 Interface: Cemetery and City 21 Feb 2023
    • 20 Feb 2023 Built Forms on Ngunnawal Country: Investigation and Adaptation 20 Feb 2023
    • 2 Mar 2022 Living Together: The Role of Shared Living in Canberra’s Future Urban Design 2 Mar 2022
    • 9 Feb 2022 The Future of the Canberra Suburb: An Exploration of Canberra’s Inner Suburbia and the Possibilities for its Densification 9 Feb 2022
  • Alastair Swayn Internship
    • 6 Mar 2025 Adaptive Reuse and Canberra: How does the application of adaptive reuse of commercial office buildings for residential purposes fit into Canberra’s urban planning goals for 2030? 6 Mar 2025
    • 6 Mar 2025 Beyond the Traditional Stadium: Strengthening the Relationship Between the Stadium and the City 6 Mar 2025
    • 6 Mar 2025 Retuning the Ex Govie: A guide to renovation and extension of the Canberra 400 series ex government houses 6 Mar 2025
    • 8 Mar 2022 Suburban Heat: An Examination of the Urban Heat Island Effect in Canberra, through an In-Depth Analysis of the Suburb of Wright and a Review of ACT Government Policy 8 Mar 2022
    • 31 May 2020 Could Build-to-Rent be an ACT housing affordability measure? Observations on the potential of the Build to Rent model to address affordability goals outlined in the ACT Housing Strategy (2018) 31 May 2020
    • 31 May 2020 Canberra’s Urban Soundscape 31 May 2020
  • International Research
    • 21 Apr 2026 Enduring Cultural Matter: Architectural materials are never neutral 21 Apr 2026
    • 30 Mar 2026 Living Together: Five European Studies 30 Mar 2026
    • 3 Apr 2025 Retain, Repair, Reinvest: An International Catalogue of Precast Panel Refurbishment Projects 3 Apr 2025
    • 30 Oct 2024 Notes from a finite world: A study of post-carbon paradigms for architecture 30 Oct 2024
    • 20 Aug 2024 Museum for Touch: Towards Object Based Learning and Accessible Museums for Blind and Low Vision Children and Adults 20 Aug 2024
    • 18 June 2024 Again & Again & Again: A Mini Series to Hearing Architecture 18 June 2024
  • Design Audio
    • 30 Mar 2026 SUP: The Super Urban Podcast Project 30 Mar 2026
    • 30 Mar 2026 Solid Yarns: Collaborating with Respect 30 Mar 2026
    • 1 Dec 2020 The Doyenne Interviews: The Doyenne Interviews is an Australian Arts Podcast by Architect Bridget Nathan. 1 Dec 2020
  • Affiliated Fellowship at the American Academy in Rome
    • 21 Apr 2026 Enduring Cultural Matter: Architectural materials are never neutral 21 Apr 2026
    • 16 Sept 2024 Learning from Corviale 16 Sept 2024

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