Professor Andrew Leach
Professor
Research Director, Architectural History and Theory Research Group
G04 - Wilkinson Building
The University of Sydney
Biographical details
Andrew Leach is Professor of Architecture at the University of Sydney. He writes on contemporary issues in the fields of architectural history, theory and criticism. His books include Manfredo Tafuri (2007), What is Architectural History? (2010) and Rome (2016), and include the edited collections Shifting Views (2008), Architecture, Disciplinarity and the Arts (2009), The Baroque in Architectural Culture, 1880-1980 (2015), Off the Plan (2016) and On Discomfort (2016). He has held two fellowships the Australian Research Council, and grants from the FWO (Flanders). Current work concerns the historiography of mannerism and the baroque over the long twentieth century, the recent history of architectural theory, the architecture and infrastructure of the early colonial Tasman world, and the urban and architectural history of the Gold Coast.
Research interests
- Intellectual history of twentieth-century architectural culture
- History of architecture and urbanism in Australia and New Zealand
- Architectural historiography (esp. mannerism and baroque)
- Postwar Italian architectural culture
Teaching and supervision
DAAE2001 Twentieth-Century Australian Architecture
MARC4102 Modern Architectural Theory
Associations
Australian Research Council College of Experts
European Architectural History Network
Society of Architectural Historians
Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand
Selected grants
2012
- Understanding the Lessons of Australia's Gold Coast through the Late-20th Century Debate on Criticality and Instrumentality in Architecture; Leach A; Australian Research Council (ARC)/Future Fellowships (FT).
Selected publications
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On Discomfort: Moments in a Modern History of Architectural Culture (Routledge, 2017)
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Rome (Polity Press, 2017)
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Off the Plan: The Urbanisation of the Gold Coast (CSIRO Publishing, 2016)
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GC30+ Documenting the Gold Coast Architecture Awards, 1984-2013. (Urban Research Program at Griffith University on behalf of the Australian Cities Research Network, 2015)
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The Baroque in Architectural Culture, 1880-1980 (Ashgate, 2015)
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What is Architectural History? (Polity Press, 2010)
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Architecture, Disciplinarity and the Arts (A&S Books, 2009)
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Shifting Views: Selected Essays on the Architectural History of Australia and New Zealand (University of Queensland Press, 2008)
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Manfredo Tafuri: Choosing History (A&S Books, 2007)
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Frederick H Newman: Lectures on Architecture (A&S Books, 2003)
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