Dr. David Beynon’s current research involves investigating architecture as a social and cultural practice, particularly in the context of Australia's engagement with Asia and the architectural implications of migration and hybridity. His recent writ
...MoreDr. David Beynon’s current research involves investigating architecture as a social and cultural practice, particularly in the context of Australia's engagement with Asia and the architectural implications of migration and hybridity. His recent writing on these subjects includes 'Melbourne's 'Third World-Looking' Architecture' in the book suburban Fantasies: Melbourne Unmasked, (2005).He is also currently engaged in an ARC Discovery Project ‘The Influence of Indian Antecedents on the Geometry of Southeast Asian Temples’ and the ARC Linkage Project ‘Strategic Assessment of Building Reuse Opportunities’. Dr. Beynon lectures in the areas of Architectural Design, Architectural Practice and Asian Architecture. He is also a registered architect. He received his B.Arch (Honours) from University of Melbourne in 1990, and has practised in Melbourne, Brisbane and Singapore. He maintains a link to practice through AlsoCAN Architecture and Interactive Design, which investigates the design of insertions, adaptations and urban interventions, including shopfront-grafted home-offices, East-West hybrid courtyard buildings, and mobile office-dwellings.
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