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PROF KIM DOVEY



Contact Details

Organization: Architecture, Building and Planning
Position: CHAIR OF ARCHITECTURE & URBAN DESIGN
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Homepage: http://www.placeresearch.net
Work: 8344 7779
Fax: 8344 5532
Room: BS G12
Building: Architecture And Planning Building
Campus: Parkville

Biography

Kim Dovey is Professor of Architecture and Urban Design in the faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning. His research on social issues in architecture and urban design has focused on experiences of place and practices of power. These including investigations of housing, shopping malls, corporate towers, urban waterfronts and the politics of public space. Books include 'Framing Places: Mediating Power in Built Form' (Routledge 1999, 2008)  'Fluid City: Transforming Melbourne's Urban Waterfront' (Routledge 2005) and 'Becoming Places' (Routledge 2009). Current research projects include those on urban place identity, creative cities, learning environments and the morphology of squatter settlements. He has worked with government, industry and community groups and has written and broadcast widely in the mass media.

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Country of Expertise
The politics of public space Australia
Social issues in architecture and urban design Australia
Theories of 'Place' and urban character Australia
Spatial and morphological analysis Australia

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Associateship in Architecture Curtin University of Technology 31-Dec-1976
Master of Architecture University of Melbourne 31-Dec-1979
Doctor of Philosophy University of California 31-Dec-1987

Other Awards

Award Type Awarding Body Comments Date Awarded
Other (Award) RAIA 31-Dec-1997
Other (Award) Planning Institute Australia 31-Dec-2005

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

Grants and Contracts

Research Grants, Contracts and Consultancies awarded to the University of Melbourne as the administering institution (since 2003) as recorded in Themis Agreements.

Grants

Title Role Funding Source Scheme Award Date
What is urban character? Defining, constructing & regulating urban place identity Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Discovery Projects 01/01/2003
The Character of Urban Intensification: Protecting and Creating Place Identity in Activity Centres Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Linkage Projects 01/02/2006
Smart Green Schools: Educational and Environmental Outcomes of Innovation in School Building Design Chief Investigator SUSTAINABLE BUILT ENVIRONMENTS,
GOVERNMENT ARCHITECT,
H2O ARCHITECTS,
MARY FEATHERSTON DESIGN,
MCBRIDE CHARLES RYAN,
MCGAURAN GIANNINI SOON PTY LTD,
RUBIDA RESEARCH,
HAYBALL LEONARD STENT,
DEPT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING,
AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL
Linkage Projects (AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL) 15/08/2007
Planning the creative city: reconciling global strategies with local subcultures Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Discovery Projects 01/01/2009

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2009

Book Chapters

  • The Global Edifice Complex: Melbourne, Australia
    Year: 2009
    Book: On Global Grounds: Urban Change and Globalization
    Publisher: Nova Science Publishers(New York)
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Publications in 2008

Books

  • Framing Places - Mediating Power in Built Form
    Year: 2008
    Publisher: Routledge
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Book Chapters

  • Senses of urban character
    Year: 2008
    Book: Making Sense of Place
    Publisher: National Museum of Australia Press(Canberra)
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Journal Articles

  • Fields of sustainable architecture
    Year: 2008
    Journal: The Journal of Architecture
    Volume: 13
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 9-21
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  • The character of the compact city: intensification and resident opposition
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Urban Planning International
    Volume: 23
    Issue: 5
    Page numbers: 35-43
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Publications in 2007

Book Chapters

  • 'I Mean to be Critical, But...'
    Year: 2007
    Book: Critical Architecture
    Publisher: Routledge(London)
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Journal Articles

  • Informal Settlements: yogyakarta
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Architectural Review Australia
    Volume: 103
    Page numbers: 126-128
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Publications in 2006

Book Chapters

  • Architecture
    Year: 2006
    Book: Sociology : place, time & division
    Publisher: Oxford University Press(South Melbourne)
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  • Urban Slippage: Smooth and Striated Streetscapes in Bangkok
    Year: 2006
    Book: Loose Space: Diversity and Possibility in Urban Life
    Publisher: Routledge(London)
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • Contesting characters at Hedgeley Dene


    Year: 2006
    Event name: Contested Terrains. XXIII Annual Conference of the Society of Architectural Historian, Australia and New Zealand (SAHANZ) 2006
    Conference Publication: Contested Terrains. XXIII Annual Conference of the Society of Architectural Historian, Australia and New Zealand (SAHANZ) 2006
    Page numbers: 591-597
    Publisher: Society of Architectural Historians Australia and New Zealand (SAHANZ)(Perth)
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  • Reality/Television: Hype, Traditional and Everyday Life in Rural Thailand


    Year: 2006
    Event name: Hyper-Traditions. Tenth Conference of the International Association for the Study of Traditional Environments
    Conference Publication: International Association for the Study of Traditional Environments Traditional Dwelling and Settlements. Working Papr Series. Urban Real Estate and the Commodification of Tradition
    Volume: 180
    Page numbers: 173-189
    Publisher: International Association for the Study of Traditional Environments
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  • Contradictory Characters: Place-Identity and the Post-Suburban City
    Year: 2006
    Event name: After Sprawl: Post-Suburban Sydney.
    Conference Publication: After Sprawl: Post-Suburban Sydney. E-Proceedings of 'Post-Suburban Sydney: The City in Transformation' Conference
    Page numbers: 1-10
    Publisher: University of Western Sydney(Penrith)
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  • Slippery Urban Characters: Thai-ing Down Place Identity
    Year: 2006
    Event name: 4th Great Asian Streets Symposium. Reclaiming the City
    Conference Publication: Proceedings. 4th Great Asian Streets Symposium. Reclaiming the City
    Page numbers: 2-12
    Publisher: National University of Singapore
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  • What is the Urban Character? The Case of Camberwell
    Year: 2006
    Event name: State of Australian Cities Conference 2005
    Conference Publication: Second State of Australian Cities Conference
    Page numbers: 1-14
    Publisher: Griffith University(Brisbane)
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Publications in 2005

Books

  • Fluid City: Transforming Melbourne's Urban Waterfront
    Year: 2005
    Publisher: University of New South Wales Press(Sydney)
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Book Chapters

  • Home as Paradox
    Year: 2005
    Book: Home and Identity in Late Life: International Perspectives
    Publisher: Springer(Philadelphia)
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  • Preface
    Year: 2005
    Book: Habitat et Nature
    Publisher: Infolio Editions(Geneva)
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Publications in 2004

Journal Articles

  • Appripriating the Spectacle: Play and Politics in a Leisure Landscape
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Journal of Urban Design
    Volume: 9
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 351-365
    Publisher: Carfax Publishing
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  • Art, Community, Environment, Spirit
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Architecture Australia
    Volume: 93
    Issue: 6
    Page numbers: 101
    Publisher: Architecture Media Pty Ltd(Melbourne)
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  • Health Outcomes and Quasi-supervised Settings for Street Injecting Drug Use
    Year: 2004
    Journal: International Journal of Drug Policy
    Volume: 15
    Page numbers: 247-257
    Publisher: Elsevier Science
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • Limits to Urban Character
    Year: 2004
    Event name: LIMITS: the 21st Annual Conference of the Society of Architectural Historians Australia and New Zealand
    Conference Publication: LIMITS: Proceedings from the 21st Annual Conference of the Society of Architectural Historians Australia and New Zealand
    Page numbers: 545-550
    Publisher: Society of Architectural Historians Australia and New Zealand (SAHANZ)(Perth)
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Publications in 2003

Journal Articles

  • Transparency or intimidation?
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Law Institute Journal
    Volume: 77
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 23-25
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • Facing up to the waterfront
    Year: 2003
    Event name: Modernity, tradition, culture, water
    Conference Publication: Modernity, tradition, culture, water: Proceedings of an international symposium, Bangkok 29-31 October 2002
    Page numbers: 57-64
    Publisher: Kasetsart University Press(Bangkok)
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Publications in 2002

Book Chapters

  • The silent complicity of architecture
    Year: 2002
    Book: Habitus: a sense of place
    Publisher: Ashgate(Aldershot)
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Journal Articles

  • Architecture and freedom? Programmatic innovation in the work of Koolhaas/OMA
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Journal of Architectural Education
    Volume: 56
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 5-14
    Publisher: MIT Press(Massachusetts)
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  • Hype and hope: imagining Melbourne's Docklands
    Year: 2002
    Journal: City
    Volume: 6
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 83-101
    Publisher: Carfax Publishing(London)
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  • Open Houses and Ivory Towers
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Arena Magazine
    Volume: 61
    Issue: Oct-Nov 2002
    Page numbers: 38-39
    Publisher: Arena Printing and Publishing(Melbourne)
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  • Pleasure, politics and the 'public interest': Melbourne's riverscape revitalization
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Journal of the American Planning Association
    Volume: 68
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 151-164
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • Architectural insinuations
    Year: 2002
    Event name: Additions to Architectural History: Society of Architectural Historians Australia and New Zealand 2001 Conference
    Conference Publication: Additions to Architectural History: Society of Architectural Historians Australia and New Zealand 2001 Conference
    Page numbers: 1-10
    Publisher: Society of Architectural Historians Australia and New Zealand (SAHANZ)(Perth)
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  • Architectural insinuations: on the waterfront with ARM, NFK, DCM, LAB
    Year: 2002
    Event name: Additions to Architectural History: XIXth Annual Conference of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand
    Conference Publication: Additions to Architectural History: XIXth Annual Conference of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand
    Page numbers: 1-11
    Publisher: Society of Architectural Historians Australia and New Zealand (SAHANZ)(Perth)
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  • Dialectics of place: authenticity, identity, difference
    Year: 2002
    Event name: De-Placing Difference: Architecture, Culture and Imaginative Geography3rd CAMEA International Symposium
    Conference Publication: De-Placing Difference: Architecture, Culture and Imaginative Geography
    Page numbers: 45-52
    Publisher: Centre for Asian and Middle Eastern Architecture (CAMEA)(Adelaide)
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Publications in 2001

Book Chapters

  • On Politics and Urban Space
    Year: 2001
    Book: Debating the City: An Anthology
    Publisher: Historic Houses Trust of NSW and University of Western Sydney(Sydney)
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  • The Aesthetics of Place
    Year: 2001
    Book: Aesthetics, Well-being and Health: Essays within architecture and environmental aesthetics
    Publisher: Ashgate(Aldershot)
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Journal Articles

  • Memory, Democracy and Urban Space
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Journal of Urban Design
    Volume: 6
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 265-282
    Publisher: Carfax Publishing
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  • Safety Becomes Danger:dilemmas of drug-use in public space
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Health and Place
    Volume: 7
    Page numbers: 319-331
    Publisher: Pergamon-Elsevier Science(Oxford)
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