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PROF MILES LEWIS



Contact Details

Organization: Architecture, Building and Planning
Position: PROFESSOR (LEVEL E)
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Homepage: http://www.mileslewis.net/
Work: 8344 6402
Mobile: 0412 368 992
Fax: 8344 5532
Room: 133B
Building: Architecture And Planning Building
Campus: Parkville

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Key Words Country of Expertise
Prefabrication prefabrication, building Australia, Northern America, Western Europe, Mainland South-East Asia, Western Europe
Australian architectural history Australian architecture,architectural history, australian history Australia
Australian building history building, australian history, australian building history, construction Australia
Vernacular architecture and traditional building vernacular architecture, architecture, traditions, building traditions, traditional building Australia
Medium density housing policy housing policy, medium density housing Australia

International Linkages

Country Establishment Collaboration
United Kingdom Construction History Society Technical Assistance/Training

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Arts Institution not known
Bachelor of Architecture Institution not known
Doctor of Philosophy University of Melbourne

Memberships

Membership Type Membership Body Description Start Date End Date
Senior Member Royal Institute of Architects Fellow of the International Advisory Council 01-Jun-2006
Senior Member Comite International d'Architecture Vernaculaire Honorary Life Fellow 01-Jan-1996 31-Dec-2010
Member International Council on Monuments & Sites Past President, Australia 01-Jan-1992 31-Dec-2010
Member Society of Architectural Historians Australia & New Zealand Past President 01-Jan-1991 31-Dec-2010
Member Town & Country Planning Association Past President 01-Jan-1996 31-Dec-2010

Honours

Honour Date Awarded
Member of the Order of Australia 2002

Fellowships

Fellowship Date Awarded
Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities (FAHA)
Fellow of the Royal Society for the Arts (FRSA)

Other Awards

Award Type Awarding Body Comments Date Awarded
Other (Award) Australian Government Centennial Medal 21-Apr-2003
Other (Award) Award for Planning Excellence, Royal Australian Planning Institute 31-Dec-2000
Other (Award) Special Award, Royal Australian Planning Institute 31-Dec-1995
Other (Award) Award for Excellence, Royal Australian Planning Institute 31-Dec-1994
Other (Award) merit awards, RAIA 31-Dec-1983
Other (Award) Walter Burley Griffin Award, RAIA 31-Dec-1983
Other (Award) merit awards, RAIA 31-Dec-1979
Other (Award) Certificate of Town Planning Achievement, Town and Country Planning Association 31-Dec-1977
Other (Award) Robin Boyd Environment Award ,RAIA 31-Dec-1973

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

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 2008

Book Chapters

  • The imperial technology cringe
    Year: 2008
    Book: Shifting Views: Selected Essays on the Architectural History of Australia and New Zealand
    Publisher: University of Queensland Press(St Lucia)
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Journal Articles

  • The enigma of Edwin Maw
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Construction History Society Newsletter
    Volume: 82
    Page numbers: 3-6
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  • The epigraphy of the iron tile
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Construction History Society Newsletter
    Volume: 81
    Page numbers: 5-9
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • The secret history of the Victorian interior
    Year: 2008
    Event name: Victorian Interiors
    Conference Publication: Victorian Interiors: Proceedings
    Page numbers: 17-30
    Publisher: Association for Preservation Technology International(Chatswood)
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Publications in 2006

Book Chapters

  • Beni Burnett
    Year: 2006
    Book: Home: Design and Architecture from Prehistory to Today
    Publisher: Viking (Penguin)(Camberwell)
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  • Glenn Murcutt
    Year: 2006
    Book: Home: Design and Architecture from Prehistory to Today
    Publisher: Viking (Penguin)(Camberwell)
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  • Robin Boyd
    Year: 2006
    Book: Home: Design and Architecture from Prehistory to Today
    Publisher: Viking (Penguin)(Camberwell)
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  • Troppo Architects
    Year: 2006
    Book: Home: Design and Architecture from Prehistory to Today
    Publisher: Viking (Penguin)(Camberwell)
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  • Walter Burley Griffin
    Year: 2006
    Book: Home: Design and Architecture from Prehistory to Today
    Publisher: Viking (Penguin)(Camberwell)
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Journal Articles

  • Prefabrication in the Gold-Rush Era:  California, Australia and the Pacific
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Association for Preservation Technology International Bulletin
    Volume: 37
    Page numbers: 7-26
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  • The French Connection: The Secret History of French Influence in Australian Architecture
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Journal of Australian Colonial History
    Volume: 8
    Page numbers: 91-116
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • Puncheons and Dragons: renaissance Carpentry and Semantics
    Year: 2006
    Event name: Second International Congress on Construction History
    Conference Publication: Second International Congress on Construction History
    Volume: 2
    Page numbers: 1937-1956
    Publisher: Construction History Society(Cambridge)
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Publications in 2005

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Journal Articles

  • The Reality behind the Reality
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Tirra Lirra
    Volume: 14
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 32-36
    Publisher: Phoebe Publishing(Mt Evelyn)
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • Townscapes in their Setting
    Year: 2005
    Event name: ICOMOS 15th General Assembly and Scientific Symposium
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of ICOMOS 15th General Assembly and Scientific Symposium
    Volume: 2
    Page numbers: 711-716
    Publisher: International Academic Publishers/Beijing World Publishing Corporation(Beijing)
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Publications in 2004

Book Chapters

  • A House Divided, 1890-1918
    Year: 2004
    Book: Bates Smart: 150 Years of Australian Architecture
    Publisher: Thames and Hudson(Melbourne)
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  • Physical Investigation of a Building
    Year: 2004
    Book: The National Trust Research Manual
    Publisher: National Trust of Victoria(Melbourne)
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  • Terrace Houses and Gothic Splendour: The Architecture
    Year: 2004
    Book: Carlton: A History
    Publisher: Melbourne University Press(Carlton)
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  • The Architecture
    Year: 2004
    Book: Carlton: A History
    Publisher: Melbourne University Press(Carlton)
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Publications in 2003

Journal Articles

  • Complex by the Yarra
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Australian Book Review
    Volume: 249
    Page numbers: 22-23
    Publisher: Australian Book Review(Richmond South)
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  • The Dome
    Year: 2003
    Journal: The La Trobe Journal
    Volume: 72
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 42-63
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  • Tianjin, a European architectural enclave
    Year: 2003
    Journal: DOCOMOMO
    Volume: 29
    Issue: September 2003
    Page numbers: 84-86
    Publisher: DOCOMOMO International(Paris)
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Publications in 2002

Book Chapters

  • An Australian Hybrid: The Gardiner House, French Island
    Year: 2002
    Book: Vernacular Architecture
    Publisher: ICOMOS(Munich)
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  • Iron Fences
    Year: 2002
    Book: The Oxford Companion to Australian Gardens
    Publisher: Oxford University Press(South Melbourne)
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  • Squares
    Year: 2002
    Book: The Oxford Companion to Australian Gardens
    Publisher: Oxford University Press(South Melbourne)
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Journal Articles

  • Housing and status in Victorian Victoria
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Tirra Lirra
    Volume: 13
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 21-31
    Publisher: Phoebe Publishing(Mt Evelyn)
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  • Obfuscating Stucco
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Australian Book Review
    Volume: 246
    Page numbers: 50
    Publisher: Australian Book Review(Richmond South)
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Publications in 2001

Journal Articles

  • Architecture of the Basalt Plains
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria
    Volume: 113
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 29-38
    Publisher: Royal Society of Victoria
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  • Cleansing Seidler's Temple
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Australian Book Review
    Volume: 229
    Page numbers: 16-17
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  • Maps for Building Research
    Year: 2001
    Journal: The La Trobe Journal
    Volume: 68
    Page numbers: 17-30
    Publisher: State Library of Victoria(Melbourne)
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  • The Citizen Versus the Planner
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Western Planner
    Volume: 17
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 6-15
    Publisher: RAPI WA(Perth)
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  • The Definitive Gothic
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Australian Book Review
    Volume: 232
    Page numbers: 52-53
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