Overview
Background
Antony Moulis is Associate Professor in the School of Architecture, Design and Planning at the University of Queensland, where he teaches and researches across the fields of architecture, urbanism and design. His current research focuses on productive cities and urban retrofit as drivers of positive community change, as featured in the jointly-authored book House, Precinct, Territory: Design Strategies for the Productive City (ORO, 2023) which addresses urban innovation and adaptation in the Asia-Pacific. He is internationally recognised for his work on architectural design practice and patterns of global knowledge transfer. Recent books include the co-authored John Andrews: Architect of Uncommon Sense (Harvard University Press, 2023), which investigates strategies of ecological design in the international context; the sole-authored Le Corbusier in the Antipodes: Art, Architecture and Urbanism (Routledge, 2021) a first account of the modern architect’s reception, encounters and global networks in Australasia, and the co-edited 4-volume anthology, Le Corbusier: Critical Concepts in Architecture (Routledge, 2018), a detailed historiographic survey of writings on, and by, the architect from 1920 to the present. Moulis' research through design involves active collaboration with industry and architectural and urban practices. Co-designed built and speculative projects highlighting micro-urban and resilience strategies for contemporary cities have been awarded, exhibited and published internationally including through journals such as Architecture Australia, The Architectural Review, and GA Houses: the recent books The New Queensland House (Thames & Hudson, 2022) and 33 Documents of Contemporary Australian Architecture (URO, 2022); and exhibited at 2021 Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism. Moulis oversaw UQ Architecture's participation in the Water Sensitive Cities CRC – a national team of academics and designers developing strategies for urban intensification and green infrastructure. His architectural writing and research spans professional and academic journals, including critical commentary on contemporary architecture.
Awards
The Productive Edge - phorm architecture+design with Silvia Micheli and Antony Moulis
- 2025 Architecture Australia Prize for Unbuilt Work - Special Mention
One Room Tower - phorm architecture+design with Silvia Micheli and Antony Moulis
- House of the Year, Brisbane Region, Australian Institute of Architects, Queensland Awards 2018
- Brisbane Regional Commendation, Residential Architecture - Houses (Alterations and Additions), Australian Institute of Architects, Queensland Awards 2018
- State Award, Residential Architecture - Houses (Alterations and Additions), Australian Institute of Architects, Queensland Awards 2018
Blue Bower - phorm architecture+design with Silvia Micheli and Antony Moulis
- Crossroads X Prize, Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism 2021
- Greater Brisbane Region Commendation, Australian Institute of Architects, Queensland Awards 2023
- State Commendation for Small Project Architecture – Australian Institute of Architects, Queensland Awards 2023
Memberships and Roles
Past President, Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand (SAHANZ) (2013-2015)
Member, Society of Architectural Historians Australia and New Zealand (SAHANZ)
Member, European Architectural History Network
Head of Architecture & Program Director, School of Geography, Planning and Architecture (2004-2008)
Availability
- Associate Professor Antony Moulis is:
- Available for supervision
- Media expert
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Design Studies, The University of Queensland
- Bachelor, The University of Queensland
Research interests
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Energy transitions and productive cities: emerging design strategies
The adaptation of the city to clean energy creation and localised work practices is shifting the city’s sites of production, as well as working behaviours. This research examines the opportunities created by this shift through evidence-based scenario building. It identifies strategies for transitioning architectural and urban spaces supporting communities through the economic and social redesign of cities.
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Urban infill housing: Design strategies for the micro-context
This collaborative research identifies the micro-context of inner city ex-suburban locations as a territory for investigation of urban densification. It reveals the potential of the single house site to enact new strategies of development related to flexibility, resilience and domestic production.
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Architecture on the global periphery: flows of cross-cultural exchange
This research follows contacts and exchanges occurring between European architects and the so-called global periphery. Such contacts are set against the broader story of architect's careers, questioning received interpretations of the transfer of design methods and current assumptions about the influence of major architects in national contexts beyond Europe including Australia, New Zealand and Iran.
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From 20th to 21st century: perspectives in architectural design practice
This research considers the emergence of techniques in architectural design practice in the 20th century and their formation, lineage and influence. Architects who work has been examined in respect of technique include Le Corbusier, Maxwell Fry and Jane Drew, John Andrews and Jorn Utzon. The research examines the connections and relationships between techniques from the early 20th century and their implications in contemporary practice.
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Water Sensitive Architecture and Urban Design
This is undertaken with a national team of academics and designers collaborating within the Water Sensitive Cities CRC. Through design-based research with colleagues at Monash and UWA the work is examining the issues and processes involved in delivering best practice water sensitive urban design through demonstration precinct-scale development and redevelopment projects which are dedicated to the provision of urban intensification and green infrastructure in major cities and new regional contexts.
Research impacts
In 2015 the Sydney Opera House acquired the 1960 Le Corbusier tapestry, Les Dés Sont Jetés (‘The Dice Are Cast’) for permanent display in the Sydney Opera House. Research by Moulis in 2010 uncovered the tapestry, which had been lost for half a century, identifying it as originally designed and produced by Le Corbusier in response to a personal commission from Jorn Utzon, architect of the Sydney Opera House, to produce artworks for the decoration of the building. The tapestry represents Utzon's early vision for the incorporation of artwork within the building's interiors, offering a rare but tangible link to the architect's initial conception of one of the most famous buildings of the 20th century.
Works
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2018
Journal Article
The Poisoned Chalice: Peter Hall and the Sydney Opera House
Moulis, Antony (2018). The Poisoned Chalice: Peter Hall and the Sydney Opera House. Fabrications - The Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians Australia and New Zealand, 28 (3), 440-442. doi: 10.1080/10331867.2018.1485215
2018
Other Outputs
One Room Tower talks to the city
Micheli, Silvia, Moulis, Antony, Hotston, Paul and Zang, Shuwei (2018). One Room Tower talks to the city.
2018
Other Outputs
Building the new density: One Room Tower
Micheli, Silvia, Moulis, Antony and Hotston, Paul (2018). Building the new density: One Room Tower.
2018
Other Outputs
Norman Creek Catchment: dwelling on floodscapes
Leardini, Paola, Darr, Jonus, Moulis, Antony and Ozgun, Kaan (2018). Norman Creek Catchment: dwelling on floodscapes. Urban intensification and green infrastructure: towards a water sensitive city (Project D5.1) Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Cooperative Research Centre for Water Sensitive Cities.
2018
Conference Publication
New inner-city living: testing the micro-context
Micheli, Silvia and Moulis, Antony (2018). New inner-city living: testing the micro-context. Annual Design Research Conference (ADR18), Sydney, NSW, Australia, 27-28 September 2018. Sydney, NSW, Australia: The University of Sydney.
2018
Book Chapter
Exhibiting Scarpa: transcriptions of the narrative detail in Queensland
Moulis, Antony and Musgrave, Elizabeth (2018). Exhibiting Scarpa: transcriptions of the narrative detail in Queensland. Italy/Australia: postmodern architecture in translation. (pp. 76-89) edited by Silvia Micheli and John Macarthur. Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Uro Publications.
2018
Book
Le Corbusier
Livesey, Graham and Moulis, Antony eds. (2018). Le Corbusier. Abingdon, Oxon United Kingdom: Routledge.
2017
Conference Publication
Water-potential-mapping for urban flood/drought resilience: A holistic approach to sustainable spatial planning and design by augmenting use, reuse and storage capacity of storm water in South East Queensland
Ozgun, Kaan, Moulis, Antony and Leardini, Paola (2017). Water-potential-mapping for urban flood/drought resilience: A holistic approach to sustainable spatial planning and design by augmenting use, reuse and storage capacity of storm water in South East Queensland. International Conference on Changing Cities III: Spatial, Design, Landscape & Socio-Economic dimensions, Syros-Delos-Mykonos Islands, Greece, June 26-30, 2017. Thessaloniki, Greece: University of Thessaly Volos/Grafima Publications.
2017
Conference Publication
Before Scarborough: John Andrews in the office of Parkin Associates 1959-1961
Walker, Paul and Moulis, Antony (2017). Before Scarborough: John Andrews in the office of Parkin Associates 1959-1961. Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand (SAHANZ) Annual Conference, Canberra, ACT, Australia, 5-8 July 2017. Canberra, ACT, Australia: SAHANZ: Society of Architectural Historians, Australia & New Zealand.
2016
Journal Article
Incremental civic-ness: James Street Precinct
Micheli, Silvia and Moulis, Antony (2016). Incremental civic-ness: James Street Precinct. Architecture Australia, 105 (5), 64-70.
2016
Other Outputs
One Room Tower
phorm architecture + design, Micheli, Silvia and Moulis, Antony (2016). One Room Tower.
2015
Journal Article
Animated Interiors: Le Corbusier's skylights
Moulis, Antony (2015). Animated Interiors: Le Corbusier's skylights. The Architect: The journal of the Sri Lanka Institute of Architects, 116 (2), 85-88.
2015
Conference Publication
Design as remedial practice: John Andrews international educational projects in Queensland 1972-1980
Moulis, Antony and Russell, Georgina (2015). Design as remedial practice: John Andrews international educational projects in Queensland 1972-1980. Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand (SAHANZ) Annual Conference, Sydney, NSW, Australia, 7-10 July 2015. Sydney, NSW, Australia: SAHANZ.
2015
Conference Publication
Architecture in translation: Le Corbusier’s influence in Australia
Moulis, Antony (2015). Architecture in translation: Le Corbusier’s influence in Australia. Le Corbusier: 50 years later, Valencia, Spain, 18-20 November 2015. Valencia, Spain: Universitat Politecnica de Valencia. doi: 10.4995/LC2015.2015.752
2015
Journal Article
Finding brutalism in the architecture of John Andrews
Walker, Paul and Moulis, Antony (2015). Finding brutalism in the architecture of John Andrews. Fabrications, 25 (2), 214-233. doi: 10.1080/10331867.2015.1032480
2015
Conference Publication
From impact to legacy: interpreting critical writing on Le Corbusier from the 1920s to the present
Livesey, Graham and Moulis, Antony (2015). From impact to legacy: interpreting critical writing on Le Corbusier from the 1920s to the present. Le Corbusier: 50 years later, Valencia, Spain, 18-20 November 2015. Valencia, Spain: Universitat Politecnica de Valencia. doi: 10.4995/LC2015.2015.712
2014
Conference Publication
The mechanical organic: on the discourse of ecology in the architecture of John Andrews
Moulis, Antony (2014). The mechanical organic: on the discourse of ecology in the architecture of John Andrews. SAHANZ 2014: Translation. 31st Annual Conference of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand, Auckland, New Zealand, 2-5 July, 2014. Gold Coast, QLD, Australia: SAHANZ.
2014
Conference Publication
Architectural discourse and the rise of cultural studies
Moulis, Antony (2014). Architectural discourse and the rise of cultural studies. EAHN Turin 2014: European Architectural History Network Third International Meeting, Torino Italy, 19-21 June 2014. Torino, Italy: Politecnico di Torino.
2013
Journal Article
Position paper: open brief
Leach, Andrew, Moulis, Antony, McCarthy, Christine, Seligmann, Ari, Biraghi, Marco, Willis, Julie, Stickells, Lee, Gatley, Julia, Westbrook, Nigel, Stierli, Martino and Clarke, Amy (2013). Position paper: open brief. Architectural Histories, 1 (1), 27.1-27.10. doi: 10.5334/ah.ba
2013
Other Outputs
Three houses for Canberra: speculative architecture project
Moulis, Antony (2013). Three houses for Canberra: speculative architecture project.
Funding
Past funding
Supervision
Availability
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Master Philosophy
Le Corbusier's media of design: an inquiry of drawing, representation and design ideation through architectural case studies
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Alex Bevan
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Doctor Philosophy
Square Transformations: Reading Frank Lloyd Wright's plan in the Australian House of the 1950s and 1960s
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Timothy O'Rourke, Dr Fred Fialho Leandro Alves Teixeira
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Doctor Philosophy
Climate, resource and culturally responsive strategies for tropical buildings: Comparative study of educational buildings in post-war West Africa within the global context.
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Geoff Ginn, Dr Andrew Wilson
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Doctor Philosophy
Climate, resource and culturally responsive strategies for tropical buildings: Comparative study of educational buildings in post-war West Africa within the global context.
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Geoff Ginn, Dr Andrew Wilson
Completed supervision
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2024
Doctor Philosophy
Square Transformations: Reading Frank Lloyd Wright's plan in the Australian House of the 1950s and 1960s
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Timothy O'Rourke, Dr Deborah van der Plaat, Dr Fred Fialho Leandro Alves Teixeira
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2021
Doctor Philosophy
Between Beaux-Arts, Tradition, and Modernism: The École des Beaux-Arts and the Expression of Iranian National Identity through Architecture (1926--1941)
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Manu P. Sobti
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2013
Doctor Philosophy
The Decorative Strategies of Mary Haweis
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor John Macarthur
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2023
Doctor Philosophy
Survivors: Women in Architecture in Queensland (1975-2000); Interpreting Histories and Building Content in a Digital Archive.
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor John Macarthur, Dr Deborah van der Plaat
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2021
Doctor Philosophy
The Museum as Storyteller: Designing Socially Inclusive Narrative Environments
Associate Advisor
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2015
Doctor Philosophy
The Houses of Hayes and Scott (1946-1984)
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor John Macarthur, Dr Deborah van der Plaat
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2015
Master Philosophy
A Cyclone-Proof Community Centre for Atherton: Tropical Monumentality to Enable Resilience in Far North Queensland Communities
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Andrew Wilson, Emeritus Professor Sandra Kaji-O'Grady
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2010
Doctor Philosophy
Images in Space & Space in/within Images: Charting a Shifting Dynamic in Architecture from Disembodied Viewpoint to Embodied Viewer
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor John Macarthur
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2008
Doctor Philosophy
RS (Robin) Dods 1868-1920: The Life and Work of a Significant Australian Architect
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor John Macarthur
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2004
Doctor Philosophy
On the object of the museum and its architecture
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor John Macarthur
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- Modern architecture
- Productive cities
- Urban resilience
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