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CTBUH Nonprofit/Governmental Member
University of Melbourne
About
The Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning is a vibrant community of staff and students whose interest and expertise focuses on the built environment.
The school established one of the first Bachelor degrees in Architecture in 1927 and now educate the full range of built environment professionals. They have a lively culture of exploration manifested in many forms, from classroom and studio to research inquiry, complemented by lectures, forums and exhibitions. The cultural diversity is one of their strengths: students and staff have come to Melbourne from over 50 countries, and have a strong alumni body who hold leadership roles across Australia and the world.
Fields of Expertise
Academic / University
Membership details
Membership Level
Nonprofit/Governmental
Member Since
2017
Member Offices
Melbourne
Videos
31 October 2017
CTBUH 2017 Australia Conference - Session 7A: Tall Buildings and Contextual Issues Q&A
Hana Kassem, Director, Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates, chairs the question and answer session with Amin Hamzavian, Director, AvLaw Pty; Giorgio Marfella, Lecturer, University of Melbourne;...
Research
17 October 2016
The Future of Skyscrapers in Melbourne: From Hyper-Density to the Uplift Principle
Melbourne is theater to an ongoing skyscraper boom. Considering the recent projects completed, under construction, approved, or under proposal, the outlook of high-rise activity in...
Research
28 April 2016
The Logic of Rapid Extrusion Produces the “Jumping” Phoenix
In inner cities worldwide, there is limited availability of large land parcels apt for high-rise development. Yet, given the seemingly global trend of “superslim” architecture,...
Designated Experts
Ctbuh Leaders At University of Melbourne
CTBUH Working Group: Fire Performance of Façades, 2017 – Present
Priyan Mendis
Professor of Civil Engineering, Director of ARC Centre for Prefab Housing, University of Melbourne
CTBUH Working Group: Fire Performance of Façades, 2017 – Present
Kate Nguyen
Research Fellow, Dept. of Infrastructure Engineering, University of Melbourne
CTBUH Regional Committee, 2018 – Present
Giorgio Marfella
Senior Lecturer in Architecture and Construction, University of Melbourne
Videos
31 October 2017 | Sydney
CTBUH 2017 Australia Conference - Session 7A: Tall Buildings and Contextual Issues Q&A
Hana Kassem, Director, Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates, chairs the question and answer session with Amin Hamzavian, Director, AvLaw Pty; Giorgio Marfella, Lecturer, University of Melbourne;...
31 October 2017 | Sydney
Past Forward: How Australian Vertical Urbanism Can Learn from its Tall Building Heritage
Sketching a comparison between Melbourne and Sydney, this presentation celebrated the evolutionary trajectory of development of vertical urbanism that flourished in Australia since the 1950s....
Research
17 October 2016
The Future of Skyscrapers in Melbourne: From Hyper-Density to the Uplift Principle
Melbourne is theater to an ongoing skyscraper boom. Considering the recent projects completed, under construction, approved, or under proposal, the outlook of high-rise activity in...
28 April 2016
The Logic of Rapid Extrusion Produces the “Jumping” Phoenix
In inner cities worldwide, there is limited availability of large land parcels apt for high-rise development. Yet, given the seemingly global trend of “superslim” architecture,...
16 September 2014
Interactions Between Residential and Office Towers in Melbourne
Cities interact with commercial real estate forces using spatial and construction models which may become more or less viable with time. Melbourne is an interesting...
19 September 2012
“True” Balanced Integrated Design of Blast Enhanced Façade
In recent years, blast enhancement of facades has become an ever increasing requirement in the design of tall buildings. In the event that the blast...
19 September 2012
MFREE-S Closed Cavity Façade: Cost-Effective, Clean, Environmental
Very few existing tall buildings comply with current energy and sustainability performance requirements. An innovative façade solution, “MFREE-S Closed Cavity Façade” (CCF), has recently been...
01 November 2010
Can Tall Buildings be Child-Friendly? The Vertical Living Kids Research Project
With the emergence of new high-rise residential developments occurring in tandem with economic restructuring and changing household demographics. The Vertical Living Kids Research Project is...
20 October 2003
Vulnerability Assessment of Concrete Tall Buildings Subjected to Extreme Loading Conditions
This paper presents a vulnerability/survivability assessment procedure based on the analysis of a typical tall building in Australia. The structural stability and integrity of the...
26 February 2001
Earthquakes and Tall Buildings – a Review
This paper has provided an overview of both the philosophy and methods used in the design and analysis of building structures to earthquake ground shaking....
26 February 2001
Structural Standards Globalization – An Asia Pacific Perspective
The recent growth of international interaction in communications and particularly in information technology has made it imperative to move rapidly towards much greater levels of...
26 February 2001
Social Infrastructure in Tall Buildings: A Tale of Two Towers
This paper case studies two towering housing complexes, each famous in their respective cities, with different origins and very different fates. Both illustrate the challenges...
CTBUH Initiatives Involving University of Melbourne
CTBUH Colombo 2018 Tall Building Forum
31 May 2018
The 2018 Tall Building Forum brought together many prominent tall building professionals across a wide variety of disciplines for an evening of presentations and discussion.
CTBUH Façade Fire Performance Workshop at University of Sydney
29 October 2017
One day before the CTBUH 2017 Australia Conference, delegates convened at the University of Sydney facilities in Darlington for the Fire Performance of Façades workshop.
CTBUH Sri Lanka Talks Wind Engineering
16–17 September 2017
The CTBUH Sri Lanka workshop on “Advanced Wind Engineering Analysis for High-Rise Buildings Design” was held on the 16th and 17th of September 2017 in Colombo.
CTBUH Executive Director Presents at Chapter Events in Australia
07–09 March 2017
Executive Director Antony Wood delivered two well attended lectures in Sydney and Melbourne, organized by the respective local CTBUH committees.
Executive Director Visits Sydney and Melbourne
06–10 March 2017
CTBUH Executive Director Antony Wood traveled to Sydney and Melbourne to build support for the 2017 conference through meetings and lectures.
The 2016 Colombo Forum
27 June 2016
The 2016 Colombo Forum proved to be yet another successful gathering, themed “Collaborative Approaches in Tall Building Design.”
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