ProfessorLee Stickells

PhD, UWA; PG Cert, Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, University of the West of England; BArch(Hons 1), UWA; BEnv Des, UWA.

Lee Stickells is Professor of Architecture in the School of Architecture, Design and Planning. He teaches across the areas of architectural design, urban design and the architectural humanities. Lee has a range of professional experience in urban design and architecture – predominantly in Australia and Asia – including with leading Australian practices Donaldson + Warn and Woods Bagot. Before moving to the University of Sydney in 2008, he directed the Master of Urban Design program at the School of Architecture and Planning at the University of the West of England, where he also taught in architecture and urban design.  Lee has been a sessional academic and visiting critic at UC Berkeley, University of Strathclyde, TU Eindhoven, University of Bath, University of Western Australia, Monash University, and the University of South Australia. Lee’s overarching research interest is in connecting architectural experimentation to broader socio-cultural and technological transformations. He focuses particularly on alternative practices in architectural and environmental design from the 1960s onward, which have tended to challenge conventional disciplinary models – rethinking and reconfiguring mainstream education, professional practice, and capital-intensive production.