About the Author

Kim Dovey

Kim Dovey is Professor of Architecture and Urban Design at the University of Melbourne. Professor Dovey has been engaged for over twenty years in research on social issues in architecture and urban design. His theoretical focus incorporates conceptions of  'place', constructions of meaning and spatial analysis. Specific studies include tall buildings, shopping malls, housing, the politics of public space and Aboriginality in architecture. Books include: Framing Places: Mediating Power in Built Form (Routledge 1999) and Fluid City: Transforming Melbourne's Urban Waterfront (Routledge 2005). Professor Dovey is the recipient of a number of ARC grants and is currently engaged in a project entitled, 'What is Urban Character?'
Professor Dovey has been a keynote speaker at a number of international conferences and has held visiting professor or scholar positions at Berkeley, UCL (Bartlett), City University of New York and the universities of Minnesota and Nottingham. Locally he has engaged in public debate and broadcast widely in the mass media. He has received a number of awards for published work including the Australia Award for Urban Design.

Email: k.dovey@ unimelb.edu.au

Webpage: http://www.placeresearch.net/