O'Rourke, Timothy

School of Architecture, University of Queensland
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6598-5045
Australia

Tim O’Rourke teaches and researches architectural design and technology at the University of Queensland. His research is broadly concerned with past and present applications of cross-cultural design across different building types and settings. Such projects often require multi-disciplinary approaches to the study of architectural problems, informed by the histories of buildings and the people that use them.

Contributions

  • Design
    Editorial
    Conventional definitions of design rarely capture its reach into our everyday lives. The Design Council, for example, estimates that more than 2.5 million people use design-related skills, principles, and practices on a daily basis in UK workplaces (Design Council 5, 8). Further, they calculate that these workers contribute £209 billion to the economy annually (8). The terrain of design...Read more
    M/C Journal Vol. 24 No. 4 (2021): design