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PhD (Queensland University of Technology), Postgraduate Diploma in Architecture (University of Natal)
Associate Professor Lindy Osborne Burton (PhD) was originally educated in South Africa but later moved to Australia where she commenced working at Cox Rayner Architects in Brisbane. Lindy quickly developed a specialisation in the design of complex public and institutional buildings—her architectural portfolio is extensive and includes over 70 building projects, ranging from the Princess Alexandra Hospital Redevelopment, through to the Southbank Education & Training Precinct.
Following 18 years of practice in architecture, where she registered as an architect and received 15 professional design awards, Lindy chose to pursue a full-time academic career. Now an Associate Professor in Architecture and the Design for Health program co-leader at Queensland University of Technology, Lindy is also currently appointed as a Visiting Associate Professor of Architecture at Taylor’s University, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
It’s impossible to be raised in South Africa, and not be impacted by architectural responses to racial segregation—spaces and places are a constant reminder of the painful past. While Lindy has built a new identity as an Australian architect and academic, her African foundations underpin her sensitivities to indigenous perspectives and her approach to design, which is inspired by connections to nature, and motivated by a pursuit of joy and mental well-being.
Lindy’s research centres on the integration of Inclusive (belonging), Biophilic (connection to nature), Salutogenic (health and well-being) and Eudaimonic (joy and contentment) architectural approaches in healthcare facility design, which she has developed into her own framework called The iBaSE Mindset. She supplements this research with expertise in the design of innovative environments to support mental health, neuro-distinction, and gender equity, and through celebrating the interstitial spaces between nature, art, and architecture.
More recently, and as the Associate Director of Communication and the Program Leader for the Quantification and Communication of Indoor Air Pollution and Airborne Pathogen Transmission Risk in the ARC Training Centre for Advanced Building Systems Against Airborne Infection Transmission, Lindy is currently collaborating with scientists and engineers globally, to propose innovative new approaches to reduce airborne infection transmission through improving indoor air quality, writing design guidelines and policies, and providing advocacy to government, the professions, industry, and building owners and operators.
Lindy is currently appointed as both the Academic Board Director of the Board of Architects of Queensland and as a Referee for the Queensland Development Tribunal. She is also the Australian Institute of Architects Gold Coast and Northern Rivers Region Co-Chair, and an active member of the Australian Health Design Council. Lindy is appointed to the Architects Accreditation Council of Australia Accreditation Standing Panel and the Overseas Qualifications Assessment Panel.
Lindy was a jury member for the 2021 International Union of Architects Award for Innovation in Architectural Education, and she is currently the Australian regional editor for the International Journal of Architectural Research (SJR Q1). Lindy is a Senior Fellow and an Associate Fellow (Indigenous) of the Higher Education Academy and her teaching excellence has been recognised at QUT with multiple Vice-Chancellor’s, Dean’s, and School Performance Awards, and nationally through an Australian Office for Learning and Teaching citation for ‘outstanding contributions to student learning’.
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EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
TAYLOR'S UNIVERSITY [Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia]
2022 - 2024: Visiting Associate Professor of Architecture (Invited)
QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY [Brisbane, Australia]
2021 - current: Associate Professor in Architecture
2020: Senior Lecturer in Architecture
2017 - 2019: Master of Architecture Course Coordinator
2013 - 2016: Transformation Fellow + Senior Lecturer in Architecture
2008 - 2012: Lecturer in Architecture
2007: Sessional Architecture Academic
ASSOCIATION OF CONSULTING ARCHITECTS [Australia]
2019 - current: Research Consultancy
COX RAYNER ARCHITECTS [Brisbane]
2002 - 2007: Senior Architect
1996 - 2001: Graduate of Architecture
S2F Pty Ltd [Brisbane]
2001 - 2002: Project Architect
HJ Nel + Stauch Vorster + Alistair Hume + Myles Pugh Sherlock Murray [Durban]
1990 - 1995: Architecture Student
PROFESSIONAL AWARDS
QUT COMMERCIAL RESEARCH AWARDS
2021: Vice-Chancellor's Research Excellence Award for ‘partnership and engagement excellence’ in HEAL
AUSTRALIAN GOOD DESIGN AWARDS
2021: HEAL Service Design - Re-Designing Healthcare: The Value of a Design-Led Approach
2021: HEAL Social Impact - Designers in Healthcare: Agents of Change
AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS AWARDS
2010: Southbank Education & Training Precinct - Urban Design State Award [Commendation]
2010: Southbank Education & Training Precinct - Brisbane Regional Award [Commendation]
2005: Isuzu Truck Display Centre - Queensland Beatrice Hutton Award for Commercial Buildings [High Commendation]
2005: Isuzu Truck Display Centre - Brisbane Regional Award [Commendation]
2003: Artspace Mackay - Queensland Cultural Buildings Award
2003: Artspace Mackay - Queensland Art and Architecture Award
2003: Artspace Mackay - Mackay/ Whitsunday Building of the Year
2003: Princess Alexandra Hospital + Central Energy Unit – Brisbane Building of the Year
2003: Princess Alexandra Hospital + Central Energy Unit - Public Buildings Institutional Building Award [High Commendation]
2003: Princess Alexandra Hospital + Central Energy Unit - Art & Architecture Award [High Commendation]
LONDON PUBLIC PRIVATE FINANCE AWARDS
2007: Southbank Education & Training Precinct
AUSTRALIAN STEEL INSTITUTE AWARDS
2005: Isuzu Truck Display Centre - Architectural Steel Design Award
2005: Isuzu Truck Display Centre - Metal Building Product Design Award
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WOMEN IN CONSTRUCTION AWARDS
2004: Isuzu Truck Display Centre - Innovative Design Award [Commendation]
QUEENSLAND PREMIER’S EXPORT AWARDS
2001: Ningbo Masterplan, China [Finalist]
- Type
- Visiting Professorships/Fellowships
- Reference year
- 2022
- Details
- 2022 - current: Visiting Associate Professor of Architecture (Invited) at Taylor's University [Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia]
- Type
- Appointment to State/National/International Reference Group or Government Committees
- Reference year
- 2022
- Details
- 2022 - current: Australian Institute of Architects (RAIA) Gold Coast of Northern Rivers Region Committee Co-Chair
- Type
- Membership of a Statutory Committee
- Reference year
- 2021
- Details
- 2021 - 2024: Appointed as a Queensland Development Tribunal (QDT) Referee
- Type
- Fellowship of a Learned Academy or Membership of AIATSIS
- Reference year
- 2021
- Details
- 2021: AFHEA (Indigenous) | Associate Fellowship (Indigenous) of the Higher Education Academy
- Type
- Editorial Role for an Academic Journal
- Reference year
- 2021
- Details
- 2019 - current: International Journal of Architectural Research (ARCHNET-IJAR) Regional Editor for Australia (SJR Q1)
- Type
- Curatorial role (head curator, membership of curatorial board) of a prestigious event
- Reference year
- 2021
- Details
- 2021: Jury Member for the International Union of Architects (UIA) Award for Innovation in Architectural Education
- Type
- Membership of a Statutory Committee
- Reference year
- 2018
- Details
- 2018 - 2024: Appointed as the Academic Representative Member of the Board of Architects of Queensland (BOAQ) Board
- Type
- Fellowship of a Learned Academy or Membership of AIATSIS
- Reference year
- 2018
- Details
- SFHEA | Senior Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy
- Type
- Appointment to State/National/International Reference Group or Government Committees
- Reference year
- 2014
- Details
- 2014 - current: Architects Accreditation Council of Australia (AACA) Overseas Qualifications Assessor
- Type
- Appointment to State/National/International Reference Group or Government Committees
- Reference year
- 2012
- Details
- 2012 - current: Member of the Architects Accreditation Council of Australia (AACA) Accreditation Standing Panel
- Salama, A. & Burton, L. (2022). Defying a legacy or an evolving process? A post-pandemic architectural design pedagogy. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Urban Design and Planning, 175(1), 5–21. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/227238
- Wang, X., Xia, B., E, J. & Burton, L. (2022). An approach to construct Bayesian networks for use in living environment field, taking Chinese CCRCs as the example. Proceedings of the 7th New Zealand Built Environment Research Symposium (NZBERS): Creating Capacity and Capability for the Future of the Built Environment, 277–293. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/234480
- Iftikhar, N., Crowther, P. & Burton, L. (2021). Variance in student and teacher roles in the contemporary Australasian architecture design studio context. Archnet-IJAR, 15(3), 683–702. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/209803
- Miller, E., Chari, S., Winter, A., Ryan, Z., Cheers, J., Wright, N., Tyurina, A., Matthews, J., Ness Wilson, L., Johnstone, S., Lobwein, G., Chamorro-Koc, M., Gomez, R., Byram, I., Wannenburg, E., Dwyer, J., Seevinck, J., Baade, K., Taboada, M., Maher, S., Carson, S., Brunner, T., Rieger, J., Scharoun, L., Read, S., Burton, L., Carthey, J., Astill, S. & Shaw, L. (2021). HEAL Report: Healthcare + Design = Innovation. Presented at: Health Excellence AcceLerator (HEAL) Symposium. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/210598
- Miller, E. & Burton, L. (2020). Redesigning aged care with a biophilic lens: A call to action. Cities & Health, 1–13.
- Caldwell, G., Osborne, L., Mewburn, I. & Kraal, B. (2016). Case study: Guerrilla research tactics: Alternative research methods in urban environments. In E. Gordon & P. Mihailidis (Eds.), Civic media: Technology, design, practice (pp. 597–604). The MIT Press. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/91131
- Davis, J., O'Gorman, L., Gibson, M., Osborne, L. & Franz, J. (2016). Rethinking culture and diversity in early childhood preservice teacher education: Teaching and learning through an interdisciplinary lens. In A. Farrell & I. Pramling Samuelsson (Eds.), Diversity in the early years: Intercultural learning and teaching (pp. 179–197). Oxford University Press. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/89241
- Caldwell, G., Osborne, L., Mewburn, I. & Nottingham, A. (2016). Connecting the space between design and research: Explorations in participatory research supervision. Educational Philosophy and Theory, 48(13), 1352–1367. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/91105
- Caldwell, G., Osborne, L., Mewburn, I. & Crowther, P. (2015). Guerrillas in the [urban] midst: Developing and using creative research methods - guerrilla research tactics. Journal of Urban Technology, 22(3), 21–36. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/59874
- Mewburn, I., Osborne, L. & Caldwell, G. (2014). Shut up and write! Some surprising uses of cafes and crowds in doctoral writing. In C. Guerin & C. Aitchison (Eds.), Writing groups for doctoral education and beyond: Innovations in theory and practice (pp. 399–425). Routledge. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/57688
- Title
- Design and architecture practice research: contemporary PhD (DAP_r)
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- ID15-4972
- Start year
- 2015
- Keywords
- Practice Based Research; Embedded Industry Research; Studio Pedagogy; Design; Architecture; PhD Training; Higher degree; SME; Small to Medium Enterprise
- Work Integrated Learning (WIL): The architecture profession's view
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Associate Professor Philip Crowther, Associate Professor Jennifer Clifton
- How Body Awareness Interventions Can Enhance the Architectural Digital Design Process (2021)
- Interprofessional User Groups and the Design of Healthcare Facilities (2021)
- A Model for Contemporary Learning of Architectural Design in Australia (2020)
- Construction Flexibility and Adaptability inside Hospitals (2020)
- From Product to Process and Site to System: Disaster Resilience and Humanitarian Design in Architecture Education (2020)