GRAHAM CRIST
RMIT Architecture Senior Lecturer
Sustainable Architecture Stream Coordinator
Practice Director: Antarctica
email: graham.crist@rmit.edu.au

Qualifications
BArch(hons) UWA March UWA PhD RMIT

Memberships / Registrations /Apnoms
Registered Architect Victoria Western Australia
AIA Corporate member

Biography
Graham Crist is a senior lecturer in design at RMIT and a member of the design practice Antarctica. He was educated at UWA and taught there before coming to RMIT. Prior to founding Antarctica he has practiced at Donaldson Warn, and Denton Corker Marshall as well as commencing the practice of Harrison and Crist.
At RMIT he has formerly been the program director of architecture and coordinator of professional practice. He is currently coordinator of masters design studios, and coordinator of higher degrees by research.

Program Responsibilities
Coordinator Design studios- upper pool

Teaching Commitments
Upper Pool Design Studio
Lower Pool Design Studio
Major Project Design Supervision
Lecturing – Professional Practice
Lecturing – Architectural Technology

Community Involvement
Architectural Practice - Antarctica
Manhal Chidren’s Clinic
Lifeskills Victoria

Practice/Key Projects
Habitat 21 Sustainable & Affordable Housing
Flowerdale Community House
Knox Leisureworks Warm Water Pool
Hub Victoria/ Work Where you Live
Manhal Children’s Hospital Kenya

Research Area
Architectural Design
Environmental Sustainability
Affordable Housing
Distributed Workplaces

Publications
Crist, Graham, Aardvark, A Contemporary Guide to Melbourne Architecture, Vol 4, print book, RMIT Press, and online project archive, Informit, both forthcoming.

Crist, Graham, "Invisible Sustainablity", in Imaging Sustainability, Helen Lewis and Chris Ryan (Editors), Melbourne: RMIT University Press, 2006.

Crist, Graham, "CH2: The Effect of the Image is the Real Effect", in Imaging Sustainability, Helen Lewis and Chris Ryan (Editors), Melbourne: RMIT University Press, 2006.

Crist, Graham, "Urbanity: Freshwater Place," in Architecture Australia, Sept/Oct 2006

Crist, Graham, "Book Review: 'Take 4: Collaboration and Coalition, Creating Architectural Knowledge in Contemporary Practice' Edited by Louise Wallis, Paula Whitman and Susan Savage. RAIA, 2005," in Architecture Australia, March/April 2006

Crist, Graham, "Beyond Sunshine", in StadtBauwelt, Bauverlag , Bauverlag BV GmbH, Berlin, vol. 48, no.5, 2005

Graham Crist, RMIT Architecture "The Green Aesthetic Object" in Nature and Aesthetics in the Sustainable City, Part 1 (pdf file), Council House 2, Technical Paper, CH2, AusIndustry Research Papers, Melbourne: Melbourne City Council, 2005

Crist, Graham, and Harrison, Stuart, Harrison & Crist, "Shadow Cabinet," in Pavilions for a New Architecture, exhibition catalogue, Melbourne: Monash Museum of Art, 2005

Crist, Graham, “Darkness and Noise: Six Degrees shopfronts at the base of Melbourne City Square’s Westin Hotel" in Architecture Australia, May/June 2005

Crist, Graham "The Organisation", in Monument, February/March 2005

Crist, Graham, “Aardvark and the Contemporary Guide to Architecture,” in LIMITS: SAHANZ Conference, Melbourne, 2004

Crist, Graham, "Concertina: Peter Elliott’s Law School for Victoria University" in Architecture Australia, March/April 2004

Harrison, Stuart, Crist, Graham & Hamann, Conrad, "Trying Architecture" in Preter- RMIT Architecture Design Thesis Projects, 2002-2003, Melbourne: RMIT University Press, 2004

Crist, Graham, "Shelter: Murray Pines Mausoleum, by Harmer Architecture", in Architecture Australia, July/Aug 2003

Crist, Graham, "Urbanity and Federation: Federation Square, by Lab Architecture Studio" in Architecture Australia, March/April 2003

Crist, Graham, "Foliage: Lyons’ new wing for the School of Botany, University of Melbourne" in Architecture Australia, Jan/Feb 2003

Crist, Graham, “Six Doubts About Architecture,” paper in Additions: SAHANZ conference, Brisbane 2002

Crist, Graham, "Review" in Eclipse: Major Project by Design Exhibition Catalogue 1998-1999, Stuart Harrison, Vicky Lam & Stasinoa Mantzis (eds), Melbourne: Rmit Architecture, 2000


Awards + Achievements
Graham Crist, Simon Whibley, John Doyle, Daniel Yusko, Antarctica with Diego Rameriz
Northbridge Housing: Blocks
Housing for Diversity competition entry
unbuilt project, 2005
awarded:
Highly Commended
review:
Philip Goldswain, "Competition Review: Building Diversity" in Architecture Australia, Jan/Feb 2006