Norman Day
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Dr Norman Kingwell Day is an architect
, educator, and writer.
and Asia, notably in Melbourne, Canberra
, Dili, East Timor and in Vietnam
(Ho Chi Minh City
and Can Tho). He worked with the late Robin Boyd
and Professor Frederick Romberg before starting his own practice in 1971, now with offices located in Melbourne, Ho Chi Minh City, Bangkok
and Dili.
His architecture is contemporary and investigative, it seeks to provide long-life-term constructions which last over time rather than short-term solutions which satisfy a culture of ‘architecture as a commodity’.
Buildings include public and private housing and educational facilities in and around Melbourne, health buildings, institutional , new and restored.
His Major commissions include Mowbray College
(Melton), Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists
Headquarters
(Melbourne), RMIT International University, Vietnam
(Ho Chi Minh City) and Can Tho University
Learning Resource Center (Can Tho City, Vietnam) and Embassy for East Timor (Canberra).Since 2000, he has been involved in consulting the new nation of East Timor consulting on the reconstruction of the country with projects including the Xanana Gusmão
Reading Room/ Library (Dili), Hotel dom Aleixo (Dili)and schemes for empowerment training. He is a Board Member of "Architects Without Frontiers". Design submissions have been made for a design proposal for the new Assembly and Ba Dinh Hall (Hanoi
), an urban design competition for Thu Thiem district (HCMC), Australian Centre for Contemporary Art (Melbourne), MOMA at Heide, West Kowloon Redevelopment (Hong Kong
) and National Trade Union Headquarters (Singapore
).
which also awarded him an honorary Doctorate of Architecture. During the period 1976 to 2002 he was Lecturer and Design Coordinator Theory, History, Communications Department of Architecture, Faculty of Design and Environmental Construction, RMIT University
(Melbourne).
He has lectured also at the University of Western Australia
Perth, School of Art and Design, RMIT at Bundoora, University of New South Wales
(Sydney), School of Architecture, University of Melbourne
. Department of
Architecture (with Professor Susana Torre), Columbia University
, New York, Lecturer Council of Adult Education , Monash University
(Melbourne),Swinburne Technical College (Melbourne), and Deakin University
(Geelong).
Day's titles are: Doctor of Architecture (Honoris Causa, RMIT
), Adjunct Professor of Architecture (RMIT), M Arch (RMIT), B Arch (Melb
), ARB (Vic),
Models Inc. Architects + Industry (Curator: Val Austin) A + I Gallery, Melbourne. 1996
World - Wide - Work : Architecture by Fax CURVE , Tolarno Gallery , Melbourne. 1995
"Fin de Siecle? : and the Sydney twenty - first century: Architectures of Melbourne", Clapin Burdett Gallery. Sydney. 1993
" Fin de Siecle ? Melbourne - and the twenty-first century " RMIT. Melbourne. 1992
Australian Mythos Sydney - Reflection on an Unfinished Journey. 1988
Neo-Classicism ? Monash University + Power Institute (Sydney and Melbourne).1986
Two x Two '86: Artists + Architects: George Paton Gallery (Melbourne).1986 (Exhibition partner Julie Brown-Rrap http://www.roslynoxley9.com.au/artists/32/Julie_Rrap/profile/)
Architecture as Idea, RMIT Gallery, Melbourne. 1984
Next Wave, Canberra. 1981
Four Melbourne Architects http://aardvark.tce.rmit.edu.au/aardvark3/entro/essay.htm, Powell Street Gallery, Melbourne.(with Edmond Corrigan, Greg Burgess http://www.gregoryburgessarchitects.com.au/, Peter Crone 1979
RAIA
-Bates Smart
Award for Architecture in the Media.
Finalist Award Robin Boyd Award
House of the Year
RAIA (National) : For Outstanding Architecture.
Seven Royal Australian Institute of Architects Awards.
Lustig + Moar - RAIA Architecture Prize.
BELLE magazine "House of the Year" 1990.
Housing Industry of Australia, House of the Year Award (Best Use of Steel).
The Australian Business award 2005 for “Business Innovation”, Australian Chamber of Commerce (AUSCHAM)http://www.auschamvn.org/ – Fosters Vietnam Ltd.
Excellence in Construction - National Building and Construction Awards,Commercial Building ,National Award Master Builders Association of Australia.
Excellence in Construction - Commercial Building
Victorian State Award Master Builders Association of Victoria.
Australian Government Award for valued contribution as a volunteer working in East Timor (Timor Leste).
City of Port Phillip Design + Development Awards (Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists) – best contribution to achieving sustainable development.
(Melbourne) in 1976 and holds that position still, and has supplied critique for the Australian Broadcasting Commission (Radio and TV), and previously for the Sydney Morning Herald and The Sunday Age (Melbourne).
Articles have been published world-wide including - National Times (Melbourne), (Editor) Architecture Australia magazine (National), (Editor) Architect Magazine, DOMUS (Italy), Studio International (London), International Architecture (London), Aujourd Hui (Paris), Monument Magazine (Sydney), Transition Magazine (Melbourne), Australian Art Review (Sydney), Express Magazine (New York), Meanjin
(Melbourne) and Melbourne University Magazine (Melbourne).
Notes From The Laboratory (in prep.).
Heroic Melbourne - Architecture of the 1950s' (RMIT,1995).
Fin de Siecle? - and the twenty-first century, part author (RMIT, 1992).
Modern Houses: Melbourne (Zouch), 1976.
Bell, The life and work of Guilford Bell, Architect 1912-1992, A Bookman Transition Publication, Melbourne, 1999. part author -(van Schaik, Leon, Ed.).
AARDVARK 3 : A Selected Guide to Contemporary Melbourne Architects,- introductory essay - (also CD ROM and Internet),(Evans, Doug,Ed.) The Department of Architecture, RMIT, Melbourne, 1997.
Puckapunyal Armoured Centre - Hopkins Barracks
Department of Housing and Construction Melbourne. 1985.
Architect
An architect is a person trained in the planning, design and oversight of the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to offer or render services in connection with the design and construction of a building, or group of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the...
, educator, and writer.
Architecture
He has designed and built in AustraliaAustralia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
and Asia, notably in Melbourne, Canberra
Canberra
Canberra is the capital city of Australia. With a population of over 345,000, it is Australia's largest inland city and the eighth-largest city overall. The city is located at the northern end of the Australian Capital Territory , south-west of Sydney, and north-east of Melbourne...
, Dili, East Timor and in Vietnam
Vietnam
Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...
(Ho Chi Minh City
Ho Chi Minh City
Ho Chi Minh City , formerly named Saigon is the largest city in Vietnam...
and Can Tho). He worked with the late Robin Boyd
Robin Boyd
Robin Gerard Penleigh Boyd CBE was an influential Australian architect, writer, teacher and social commentator...
and Professor Frederick Romberg before starting his own practice in 1971, now with offices located in Melbourne, Ho Chi Minh City, Bangkok
Bangkok
Bangkok is the capital and largest urban area city in Thailand. It is known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon or simply Krung Thep , meaning "city of angels." The full name of Bangkok is Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahintharayutthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom...
and Dili.
His architecture is contemporary and investigative, it seeks to provide long-life-term constructions which last over time rather than short-term solutions which satisfy a culture of ‘architecture as a commodity’.
Buildings include public and private housing and educational facilities in and around Melbourne, health buildings, institutional , new and restored.
His Major commissions include Mowbray College
Mowbray College
Mowbray College is an independent, non-selective, co-educational day school, located in Maldon and Caroline Springs, Victoria, Australia.The school has three campuses. The Patterson campus, located at Melton, teaches students from pre-school to Year Twelve. The Brookside and Town Centre campuses...
(Melton), Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists
Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists
The Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists is responsible for examining and qualifying anaesthetists in Australia and New Zealand. The College maintains standards of practice in anaesthesia.-Membership:...
Headquarters
(Melbourne), RMIT International University, Vietnam
RMIT International University, Vietnam
The Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology is an Australian-based university operating in Vietnam, with its main campus located in Ho Chi Minh City and a second campus in Hanoi...
(Ho Chi Minh City) and Can Tho University
Can Tho University
Cần Thơ University is a university in Cần Thơ, Vietnam. Established in 1966, it is a multidisciplinary university and a leading university in the Mekong Delta. Cần Thơ University is a leading agricultural research center in Vietnam...
Learning Resource Center (Can Tho City, Vietnam) and Embassy for East Timor (Canberra).Since 2000, he has been involved in consulting the new nation of East Timor consulting on the reconstruction of the country with projects including the Xanana Gusmão
Xanana Gusmão
Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão GCL is a former militant who was the first President of East Timor, serving from May 2002 to May 2007...
Reading Room/ Library (Dili), Hotel dom Aleixo (Dili)and schemes for empowerment training. He is a Board Member of "Architects Without Frontiers". Design submissions have been made for a design proposal for the new Assembly and Ba Dinh Hall (Hanoi
Hanoi
Hanoi , is the capital of Vietnam and the country's second largest city. Its population in 2009 was estimated at 2.6 million for urban districts, 6.5 million for the metropolitan jurisdiction. From 1010 until 1802, it was the most important political centre of Vietnam...
), an urban design competition for Thu Thiem district (HCMC), Australian Centre for Contemporary Art (Melbourne), MOMA at Heide, West Kowloon Redevelopment (Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...
) and National Trade Union Headquarters (Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
).
Education
He is an Adjunct Professor of Architecture at the RMIT UniversityRMIT University
RMIT University is an Australian public university located in Melbourne, Victoria. It has two branches, referred to as RMIT University in Australia and RMIT International University in Vietnam....
which also awarded him an honorary Doctorate of Architecture. During the period 1976 to 2002 he was Lecturer and Design Coordinator Theory, History, Communications Department of Architecture, Faculty of Design and Environmental Construction, RMIT University
RMIT University
RMIT University is an Australian public university located in Melbourne, Victoria. It has two branches, referred to as RMIT University in Australia and RMIT International University in Vietnam....
(Melbourne).
He has lectured also at the University of Western Australia
University of Western Australia
The University of Western Australia was established by an Act of the Western Australian Parliament in February 1911, and began teaching students for the first time in 1913. It is the oldest university in the state of Western Australia and the only university in the state to be a member of the...
Perth, School of Art and Design, RMIT at Bundoora, University of New South Wales
University of New South Wales
The University of New South Wales , is a research-focused university based in Kensington, a suburb in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...
(Sydney), School of Architecture, University of Melbourne
University of Melbourne
The University of Melbourne is a public university located in Melbourne, Victoria. Founded in 1853, it is the second oldest university in Australia and the oldest in Victoria...
. Department of
Architecture (with Professor Susana Torre), Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
, New York, Lecturer Council of Adult Education , Monash University
Monash University
Monash University is a public university based in Melbourne, Victoria. It was founded in 1958 and is the second oldest university in the state. Monash is a member of Australia's Group of Eight and the ASAIHL....
(Melbourne),Swinburne Technical College (Melbourne), and Deakin University
Deakin University
Deakin University is an Australian public university with nearly 40,000 higher education students in 2010. It receives more than A$600 million in operating revenue annually, and controls more than A$1.3 billion in assets. It received more than A$35 million in research income in 2009 and had 835...
(Geelong).
Day's titles are: Doctor of Architecture (Honoris Causa, RMIT
RMIT University
RMIT University is an Australian public university located in Melbourne, Victoria. It has two branches, referred to as RMIT University in Australia and RMIT International University in Vietnam....
), Adjunct Professor of Architecture (RMIT), M Arch (RMIT), B Arch (Melb
University of Melbourne
The University of Melbourne is a public university located in Melbourne, Victoria. Founded in 1853, it is the second oldest university in Australia and the oldest in Victoria...
), ARB (Vic),
Exhibitions
XXX Exhibition, 30 Years of Architecture – Norman Day , RMIT Gallery, Melbourne. 2001Models Inc. Architects + Industry (Curator: Val Austin) A + I Gallery, Melbourne. 1996
World - Wide - Work : Architecture by Fax CURVE , Tolarno Gallery , Melbourne. 1995
"Fin de Siecle? : and the Sydney twenty - first century: Architectures of Melbourne", Clapin Burdett Gallery. Sydney. 1993
" Fin de Siecle ? Melbourne - and the twenty-first century " RMIT. Melbourne. 1992
Australian Mythos Sydney - Reflection on an Unfinished Journey. 1988
Neo-Classicism ? Monash University + Power Institute (Sydney and Melbourne).1986
Two x Two '86: Artists + Architects: George Paton Gallery (Melbourne).1986 (Exhibition partner Julie Brown-Rrap http://www.roslynoxley9.com.au/artists/32/Julie_Rrap/profile/)
Architecture as Idea, RMIT Gallery, Melbourne. 1984
Next Wave, Canberra. 1981
Four Melbourne Architects http://aardvark.tce.rmit.edu.au/aardvark3/entro/essay.htm, Powell Street Gallery, Melbourne.(with Edmond Corrigan, Greg Burgess http://www.gregoryburgessarchitects.com.au/, Peter Crone 1979
Awards and honours
Professional awards include:RAIA
Raia
Raia may refer to:* Royal Australian Institute of Architects, a professional body for architects in Australia* Raia , a small village in Goa, India, about 6 km from Margao on the way to Loutolim...
-Bates Smart
Bates Smart
Bates Smart is Australia's second oldest architectural firm, established in 1853 by Joseph Reed as the practice Reed and Barnes. JPE Design Studio in Adelaide founded in 1851 by Daniel Garlick is the oldest continuing architectural practice in Australia....
Award for Architecture in the Media.
Finalist Award Robin Boyd Award
Robin Boyd Award
The Robin Boyd Award for Residential Architecture is an Australian architectural prize presented by the Australian Institute of Architects since 1981....
House of the Year
RAIA (National) : For Outstanding Architecture.
Seven Royal Australian Institute of Architects Awards.
Lustig + Moar - RAIA Architecture Prize.
BELLE magazine "House of the Year" 1990.
Housing Industry of Australia, House of the Year Award (Best Use of Steel).
The Australian Business award 2005 for “Business Innovation”, Australian Chamber of Commerce (AUSCHAM)http://www.auschamvn.org/ – Fosters Vietnam Ltd.
Excellence in Construction - National Building and Construction Awards,Commercial Building ,National Award Master Builders Association of Australia.
Excellence in Construction - Commercial Building
Victorian State Award Master Builders Association of Victoria.
Australian Government Award for valued contribution as a volunteer working in East Timor (Timor Leste).
City of Port Phillip Design + Development Awards (Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists) – best contribution to achieving sustainable development.
Writing
He was first employed as architecture critic for The AgeThe Age
The Age is a daily broadsheet newspaper, which has been published in Melbourne, Australia since 1854. Owned and published by Fairfax Media, The Age primarily serves Victoria, but is also available for purchase in Tasmania, the Australian Capital Territory and border regions of South Australia and...
(Melbourne) in 1976 and holds that position still, and has supplied critique for the Australian Broadcasting Commission (Radio and TV), and previously for the Sydney Morning Herald and The Sunday Age (Melbourne).
Articles have been published world-wide including - National Times (Melbourne), (Editor) Architecture Australia magazine (National), (Editor) Architect Magazine, DOMUS (Italy), Studio International (London), International Architecture (London), Aujourd Hui (Paris), Monument Magazine (Sydney), Transition Magazine (Melbourne), Australian Art Review (Sydney), Express Magazine (New York), Meanjin
Meanjin
Meanjin is an Australian literary journal. The name - pronounced Mee-AN-jin - is derived from an Aboriginal word for the land where the city Brisbane is located.It was founded in December 1940, in Brisbane, by Clem Christesen...
(Melbourne) and Melbourne University Magazine (Melbourne).
Publications include
Federation Square, (Hardie Grant Books, 2003).Notes From The Laboratory (in prep.).
Heroic Melbourne - Architecture of the 1950s' (RMIT,1995).
Fin de Siecle? - and the twenty-first century, part author (RMIT, 1992).
Modern Houses: Melbourne (Zouch), 1976.
Bell, The life and work of Guilford Bell, Architect 1912-1992, A Bookman Transition Publication, Melbourne, 1999. part author -(van Schaik, Leon, Ed.).
AARDVARK 3 : A Selected Guide to Contemporary Melbourne Architects,- introductory essay - (also CD ROM and Internet),(Evans, Doug,Ed.) The Department of Architecture, RMIT, Melbourne, 1997.
Puckapunyal Armoured Centre - Hopkins Barracks
Department of Housing and Construction Melbourne. 1985.