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Tom, Heneghan  Professor - Architectural Design, Department of Architecture 30 May, 2009
'Fata Morgana', Berlin, Tom Heneghan & Manu Kumar (2004)
1951Born in London, England
1975Graduated from AA School
1975-77Ove Arup (Structures Division 3)
1976-90AA School Unit Master
1990-Opened his office Architecture Factory in Tokyo
1991-94Invited Professor, Tokyo University of the Arts
1998-2002Professor of Kogakuin University
2002-09Chair of Architecture, The University of Sydney
2009-Professor, Department of Architecture, Tokyo University of the Arts
Research and Works
Published built works
1979-84Prototype Animal Shed, various locations, UK
1990Grasslands Agricultural Research Institute, Kumamoto, Japan
1991-92Sea Viewing Platform, Toyama, Japan
1995/98Schools Vacation Cabins, Hiroshima, Japan
1996The Whispering Bridge, Toyama, Japan
1997Heaven Chamber, Toyama, Japan
1995-98Hotaruika Museum, Toyama, Japan
Forest Park Adatara, Fukushima, Japan
2002-08Beijing Town House, Beijing, China
2004 'Fata Morgana', Berlin (co-authored with artist Manu Kumar), April 04- April 05, Germany
2009Erskineville House, New South Wales, Australia
Awards
1994Award of the Academy of The Architectural Institute of Japan for Grasslands Agricultural Research Institute, Kumamoto, Japan
1995SD Award (Japan) for Schools Vacation Cabins, Hiroshima, Japan
1998Chubu Architecture Award (Japan) for Hotaruika Museum, Toyama, Japan
2000Fukushima Architecture Award (Japan) for Forest Park Adatara, Fukushima, Japan
2002National Award of the Japanese Government for Public Architecture (Japan) for Forest Park Adatara, Fukushima, Japan
Writings
Books (co-authored):
1996The Colours of Light - Tadao Ando, Phaidon Press
200010 x 10, Phaidon Press
2008The Architecture of Glenn Murcutt, TOTO Shuppan, 2008
Thinking Drawing / Working Drawing : Glenn Murcutt, TOTO Shuppan, 2008
Book Chapters:
1993'Predicated on Participation', in Tadao Ando 1988 - 1993, ADA Edita, Tokyo 1993, pp 8-23; re-printed in Tadao Ando. The Complete Works, edited by Francesco dal Co, Phaidon 1998
'Uneasy Lies the Head that Wears the Crown', in Arata Isozaki, monograph on the works of Arata Isozaki, Japan Architect, December 1993, pp 10 -13
'Invisible Language', Architectural Association, London, 1993, pp 11-14
1994'Interview: Peter Smithson', Kenchiku Bunka, June 1994, pp 75-84
1995'Aesthetic Surgery - The Architecture of Riken Yamamoto'
1996'Architecture and Ethics', in The Colours of Light - Tadao Ando, Phaidon Press, 1996, pp 10-24
2000'Orchestral Spaces', in Awaji Yumebutai, monograph on Tadao Ando's Awaji Yumebutai, Shinkenchiku-sha, May 2000, pp 106-110
'Recycle & Re-use', Shinkenchiku the 75th Anniversary, 2000, pp 102-103
2001'Eloquent White', in The Architecture of Waro Kishi, Gustavo Gilli, 2001, pp 4-25
2005'Not as We Know it', in Exquisite Apart, Charles Walker (ed), NZIA Inc, 2005, pp 110-117
'The Idea of Ideas', in Pete Bossley, New Zealand Architectural Publications Trust, pp 104-107, 2005
2006'A collage of yearnings', in Urban Islands vol 1: cuttings, Joanne Jakovich (ed), Sydney University Press, 2006
2007'Chemistry Building', in University of Sydney Architecture, Trevor Howells (ed), Watermark Press, 2007, pp 82-83
'Education and the Quadruple-helix', in Kenchikuka, Architectural Data Publishing Company (Japan) 2007, pp 382-386
'Architecture in Terra Nullius', in Living the Modern: Australian Architecture, Hatje Cantz Publishers, 2007
Funded Research Projects:
2006-07Principal Researcher, U.Sydney TIES (Teaching Improvement and Equipment Scheme) Grant, 2006-07, Comparative Study of the curricula of Masters of Architecture programs, internationally, $10,000
2007-08Principal Researcher, U.Sydney TIES (Teaching Improvement and Equipment Scheme) Grant, 2007-08, Studies in the implementation of the Masters of Architecture program, $10,000
2008-09Principal Researcher, U.Sydney TIES (Teaching Improvement and Equipment Scheme) Grant, 2008-09, Comparative Study of the curricula and facilities for Digital Architecture at Australian universities, $8,000
2006-10Principal Researcher, ARC Discovery Grant, 2007-10, The meanings and miss- readings of contemporary Japanese architecture, $280,000
Exhibitions:
1975Roosevelt Island Housing Competition, MOMA, NY
1976'40 London Architects', Art Net, London, UK
1982South Bank Sculptures, Royal Festival Hall, London, UK
1984Kew Gardens Competition, AA School, London, UK
1985International Association of Architects Exhibition, IAU Krakow, Poland
1989'Aktion Poliphile', zD Gallery, Frankfurt, Germany
1995'Emerging Trends in Japanese Architecture', Malaysian Architects Institute, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
1996Milan Triennale (Japanese Exhibit), Milan, Italy
'Emerging Trends in Japanese Architecture', Siamese Architects Institute, Bangkok, Thailand
1999JIA Exhibition, TOTO Superspace, Tokyo, Japan
2001'The Environmentally-oriented City', Fukushima, Japan
2008Art Polis Exhibition, various venues in New Zealand and Australia
Venice Biennale of Architecture (Australian Pavilion), Venice, Italy
External Examiner/Degree Reviewer:
1999-2004External Examiner, Department of Architecture, University of Hong Kong
2005External Reviewer, Review of the Bachelor of Design Studies, the Bachelor of Architecture and the Bachelor of Landscape Architecture programs at the University of Adelaide, Australia
External Peer Assessor, Research Quality Review, Department of Architecture, University of Tasmania, Australia
External Reviewer, University Review of Architecture degrees, University of Tasmania, Australia
External Reviewer, External Review Committee of the Bachelor of Design Studies, the Bachelor of Architecture and the Bachelor of Landscape Architecture programs at the University of Adelaide, Australia
2006External Examiner, Honours Program, Department of Architecture, University of West Australia
2007External Examiner, Department of Architecture, University of Newcastle, Australia
2005-09External Examiner, Department of Architecture, Auckland University, New Zealand
Honorary Appointments & Chair of Jury:
1991Master Planner and Master Architect for Machi no Kao (face of town international project in Toyama), Japan
1993Saitama New Urbanism committee member, Saitama, Japan
1994Judge, Japan Architect Residential Design Competition : Boat House
1995-2000Art Polis annual architecture awards, Kumamoto, Japan
1996-2004Editorial correspondent, UME magazine, Australia
1997-99Mito Prefectural office re-development committee member, Ibaraki, Japan
1998-2001Consultant to Tokushima Prefectural Government
1999-Appointed 'Ambassador for Fukushima' by Fukushima Prefecture
2001-02International architectural competition for Queensland Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, 2001-02
2003Royal Australian Institute of Architects (NSW), Architecture Awards
2004-05Chair, National Trust (NSW) Conservation Committee
2007-Vice-President, Association of Australian Schools of Architecture (AASA)
2007-08Member, Design Advisory Panel, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney