John Hockings is Design Director of Architectus Brisbane. He is a designer of some renown, an academic, researcher and architectural critic. He joined Architectus from QUT where he was Professor and Head of the School of Design. He had been an academic for 20 years and was also previously Head of the Department of Architecture at the University of Queensland.
Whilst an academic, he also maintained his own design practice and worked in collaboration with a number of major Australian and overseas architectural practices.
John's recent architectural research and practice is focused on appropriate and sustainable design for tropical and subtropical regions. In 2003, he co-founded and was inaugural Director of the Centre of Subtropical Design.
He has numerous publications to his credit in the fields of architecture and urban design.
Projects
- Brisbane Supreme & District Courts, Brisbane, Queensland
- Hastings Street Streetscape, Noosa, Queensland
- King George Square Structures, Brisbane, Queensland
- School of Veterinary Science, The University of Queensland
- Canterbury College Junior School
- Queen Street Mall, Brisbane
- Design Director of the Tank Street Bridge design competition (finalist, second place) and Urban Renewal consultant for the Fraser Coast Regional Council
- Sydney 2000 Olympic Village
- New Sustainable Town Design, Kiribati, Central Pacific Islands
