School of Architecture and Building
Faculty of Science and Technology
BSc (Hon), Bath, 1989
BArch (Hon), Bath, 1992
PhD, Bath, 2000
Dr Richard Tucker joined the School of Architecture and Building in 2002 from Feilden Clegg Bradley Architects in London, and after a lengthy period of World travel. His association with Feilden Clegg, one of Britain's leading practices and one whose name is synonymous with environment-friendly design, dates from 1995 when he completed his professional qualification at the School of Architecture at the University of Bath. In 2000, he completed, at the same institution, a PhD examining the notion that the ornamentation of Inigo Jones's designs could be read, as the Renaissance theory of Decorum demanded, as a visual expression of the characteristics, aims and beliefs of those who commissioned Jones's work. Richard has been placed in two major international design competitions and won the competition to design the new Bristol University School of Engineering building. At Deakin, Richard is a member of the Urban Heart Surgery team and teaches four units -- 5th year design, hon year design, and 3rd year design (which focuses on urban design and public space, on energy efficient medium-scale buildings, and on effective collaborative team-working in the design studio), and Building Environmental Studies 1 (which focuses on the energy efficient design of small-scale domestic buildings). Richard is researching into the establishment of 'Best-Practice Principles for the Teaching of Group Design Projects'. He also sat, in 2003, on the advisory committee for the Association of Architecture Schools in Australasia (AASA) second international conference examining project-based research in Architecture. Out of Deakin, he aims to complete in 2004 his first full marathon, and is currently learning to hang-glide.
