Associate Professor
Lindy Osborne Burton

Faculty of Engineering,
School of Architecture & Built Environment
Biography
I was originally educated in South Africa and later moved to Australia, where I commenced working at Cox Rayner Architects in Brisbane. I quickly developed a specialisation in the design of complex public and institutional buildings—my architectural portfolio is extensive and includes over 70 building projects, ranging from the Princess Alexandra Hospital Redevelopment, through to the Southbank Education & Training Precinct.Following 18 years of practice in architecture, where I registered as an architect and I received 15 professional design awards, I chose to pursue a full-time academic career. Now an Associate Professor in Architecture and the Design for Health program co-leader at Queensland University of Technology, I am also currently appointed as a Visiting Associate Professor of Architecture at Taylor’s University, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
My research interests centre on transformational architectural education, the design of innovative environments to support mental health and vulnerable people, the integration of inclusive, biophilic, salutogenic and eudaimonic architecture approaches in healthcare design (iBaSE Mindset), the interstitial spaces between nature, art and architecture, and gender equity in architecture. My PhD dissertation focussed on the design of transformational pedagogy and space, as experienced from the student’s perspective. I mostly supervise PhD students who are researching health architecture, the design learning environments, and/or architectural education.
I am currently appointed as both the Academic Board Director of the Board of Architects of Queensland, and as a Referee for the Queensland Development Tribunal. I am also the Australian Institute of Architects Gold Coast and Northern Rivers Region Co-Chair, and an active member of the Australian Health Design Council and the AACA Accreditation Standing Panel. I was a jury member for the 2021 UIA Award for Innovation in Architectural Education, and I am the Australian regional editor for the International Journal of Architectural Research. I am a Senior Fellow and an Associate Fellow (Indigenous) of the Higher Education Academy and my teaching excellence has been recognised at QUT with Vice-Chancellor’s, Dean’s, and School Performance Awards, and nationally through an Australian Office for Learning and Teaching citation for ‘outstanding contributions to student learning’.
Personal details
Positions
- Associate Professor
Faculty of Engineering,
School of Architecture & Built Environment
Keywords
Architecture, Architectural Education, Radically Inclusive Design Studio, Transformational Pedagogy, Design for Health, Health Architecture, BaSE Mindset, Biophilic Architecture, Salutogenic Architecture, Eudemonic Architecture
Discipline
Architecture
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2008
Qualifications
- PhD (Queensland University of Technology)
- Postgraduate Diploma in Architecture (University of Natal)
Professional memberships and associations
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND ASSOCIATIONS
THE INTERNATIONAL UNION OF ARCHITECTS (UIA)
2021: Jury Member for the Award for Innovation in Architectural Education
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ARCHITECTURAL RESEARCH (ARCHNET-IJAR)
2019 - current: Regional Editor for Australia
THE QUEENSLAND DEVELOPMENT TRIBUNAL
2021 - 2024: Appointed as a Development Tribunal Referee
THE BOARD OF ARCHITECTS OF QUEENSLAND (BOAQ)
2018 - 2024: Appointed as the Academic Director of the Board
AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS (RAIA)
2022 - current: Gold Coast and Northern Rivers Committee Co-Chair
2012 - 2018: Queensland Chapter Education Committee Member
2000: Young Architect’s Queensland [YAQ] Committee Member
ASSOCIATION OF ARCHITECTURE SCHOOLS OF AUSTRALASIA (AASA)
2017 - 2019: QUT Member Representative
ARCHITECTS ACCREDITATION COUNCIL OF AUSTRALIA (AACA)
2012 - current: Member of the Accreditation Standing Panel
2014 - current: Overseas Qualifications Assessor
ASSOCIATION FOR LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS (A4LE)
2017: Australasia Awards Jury Member – New Construction/New Individual Facility
2015 - 2017: Committee Member & Office Bearer
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WOMEN IN CONSTRUCTION | QLD CHAPTER
2007: NAWIC Committee Secretary
Teaching
CURRENT TEACHING
QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY - MASTER OF ARCHITECTURE TEACHING
2022: DAN101 Master Studio A (‘Building Futures Together’ | Linking Pedagogy + Space + Radical Inclusivity)
2022: DAN145: Architectural Professional Practice (Ethics, Professionalism + Professional Relations)
TAYLOR'S UNIVERSITY [Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia]
2022 – current: Visiting Associate Professor of Architecture (Invited)
TEACHING AWARDS
HIGHER EDUCATION ACADEMY AWARDS
2021: AFHEA (Indigenous) Awarded
2018: SFHEA (Senior Fellowship) Awarded
AUSTRALIAN OFFICE FOR LEARNING AND TEACHING (OLT) - AUSTRALIAN AWARD FOR UNIVERSITY TEACHING (AAUT)
2012: Australian citation for outstanding contributions to student learning ‘for preparing practice-ready architecture professionals, through research-infused integration of innovative real-world curricula, digital technologies, virtual space and simulated office practice learning environments’
2012: Awards for Teaching Excellence - QUT’s Early Career Nominee
QUT TEACHING AWARDS
2021: 2 x ABE Awards for ‘Excellence in Teaching’
2020: Dean’s Award for ‘Excellence in Teaching
2019: Vice-Chancellor’s STEMM Diversity & Inclusion Award
2015: Vice-Chancellor’s Performance Award - Nominated for ‘Teaching Excellence’
2014: Vice-Chancellor’s Performance Award - Nominated for ‘Teaching Excellence’
2013: Vice-Chancellor’s Performance Award - Nominated for ‘Teaching Excellence’
2013: Vice-Chancellor’s Awards for Excellence - Nominated for the ‘Learning and Teaching Category’
2012: Dean’s Award for ‘Excellence in Teaching’
2008: Vice-Chancellor’s Performance Award for ‘outstanding effort in unit planning and lecture preparation resulting in exceptional LEX results’
Experience
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
TAYLOR'S UNIVERSITY [Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia]
2022 - 2024: Visiting Associate Professor of Architecture (Invited)
QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY [Brisbane, Australia]
2021 - current: Associate Professor in Architecture
2020: Senior Lecturer in Architecture
2017 - 2019: Master of Architecture Course Coordinator
2013 - 2016: Transformation Fellow + Senior Lecturer in Architecture
2008 - 2012: Lecturer in Architecture
2007: Sessional Architecture Academic
ASSOCIATION OF CONSULTING ARCHITECTS [Australia]
2019 - current: Research Consultancy
COX RAYNER ARCHITECTS [Brisbane]
2002 - 2007: Senior Architect
1996 - 2001: Graduate of Architecture
S2F Pty Ltd [Brisbane]
2001 - 2002: Project Architect
HJ Nel + Stauch Vorster + Alistair Hume + Myles Pugh Sherlock Murray [Durban]
1990 - 1995: Architecture Student
PROFESSIONAL AWARDS
QUT COMMERCIAL RESEARCH AWARDS
2021: Vice-Chancellor's Research Excellence Award for ‘partnership and engagement excellence’ in HEAL
AUSTRALIAN GOOD DESIGN AWARDS
2021: HEAL Service Design - Re-Designing Healthcare: The Value of a Design-Led Approach
2021: HEAL Social Impact - Designers in Healthcare: Agents of Change
AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS AWARDS
2010: Southbank Education & Training Precinct - Urban Design State Award [Commendation]
2010: Southbank Education & Training Precinct - Brisbane Regional Award [Commendation]
2005: Isuzu Truck Display Centre - Queensland Beatrice Hutton Award for Commercial Buildings [High Commendation]
2005: Isuzu Truck Display Centre - Brisbane Regional Award [Commendation]
2003: Artspace Mackay - Queensland Cultural Buildings Award
2003: Artspace Mackay - Queensland Art and Architecture Award
2003: Artspace Mackay - Mackay/ Whitsunday Building of the Year
2003: Princess Alexandra Hospital + Central Energy Unit – Brisbane Building of the Year
2003: Princess Alexandra Hospital + Central Energy Unit - Public Buildings Institutional Building Award [High Commendation]
2003: Princess Alexandra Hospital + Central Energy Unit - Art & Architecture Award [High Commendation]
LONDON PUBLIC PRIVATE FINANCE AWARDS
2007: Southbank Education & Training Precinct
AUSTRALIAN STEEL INSTITUTE AWARDS
2005: Isuzu Truck Display Centre - Architectural Steel Design Award
2005: Isuzu Truck Display Centre - Metal Building Product Design Award
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WOMEN IN CONSTRUCTION AWARDS
2004: Isuzu Truck Display Centre - Innovative Design Award [Commendation]
QUEENSLAND PREMIER’S EXPORT AWARDS
2001: Ningbo Masterplan, China [Finalist]
Selected publications
- Iftikhar N, Crowther P, Burton L, (2021) Variance in student and teacher roles in the contemporary Australasian architecture design studio context, Archnet-IJAR, 15 (3), pp. 683-702.
- Gorman M, Morkel J, Delport H, Burton L, (2021) The Radically Inclusive Studio: An Open Access Conversation on Radically Inclusive Practices in the Architectural Design Studio.
- Miller E, Burton L, (2020) Redesigning aged care with a biophilic lens: A call to action, Cities & Health.
- Delport H, Burton L, Morkel J, Gorman M, (2020) Inclusive Spatial Practices for Professional Education: Exploring the Architectural Design Studio, 2020 HELTASA Conference: Creating Enabling Learning Spaces for All, 1, pp. 82-84.
- Mewburn I, Kraal B, Caldwell G, Osborne L, (2016) Case study: Guerrilla research tactics: Alternative research methods in urban environments. In E Gordon & P Mihailidis, Civic media: Technology, design, practice, The MIT Press, pp. 597-604.
- Davis J, O'Gorman L, Gibson M, Osborne L, Franz J, (2016) Rethinking culture and diversity in early childhood preservice teacher education: Teaching and learning through an interdisciplinary lens. In A Farrell & I Pramling Samuelsson, Diversity in the early years: Intercultural learning and teaching, Oxford University Press, pp. 179-197.
- Osborne L, (2016) What works? Emerging issues. In W Imms, K Fisher & B Cleveland, Evaluating learning environments: Snapshots of emerging issues, methods and knowledge (Advances in Learning Environments Research, Volume 8), Sense Publishers, pp. 45-63.
- Caldwell G, Osborne L, Mewburn I, Nottingham A, (2016) Connecting the space between design and research: Explorations in participatory research supervision, Educational Philosophy and Theory, 48 (13), pp. 1352-1367.
- Caldwell G, Osborne L, Mewburn I, Crowther P, (2015) Guerrillas in the [urban] midst: Developing and using creative research methods - guerrilla research tactics, Journal of Urban Technology, 22 (3), pp. 21-36.
- Mewburn I, Osborne L, Caldwell G, (2014) Shut up and write! Some surprising uses of cafes and crowds in doctoral writing. In C Guerin & C Aitchison, Writing groups for doctoral education and beyond: Innovations in theory and practice, Routledge, pp. 399-425.
QUT ePrints
For more publications by Lindy Osborne, explore their research in QUT ePrints (our digital repository).
Awards
- Type
- Curatorial role (head curator, membership of curatorial board) of a prestigious event
- Reference year
- 2021
- Details
- 2021: Jury Member for the UIA Award for Innovation in Architectural Education
- Type
- Editorial Role for an Academic Journal
- Reference year
- 2021
- Details
- 2019 - current: ARCHNET-IJAR Regional Editor for Australia (ScimagoJR: Q1)
- Type
- Membership of a Statutory Committee
- Reference year
- 2021
- Details
- 2021 - 2024: Appointed as a QDT Development Tribunal Referee
- Type
- Membership of a Statutory Committee
- Reference year
- 2018
- Details
- 2018 - 2024: Appointed as the Academic Representative Member of the BOAQ Board
- Type
- Appointment to State/National/International Reference Group or Government Committees
- Reference year
- 2017
- Details
- 2017 - 2019: AASA QUT Member Representative
- Type
- Appointment to State/National/International Reference Group or Government Committees
- Reference year
- 2015
- Details
- 2015 - 2017: A4LE Committee Member & Office Bearer
- Type
- Appointment to State/National/International Reference Group or Government Committees
- Reference year
- 2014
- Details
- 2014 - current: AACA Overseas Qualifications Assessor
- Type
- Appointment to State/National/International Reference Group or Government Committees
- Reference year
- 2012
- Details
- 2012 - current: Member of the AACA Accreditation Standing Panel
- Type
- Appointment to State/National/International Reference Group or Government Committees
- Reference year
- 2012
- Details
- 2012 - 2018: RAIA Queensland Chapter Education Committee Member
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2012
- Details
- OLT AAUT national citation for outstanding contributions to student learning "for preparing practice-ready architecture professionals, through research-infused integration of innovative real-world curricula, digital technologies, virtual space and simulated office practice learning environments."
Research projects
- Title
- Design and architecture practice research: contemporary PhD (DAP_r)
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- ID15-4972
- Start year
- 2015
- Keywords
- Practice Based Research; Embedded Industry Research; Studio Pedagogy; Design; Architecture; PhD Training; Higher degree; SME; Small to Medium Enterprise
Supervision
Current supervisions
- Work Integrated Learning (WIL): The architecture profession's view
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Associate Professor Philip Crowther, Associate Professor Jennifer Clifton
Completed supervisions (Doctorate)
- How Body Awareness Interventions Can Enhance the Architectural Digital Design Process (2021)
- Interprofessional User Groups and the Design of Healthcare Facilities (2021)
- A Model for Contemporary Learning of Architectural Design in Australia (2020)
- Construction Flexibility and Adaptability inside Hospitals (2020)
- From Product to Process and Site to System: Disaster Resilience and Humanitarian Design in Architecture Education (2020)