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 12 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, my research interests centre on transformational architectural education, the design of innovative learning environments, the design of innovative environments to support mental health, the integration of biophilic, salutogenic and eudemonic architecture approaches in healthcare design (BaSE 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 am currently supervising PhD students who are researching health architecture and/or architectural education.
I am appointed as a Board Member of the Board of Architects of Queensland and a Referee for the Queensland Development Tribunal. I am an active member of the AACA Accreditation Standing Panel, the Australian Institute of Architects, the Australian Health Design Council, and the Australian & New Zealand Mental Health Association. I was a jury member for the 2021 UIA Award for Innovation in Architectural Education, and the regional editor for Australia, for the International Journal of Architectural Research. I am a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and my teaching excellence has been recognised at QUT with Vice-Chancellor's and Dean’s Performance Awards, and nationally through an 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
- 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 Representative Member of the Board
AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS (RAIA)
- 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
2021: DAN101 Master Studio A (‘Building Futures Together’ | Linking Pedagogy + Space + Radical Inclusivity)
2021: DAN201 Master Studio B (‘iHub-14'| Integrated Design Studio)
2021: DAN145: Architectural Professional Practice (Ethics, Professionalism + Professional Relations)
HIGHER EDUCATION ACADEMY AWARDS
2021: AFHEA (Indigenous) Awarded
2018: SFHEA (Senior Fellowship) Awarded
OLT AUSTRALIAN AWARD FOR UNIVERSITY TEACHING
2012: 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’
QUT STAFF AWARDS
2020: Dean’s Award for ‘Excellence in Teaching’
2019: STEMM Diversity & Inclusion Award
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’
Publications
- Iftikhar N, Crowther P, Burton L, (2021) Variance in student and teacher roles in the contemporary Australasian architecture design studio context, Archnet-IJAR, () p
- 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, p
- Miller E, Burton L, (2020) Redesigning aged care with a biophilic lens: A call to action, Cities & Health, () p
- 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 p82
- Caldwell G, Osborne L, Mewburn I, Kraal B, (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 p597
- 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 p179
- 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 p45
- 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) p1352
- 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) p21
- 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 p399
QUT ePrints
For more publications by Lindy Osborne, explore their research on 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)