Desley Luscombe FRAIA
Dean, Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building – University of Technology, Sydney
B. Sc (Arch) UNSW B. Arch (Hons) UNSW M. Arch UNSW PhD UNSW
Email: Desley.Luscombe@uts.edu.au
Desley Luscombe is Professor and Dean of the Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building at the University of Technology, Sydney. As Dean, in the past ten years Desley has refocused the Faculty at UTS leading the staff in the development of a unique vision as a research and creative practice collaborative. Her teaching crosses the disciplines of the history of twentieth-century architecture, design studio, and architectural drawing. Her research focuses on the politicising of architecture through its drawn representation. She is currently completing a book on the use axonometric drawings in the late twentieth century.
In parallel and from 1977-2003, as Founding partner and Consultant of Campbell Luscombe Architects of Sydney, she collaborated in the design and presentation of architectural projects winning several national architectural and industry awards. Campbell Luscombe Architects is a group having developed significant expertise in aged care and seniors living.
In combining her academic and professional roles she served as a Councillor for the Royal Australian Institute of Architects (1992-2002), Member of the NSW Council of Professions (2000-2002), Editor of The Architecture Bulletin (1992-1995), Chair of the State Education Board of the RAIA (1997-1998) and State Representative and Deputy Chair of the National Education Committee RAIA (1999-2001), President of the Society of Architectural Historians Australia and New Zealand (1995-1997), Editor of Fabrications: JSAHANZ (1988-1992), and a Member of the Editorial Boards for Architectural Theory Review (1997-1999) and the Journal of Potential Architecture (2000-present).