Dr Beth George
Senior Lecturer
School of Architecture and Built Environment
- Email:beth.george@newcastle.edu.au
- Phone:(02) 4055 3015
Career Summary
Biography
Dr Beth George is an eudcator and practitioner in architecture, with a research focus on urbanism, design and drawing. She has a PhD from RMIT in urban curation, whihc looks to cartography as a mechanism for reading cities in order to generate distinctive and placeful architectural propositions.
Beth researches and publishes through book chapters, journal articles and papers, competitions, exhibitions and curation.
Beth is a registered architect. She has received awards for both her teaching and architecture practice. Beth has been at the University of Newcastle since 2019 and has taught at the University of Western Australia and Curtin University over the prior 15 years.
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy, RMIT University
- Bachelor of Environmental Design, University of Western Australia
- Bachelor of Architecture (Honours), University of Western Australia
Keywords
- Architecture
- Design
- Drawing
- Mapping
- Speculation
- Urbanism
Fields of Research
| Code | Description | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| 120101 | Architectural Design | 50 |
| 120103 | Architectural History and Theory | 50 |
Professional Experience
UON Appointment
| Title | Organisation / Department |
|---|---|
| Senior Lecturer | University of Newcastle School of Architecture and Built Environment Australia |
Teaching appointment
| Dates | Title | Organisation / Department |
|---|---|---|
| 1/6/2009 - 20/12/2012 | Lecturer | Curtin University |
| 1/1/2013 - 20/1/2019 | Lecturer | The University of Western Australia Australia |
Publications
For publications that are currently unpublished or in-press, details are shown in italics.
Chapter (2 outputs)
| Year | Citation | Altmetrics | Link |
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| 2016 | George B, 'A walk down four streets that don t exist', Perth: A Guide for the Curious, UWA Publishing, Perth 240-255 (2016) | ||
| 2010 | George B, 'Western Australia: Curating the City', Procuring Innovative Architecture, Routledge, Oxon, Cambridge (2010) |
Journal article (1 outputs)
| Year | Citation | Altmetrics | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | George B, 'Prospects for a New New Brutalism', Art and Australia, 55.2 52-59 (2019) [C1] |
Conference (4 outputs)
| Year | Citation | Altmetrics | Link | ||
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| 2019 |
Ednie-Brown P, Chapman M, George B, 'Architectural 'Aesthetic Incunabula': Empathic Drawing as a movement toward Environmental Enrichment', https://www.scribd.com/document/446489205/BoK-2019-Conference-Presenter-Abstracts, Deakin University, Victoria, Australia (2019)
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| 2019 |
Chapman M, George B, 'Surrogate Drawings: theories and practices of empathy in collaborative drawing', Unitec, Auckland (2019)
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| 2019 | George B, Farrah S, 'Trajectories of Axonometry through Distances and Disciplines', Proceedings of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand 36, Distance Looks Back, Sydney, Australia (2019) [E1] | ||||
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Creative Work (12 outputs)
| Year | Citation | Altmetrics | Link | ||
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| 2020 |
George B, Chapman M, Commonplace, UON Gallery (2020)
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| 2019 |
Chapman M, George B, Martin K, Wise E, Projective Cast, Studio One: Toi Tu (2019)
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| 2019 |
George B, Chapman M, Mullen K, Ednie-Brown P, Surrogate Drawing, Deakin University (2019)
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Research Supervision
Number of supervisions
Current Supervision
| Commenced | Level of Study | Research Title | Program | Supervisor Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | PhD | Agile Urbanism: Lessons from Workplace and their City-Scale Application | PhD (Architecture), Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, The University of Newcastle | Co-Supervisor |
| 2017 | PhD | Deep Cuts and Easter Eggs: Tectonic Narratives in Creative Architectural Practice. | PhD (Architecture), Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, The University of Newcastle | Co-Supervisor |
Dr Beth George
Position
Senior Lecturer
Architecture
School of Architecture and Built Environment
Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment
Contact Details
| beth.george@newcastle.edu.au | |
| Phone | (02) 4055 3015 |
| Fax | (02) 4921 6913 |
Office
| Room | BSC 203 |
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| Building | Building Science |
| Location | Callaghan University Drive Callaghan, NSW 2308 Australia |