James Weirick
Professor James Weirick is an Australian academic who was the Director of the Master of Urban Development and Design (MUDD) program at the University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney, Australia. This program was last run in 2019.
Professor Weirick is well known as a world authority on Walter Burley Griffin and Marion Mahony Griffin, the architects who won the international competition to design the masterplan for Australia's capital, Canberra.
Prior to joining UNSW in 1991, Weirick was Head of Landscape Architecture at RMIT University (1988–91). He held academic positions at RMIT from 1987 to 1993. He was a lecturer in Landscape Architecture at Canberra College of Advanced Education (1982–1986). He has had various consultancies in Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra. Weirick holds a Master of Landscape Architecture from Harvard University.
References
- James Weirick on ABC Compass program
- Article on Griffin Society website citing Weirick
- Australian Government National Capital Development Authority website Advisory Panel
- James Weirick adding to protesters voice about Sydney's oldest public open space on the ABC
Selected publications
- Walker, M., Kabos, A. and Weirick, J. (1994) Building for nature : Walter Burley Griffin and Castlecrag, Castlecrag, N.S.W. : Walter Burley Griffin Society (ISBN 0-646-18133-5)
External links
- Articles with short description
- Short description matches Wikidata
- Use dmy dates from October 2016
- Use Australian English from October 2016
- All Wikipedia articles written in Australian English
- Harvard Graduate School of Design alumni
- Living people
- Year of birth missing (living people)
- Academic staff of RMIT University