School of Design and Architecture
Harnessing technology and creativity to design and build for people, place, production and the planet.
Swinburne’s School of Design and Architecture leads the world in high-quality, industry-relevant, technology-led design education and research. We pursue future production and interaction technologies, design for health and wellbeing and also sustainable urban ecologies. Our innovative courses are grounded in design history, theory, culture and diversity with our undergraduates, postgraduates and researchers embracing global challenges, spanning disciplines. Our graduates are renowned internationally for their creative leadership.
Our departments, centres and groups
Explore our courses
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Built Environment and Architecture
Design sustainable spaces and buildings for the future
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School leadership
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Professor Jane Burry
Dean, School of Design and Architecture -
Associate Professor Gianni Renda
Chair, Department of Architectural and Industrial Design -
Dr Andrew Haig
Chair, Department of Communication Design -
Associate Professor Nicki Wragg
Associate Dean, Education -
Professor Blair Kuys
Associate Dean, Research -
Professor Anita Kocsis
Director, Design Factory Melbourne -
Professor Jeni Paay
Director, Centre for Design Innovation; Program Leader, Smart Cities Research Institute
Latest news
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- Design
Students help design futuristic outdoor play in Melbourne CBD
An outdoor virtual arcade brings fun, inclusive games to the Melbourne CBD as part of a Swinburne, City of Melbourne and SAGE Automation collaboration.
Friday 04 February 2022 -
- Design
Students use technology to make banking more inclusive
Four Swinburne students have designed an inclusive financial literacy and banking app to address the challenges faced by neurodiverse people.
Tuesday 20 July 2021 -
- Design
- Technology
New digital tool to improve visitors’ museum experience
An international team of researchers has developed a new digital tool, muse, to improve the way museums gather visitor experience feedback using drawings, recordings, photos and more.
Wednesday 09 June 2021 -
- Design
- Sustainability
New research into soil used for building
Dr Gergana Rusenova commences an Australia-Germany research project into textile-reinforced granular materials that are more sustainable and efficient.
Tuesday 30 March 2021 -
- Design
Photomedia graduates capture their lockdown experiences
Bachelor of Design graduates who majored in photomedia captured their lived experiences of COVID-19 lockdown in a rich collection of images, film, sound, projection and installation art.
Friday 14 May 2021
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For general enquiries, please call +61 3 9214 5174 or send an email to designadmin@swinburne.edu.au.