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Dr Norman Kingwell Day (born 25 March 1947, in
Melbourne, Australia Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a metr ...
) is an
architect An architect is a person who plans, designs and oversees the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to provide services in connection with the design of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the buildings that h ...
, educator, and writer.


Architecture

After graduating, in the late 60s Norman Day worked in the office of Romberg & Boyd, with noted architect and critic Robin Boyd and Professor Frederick Romberg. He then started his own practice in 1971. His practice was initially based in Melbourne, where he came to prominence in the 1980s as part of the new wave of architects who adopted
Postmodernism Postmodernism is an intellectual stance or mode of discourseNuyen, A.T., 1992. The Role of Rhetorical Devices in Postmodernist Discourse. Philosophy & Rhetoric, pp.183–194. characterized by skepticism toward the " grand narratives" of modern ...
. Later his practice expended to South East Asia, with offices in Melbourne, Ho Chi Minh City,
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and Dili. His architecture is contemporary and investigative, it seeks to provide long-life-term constructions which last over time rather than short-term solutions which satisfy a culture of ‘architecture as a commodity’. His major commissions include
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(Melton), Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists Headquarters (Melbourne), RMIT International University, Vietnam (Ho Chi Minh City) and
Can Tho University Can Tho University ( vi, Trường Đại học Cần Thơ) is a public research university in Can Tho, Vietnam. Established in 1966, it is a multidisciplinary university and a leading university in the Mekong Delta The Mekong Delta ( vi, Đ ...
Learning Resource Center (Can Tho City, Vietnam) and the Embassy for East Timor (Canberra). Since 2000, he has been involved with the new nation of East Timor, consulting on the reconstruction of the country with projects including the
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Reading Room/ Library (Dili), Hotel dom Aleixo (Dili)and schemes for empowerment training. He is a board member of "Architects Without Frontiers". Design submissions have been made for a design proposal for the new Assembly and Ba Dinh Hall (
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), an urban design competition for Thu Thiem district (HCMC), Australian Centre for Contemporary Art (Melbourne), MOMA at Heide (Melbourne), West Kowloon Redevelopment (
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) and National Trade Union Headquarters (
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).


Teaching

He is an Adjunct Professor of Architecture at the
RMIT University RMIT University, officially the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology,, section 4(b) is a public research university in Melbourne, Australia. Founded in 1887 by Francis Ormond, RMIT began as a night school offering classes in art, scien ...
, which also awarded him an honorary Doctorate of Architecture. During the period 1976 to 2002 he was Lecturer and Design Coordinator Theory, History, Communications Department of Architecture, Faculty of Design and Environmental Construction,
RMIT University RMIT University, officially the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology,, section 4(b) is a public research university in Melbourne, Australia. Founded in 1887 by Francis Ormond, RMIT began as a night school offering classes in art, scien ...
(Melbourne). He has lectured also at the
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Perth, School of Art and Design, RMIT at Bundoora,
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(Sydney), School of Architecture,
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. Department of Architecture (with Professor Susana Torre),
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, New York, Lecturer Council of Adult Education,
Monash University Monash University () is a public research university based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Named for prominent World War I general Sir John Monash, it was founded in 1958 and is the second oldest university in the state. The university has ...
(Melbourne),Swinburne Technical College (Melbourne), and
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(Geelong). Day's titles are: Doctor of Architecture (''
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'',
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), Adjunct Professor of Architecture (RMIT), M Arch (RMIT), B Arch ( Melb), ARB (Vic),Ass. Dos Arch.TL (Dili), UIA http://www.uia-architectes.org/ (Paris)


Exhibitions

XXX Exhibition, 30 Years of Architecture – Norman Day, RMIT Gallery, Melbourne. 2001
Models Inc. Architects + Industry (Curator: Val Austin) A + I Gallery, Melbourne. 1996
World - Wide - Work : Architecture by Fax CURVE, Tolarno Gallery, Melbourne. 1995
"Fin de Siecle? : and the Sydney twenty - first century: Architectures of Melbourne", Clapin Burdett Gallery. Sydney. 1993
" Fin de Siecle ? Melbourne - and the twenty-first century " RMIT. Melbourne. 1992
Australian Mythos Sydney - Reflection on an Unfinished Journey. 1988
Neo-Classicism ? Monash University + Power Institute (Sydney and Melbourne).1986
Two x Two '86: Artists + Architects: George Paton Gallery (Melbourne).1986 (Exhibition partner Julie Brown-Rra


Architecture as Idea, RMIT Gallery, Melbourne. 1984
Next Wave, Canberra. 1981
Four Melbourne Architect

Powell Street Gallery, Melbourne, with
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, Greg Burges

Peter Crone 1979


Awards and honours

Professional awards include:
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Award for Architecture in the Media.
Finalist Award Robin Boyd Award House of the Year
RAIA (National) : For Outstanding Architecture.
Seven Royal Australian Institute of Architects Awards.
Lustig + Moar - RAIA Architecture Prize.
BELLE magazine "House of the Year" 1990.
Housing Industry of Australia, House of the Year Award (Best Use of Steel).
The Australian Business award 2005 for "Business Innovation", Australian Chamber of Commerce (AUSCHA

– Fosters Vietnam Ltd.
Excellence in Construction - National Building and Construction Awards,Commercial Building, National Award Master Builders Association of Australia.
Excellence in Construction - Commercial Building Victorian State Award Master Builders Association of Victoria.
Australian Government Award for valued contribution as a volunteer working in East Timor (Timor Leste).
City of Port Phillip Design + Development Awards (Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists) – best contribution to achieving sustainable development.


Writing

He was first employed as architecture critic for ''
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'' (Melbourne) in 1976, and has supplied critique for the
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(Radio and TV), and previously for the ''
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'' and ''
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'' (Melbourne). Articles have been published world-wide including - ''National Times'' (Melbourne), (Editor) ''Architecture Australia'' magazine (National), (Editor) ''Architect Magazine'', ''DOMUS'' (Italy), ''Studio International'' (London), ''International Architecture'' (London), ''Aujourd Hui'' (Paris), ''Monument Magazine'' (Sydney), ''Transition Magazine'' (Melbourne), ''Australian Art Review'' (Sydney), ''Express Magazine'' (New York), ''
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'' (Melbourne) and ''Melbourne University'' Magazine (Melbourne).


Publications include

* ''Federation Square'', (Hardie Grant Books, 2003) * ''Notes From The Laboratory'' (in prep.) * ''Heroic Melbourne - Architecture of the 1950s'' (RMIT,1995) *''Fin de Siecle? - and the twenty-first century'', part author (RMIT, 1992) *''Modern Houses: Melbourne'' (Zouch), 1976. * ''Bell, The life and work of Guilford Bell, Architect 1912-1992'', A Bookman Transition Publication, Melbourne, 1999. part author -(van Schaik, Leon, Ed.). * ''AARDVARK 3 : A Selected Guide to Contemporary Melbourne Architects'',- introductory essay - (also CD ROM and Internet),(Evans, Doug,Ed.) The Department of Architecture, RMIT, Melbourne, 1997. * ''Puckapunyal Armoured Centre - Hopkins Barracks'' * Department of Housing and Construction Melbourne. 1985.


Notes


References

''Monash Biographical Dictionary of 20th Century Australia'', Reed Reference Publishing 1994
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External links


Norman Day + Associates

The Age

RMIT University

RMIT International University Vietnam

Can Tho University LRC

Architects Without Frontiers
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