Justine Clark is an architectural editor, writer, speaker and researcher, based in

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. She is the editor of ''

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'', a former editor of ''

Architecture Australia ''Architecture Australia'' is a national magazine covering the practice and works of architects and architecture in Australia. It is published bi-monthly by Architecture Media, and is the journal of the Australian Institute of Architects. Histo ...

'', and co-author of ''Looking for the Local: Architecture and the New Zealand Modern''.

Education

Born in

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, Clark completed her bachelor's degree with honours in architecture at the

University of Auckland The University of Auckland (; Māori: ''Waipapa Taumata Rau'') is a public research university based in Auckland, New Zealand. The institution was established in 1883 as a constituent college of the University of New Zealand. Initially loc ...

and her master's degree by research with distinction in architecture at

Victoria University of Wellington Victoria University of Wellington (), also known by its shorter names "VUW" or "Vic", is a public university, public research university in Wellington, New Zealand. It was established in 1897 by Act of New Zealand Parliament, Parliament, and w ...

. As of 2023, she resides in Melbourne, Australia.

Career

After completing her education, Clark was the 1998 National Library Research Fellow at the

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, which resulted in the publication of the book ''Looking for the Local: Architecture and the New Zealand Modern'', co-authored with Paul Walker, and accompanying exhibition. In 2000, Clark began working for ''Architecture Australia'', the magazine of the

Australian Institute of Architects The Australian Institute of Architects, officially the Royal Australian Institute of Architects (abbreviated as RAIA), is Australia's professional body for architects. Its members use the post-nominals FRAIA (Fellow), ARAIA (Associate Member) an ...

, and was the editor of the magazine from 2003 to 2011. She was a collaborator on the Australia Research Council (ARC) linkage grant funded project "Equity and Diversity in the Australian Architecture Profession: Women, Work, and Leadership", led by Dr Naomi Stead. Her involvement in this project lead to her position as founding editor of the online publication '' Parlour: Women, Equity, Architecture'', which began as a repository for the ARC research and is now an ongoing platform for the dissemination of research on gender, equity and architecture. She has reviewed architecture for ''

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'' newspaper and curates exhibitions. In addition to her work for ''Parlour'' she is a member the Office of the Victorian Government Architect's Design Review Panel and the South Australian Office for Design and Architecture's Design Review Panel. Justine is an honorary research fellow at the Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning at the

University of Melbourne The University of Melbourne (colloquially known as Melbourne University) is a public university, public research university located in Melbourne, Australia. Founded in 1853, it is Australia's second oldest university and the oldest in the state ...

. Clark was awarded the 2019 President’s Prize by the Victorian chapter of the Australian Institute of Architects, in recognition of outstanding contribution towards the profession. Clark is an advocate for systemic change in organisations to support more diverse workplaces. She says:

Wouldn’t it be great if the procuring of buildings required the demonstration of a commitment to equity? (Justine Clark 2021)

Selected publications

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Selected exhibitions

''1996 Cuttings from the Centre'', City Gallery, Wellington. Co-curator and co-designer with Sharon Jansen. 2000 ''Looking for the Local'', an exhibition at the

Adam Art Gallery The Adam Art Gallery (in Māori language, Māori: ''Te Pātaka Toi'') is a purpose-built arts gallery located in the Kelburn Campus of Victoria University of Wellington in Wellington, New Zealand. History On 15 July 1997, Jenny Harper and Tin ...

. Co-designer and co-curator with Paul Walker. 2015 ''Portraits of Practice,'' Tin Sheds Gallery,

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. Co-curator and co-designer with Naomi Stead, Maryam Gusheh, Gill Matthewson and Fiona Young.

Awards

* Victorian Institute of Architects, Bates Smart Award for Architecture in the Media (2009) - for Architecture Australia's special issue on Indigenous Housing. * Victorian Institute of Architects, Bates Smart Award for Architecture in the Media (2011) - for her contribution to architectural discourse through the architectural publicatio
Architecture Australia
* Victorian Institute of Architects, Bates Smart Award for Architecture in the Media (2013) - for her contribution t
Parlour
* Munro Diversity Award (2014), with Gill Matthewson, for establishing ''Parlour'', and the promotion of diversity and equality in architecture. * Victorian Institute of Architects, Bates Smart Award for Architecture in the Media (2015) - for her contribution to th
Parlour Guides to Equitable Practice
* Marion Mahony Griffin Prize (2015). * Victorian Institute of Architects 2019 President’s Prize.

References

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