Professor Miles Lewis (born 1943, Amersham, UK) is an Australian academic serving as a Professor in the Faculty of Architecture, Building & 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 ...

, Australia. He is one of Australia's most notable Architectural historians, and a member of the

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. He is a Fellow of the

Australian Academy of the Humanities The Australian Academy of the Humanities was established by Royal Charter in 1969 to advance scholarship and public interest in the humanities in Australia. It operates as an independent not-for-profit organisation partly funded by the Australi ...

, a former President of

Australia ICOMOS Australia ICOMOS is a peak cultural heritage conservation body in Australia. It is a branch of the United Nations-sponsored International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS), a non-government professional organisation promoting expertise in ...

, of the Society of Architectural Historians Australia and New Zealand and of the Council for the Historic Environment. He is an immediate past President of the

Town and Country Planning Association The Town and Country Planning Association (TCPA) is an independent research and campaigning charity founded and based in the United Kingdom. It works to enable homes, places and communities in which everyone can thrive, informed by the Garden ...

, and current Vice-President of the Comité International d’Architecture Vernaculaire (CIAV). He is a former member of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal, Victoria (now VCAT) and a former

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

Foundation Fellow. Professor Lewis has been a consultant on

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listing and to the Getty Institute. He participated in the

Tianjin Tianjin is a direct-administered municipality in North China, northern China on the shore of the Bohai Sea. It is one of the National Central City, nine national central cities, with a total population of 13,866,009 inhabitants at the time of the ...

Urban Conservation Study, China. He has many research interests include urban conservation,

urban renewal Urban renewal (sometimes called urban regeneration in the United Kingdom and urban redevelopment in the United States) is a program of land redevelopment often used to address real or perceived urban decay. Urban renewal involves the clearing ...

, building history, prefabrication,

vernacular architecture Vernacular architecture (also folk architecture) is building done outside any academic tradition, and without professional guidance. It is not a particular architectural movement or style but rather a broad category, encompassing a wide range a ...

, and

urban policy Urban planning (also called city planning in some contexts) is the process of developing and designing land use and the built environment, including air, water, and the infrastructure passing into and out of urban areas, such as transportatio ...

. A well-known and forthright architectural historian and commentator on planning issues in the media, Professor Lewis has a number of useful databases online relating to architectural history and the history of building construction in Australia which are essential sources for others in the profession. In 2013, Professor Lewis was awarded Honorary Life Membership of the

National Trust of Australia The National Trust of Australia, officially the Australian Council of National Trusts (ACNT), is the Australian national peak body for community-based, non-government non-profit organisations committed to promoting and conserving Australia's Ind ...

(Victoria). Lewis is a member of the Portable Buildings World Heritage Nomination Task Force, which advocates for UNESCO World Heritage listing of 19th century prefabricated buildings in Australia.Portable Buildings in Australia with Miles Lewis, presented by the Royal Historical Society of Victoria
University of Melbourne, 5 August 2021. Retrieved 16 August 2024.

Selected publications

Books

* Lewis, Miles 2021. Architectural Drawings: Collecting in Australia. Melbourne: Melbourne Books. * Lewis MB. 1999. Suburban backlash: the battle for the world's most liveable city. Melbourne: Bloomings Books. * Lewis MB. 1994. Melbourne: the city's history and development. Melbourne: City of Melbourne. * Lewis MB d 1991. Victorian churches. Melbourne: National Trust of Australia ( Victoria). * Lewis MB d 1988. Two hundred years of concrete in Australia. North Sydney: Concrete Institute of Australia. * Lewis MB. 1983. The essential Maldon. Richmond, Vic: Greenhouse in association with the National Trust of Australia (Victoria), * Lewis MB. 1977. Don John of Balaclava. Melbourne: Brian Atkins. * Lewis MB. 1977. Victorian primitive. Carlton, Vic: Greenhouse Publications.

References

External links

Staff webpage at the University of Melbourne

Personal webpage

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070829064444/http://www.smithstreet.org/media_watch/protesters_get_tunnel_vision_as_a_dispute_becomes_a_test_case.php Protesters get tunnel vision as Smith St becomes a test case, 23/6/04]
Collingwood Action Group report, edited by Miles Lewis, 17/8/04

Boulton, M, 26/8/05, The Age, What would it take to make Melbourne a more liveable city?
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