The University of Western Australia
- UWA Home
- The University of Western Australia
- Staff profiles
The University of Western Australia
UWA Staff Profile
Ms Ruth Durack
Contact details
| Address | Urban Design Centre of Western Australia The University of Western Australia (M433) 35 Stirling Highway CRAWLEY WA 6009 Australia |
|---|---|
| Phone | 9440 2400 |
| Fax | 9440 2401 |
| RDurack@udcwa.org |
Major research interests
- Urban design
Qualifications
BArch W.Aust., MArch Penn., MArch Calif. Berkeley, MCityPlan Penn.
Honours and awards
Ruth graduated from the School of Architecture at The University of Western Australia where she was awarded a Hackett Fellowship for study in the United States. She holds Master's degrees in Architecture, City Planning and Urban Design from the University of California, Berkeley and the University of Pennsylvania and is a Loeb Fellow of the Graduate School of Design at Harvard.
Previous positions
Before returning to Perth in 2004, Ruth spent six years in Cleveland, Ohio, as Director of a design centre with a similar mission to the Urban Design Centre of Western Australia, attached to Kent State University.
Prior to moving to Ohio, she was a consultant with the multi-disciplinary firm of Wallace Roberts & Todd, based in Philadelphia and San Francisco, and spent two years with the Planning Department of the City of Philadelphia as Project Manager of the Philadelphia Naval Base conversion. Combining practice with her academic interests, Ruth served throughout these years as an adjunct faculty member of the University of Pennsylvania and Drexel and Temple Universities, teaching studios and seminars in urban design.
From 1990-91, the attractions of the academy gained the upper hand and she took a leave of absence from WRT to Chair the graduate program in Urban Design at Penn.
Prior to moving to Ohio, she was a consultant with the multi-disciplinary firm of Wallace Roberts & Todd, based in Philadelphia and San Francisco, and spent two years with the Planning Department of the City of Philadelphia as Project Manager of the Philadelphia Naval Base conversion. Combining practice with her academic interests, Ruth served throughout these years as an adjunct faculty member of the University of Pennsylvania and Drexel and Temple Universities, teaching studios and seminars in urban design.
From 1990-91, the attractions of the academy gained the upper hand and she took a leave of absence from WRT to Chair the graduate program in Urban Design at Penn.
Teaching
Ruth's primary teaching activities are in delivering the new Urban Design Graduate Program, commencing in Semester 1, 2007.
Useful links
www.udcwa.org
Research profile
The University of Western Australia
The University of Western Australia
University information CRICOS Code: 00126G
This Page
Last updated:
Tuesday, 14 July, 2009 1:02 PM
Website Feedback:
http://www.uwa.edu.au/117768
Last updated:
Tuesday, 14 July, 2009 1:02 PM
Website Feedback:
http://www.uwa.edu.au/117768
