Autore: Dovey Kim Dovey

Kim Dovey is an architectural critic and Professor of Architecture and Urban Design at the University of Melbourne, Australia, where he has served as Associate Dean, Head of Urban Design and Head of Architecture. His research is broadly focused on theories of “place” and practices of power, covering a broad range of social issues in architecture and urban design. Books include Framing Places: Mediating Power in Built Form (1999, 2nd ed. 2008), Fluid City (2005) and Becoming Places (2010). Recent research projects have focused on urban place identity, urban density, creative clusters and the morphology of informal settlements. He has worked with government, industry and community groups and has written and broadcast widely in the mass media.