Queensland
Fellows &
Life Fellows

As a student Fred worked for the Queensland Department of Public Works where a building undertaken before graduation was the modern, one-off rather than standard plan, Moorooka State School, Block D, which is now heritage listed. After graduation he worked for extended periods with Frank Oswell & Associates and Trude & Webster, both highly regarded practices. In 1960 he commenced private practice developing from a sole practitioner to one working internationally. In 1991, when he was aged 60 his practice was acquired by Thompson Adsett with whom he worked for another five years including as Director for architecture and urban design in Indonesia which led to the opening of a Jakarta branch office in 1994. When he retired in 1995, Fred was regarded as an authority on practice and building in Indonesia by State and Federal Governments. His work ranged from feasibility studies to project management, from interiors to urban design, from regional to International, and with budgets from small to $60 million (in 1995). One of his works was an early and highly regarded, off-form, board-marked, concrete office in South Brisbane for the well-known surveyors and town planners, Pike Mirls McKnoulty, whose office it remains 50 years later. During his practice, Fred was consulted by companies including James Hardie Industries, Lysaght, and Australian Consolidated Industries to provide technical and aesthetic advice.

John joined the Institute on 1 January 1988. He has therefore been a member for 32 years. His first connection with RAIA was as SONA President in the ACT and later Secretary to the ACT Chapter. He was the Built Environment Education (BEE) Representative and was involved in several BEE initiatives and publications including the Art and Architecture of the New Parliament House. After moving to QLD in 1990, he maintained his active involvement with the Queensland Chapter. He has served on various committees including Education, Public Affairs, PALS, Practice, Heritage, Urban Design and Chapter Council. He was the go-to person for Safe Design during the period of WHS regulations implementation, and on the National WHS Working Group. John is a highly valued Senior Counsellor with current and frequently requested expertise in contracts. He is currently engaged with the National Contracts review working group. John is a frequent contributor to the Institute Open Forum discussions.

John was instrumental in the establishment of Urban Design Alliance (UDAL) Queensland as a multi-disciplinary forum for Urban Design Advocacy. John has had roles as BCC City ambassador and contributed to Queensland Association for Universal Housing Design and Australian Network for Universal Housing Design. John has been passionate about making better places and has contributed to city making through design panels, and advocacy through attendance at urban design workshops and in architecture through advocacy and participation and facilitating co-design, design critique, and design methodologies.

John is a registered Architect in Queensland, NSW, and the ACT, with over 33 years’ experience in the building industry over a broad design spectrum, ranging from planning to construction administration through post occupancy evaluation. He practices as a consulting architect in all states of Australia, Asia NZ, and Middle East. He is currently serving in a primary role as Nominated Architect for MAAP Architects of Surry Hills NSW and undertakes commissions under his long-standing practice name as Parish Clarke Architects in Queensland.

John has been honoured to have given opportunity to speak to the wider community and the profession at conferences, seminars, and workshops, or invited to collaborate with other architects and designers, in such wide areas of design, as Crime prevention through environmental design, Place making, Risks trips and falls, design for wellbeing, Design for the Aged, Safety through Design, and design for Mental Health.

Mark is a Queensland architect with a deep experience in practice and with recent roles in academia. Early in his working life, he developed a strong interest in environmentally sensitive design and became concerned about the challenges of addressing climate change from the early 2000s. Mark has extensively researched issues relating to climate change including emissions mitigation, urban climate response, bio-physical adaptation and social resilience. He has gained a depth of knowledge of the dynamics between economics, governance, energy supply, built form, urban metabolism and climate change.

Mark enjoyed a successful architectural career of more than 30 years including 8 years as Director of Architectus, a leading national practice. Several of his buildings were awarded prestigious RAIA awards. During his career, Mark completed part-time Masters degrees in Management and in Business. In 2015, he left architecture to undertake a Masters in Sustainable Urban Development at the University of Oxford, completing that degree in 2017. Mark’s recent PhD (UCL) in Development Planning examined energy justice for informal settlements in the global South with a slum in Dhaka as his case study.

Mark combines skills developed from many years at senior levels of industry with an extensive history of academic study and advanced research including at world-leading universities. His current role as Industry Fellow (Associate Professor) at the University of Queensland School of Architecture involves teaching in Design, Practice and Construction along with a continuation in research activity. In addition to Mark’s service, his contributions also include excellence in the design and delivery of projects (as evidenced by numerous awards), a lifelong focus on sustainability and issues of equity and his conference papers, lectures and research work.  In addition Mark has a life long record of community service, including a charity (Fuel for Change) aimed to assist the people of Dhaka and the environment.  Mark has also undertaken frequent study tours to ensure his knowledge is relevant and adaptable to different cultural settings

Adjunct Professor Paul Trotter FRAIA has served the profession with distinction.  His role as an educator and mentor to both students of architecture and graduates looking to pass the Board exam and become registered architects stands out through his decades of work via his stewardship of the PAL’s course and his role as a sessional academic lecturing QUT students of Architecture.  Paul’s service also includes an exemplary role as Chapter President in Queensland (2018-2020) during a challenging time for the Chapter as well as his roles on Chapter Council.

As a director and part of the family legacy of Fulton Trotter Architects’, Paul has also been a driving force in local and regional work recognized through the Institute’s Awards programme.

In addition to his leadership within the Institute, his advocacy for the profession, his mentor-ship and dedication to the next generation Paul has also contributed to Industry conferences and publications.

Paul’s long standing contribution is a testament to his commitment to the profession and the Institute.

Paul’s involvement as a Queensland Chapter Councillor (2012-2021) has been one of constant and active participation.  His passion for sustainability has seen him provide leadership in that space with much of that time as Chair of the Queensland Sustainability Committee, culminating in his time on the National Sustainability Committee.  Paul’s involvement includes: contributing to and coordinating the QLD Institute response to the proposed changes to the NCC in relation to Energy Efficiency, bringing the issue of natural ventilation back to the NCC/BCA for class 2 buildings (with Russell Hall), seeking to have QLD brought into line with NSW in restricting dark roofs and his personal involvement in the public initiative/annual event “Speed Date a Sustainable designer”.

Paul’s involvement is not only long standing and active, but also broad.  He has contributed at the highest level to the National Awards programme, specifically through his roles on Queensland awards juries.  As the only awards programme in the country that visits all projects, Paul’s time as deputy chair and chair of the Queensland State Awards jury is a commitment perhaps only second to the Chapter President.  More recently Paul has been on a committee reinstating awards medals to the Queensland programme and providing input to the Bronze plaques for award winners bringing Queensland into line with NSW and Victoria amongst others.

As a director/owner of Reddog Architects Paul and his firm have contributed to the quality of the built environment and the perception of excellence that architects bring to the public realm, through numerous state awards.

Paul has also contributed to the public discourse on Architecture and sustainability through his interviews, advocacy and his contributions to articles in the public realm.

Adjunct Associate Professor Dr Rosie Kennedy is a Queensland architect and consultant on sub-tropical cities and architecture who has served the profession with vision of a more resilient future for more than two decades. Rosie has led the profession in the area of subtropical city design and architecture since bringing her practice in architecture from the UK to Queensland.

As a Partner Director, Mulder + Kennedy Architects, Rosie has been the recipient of several industry awards, for example, as a Finalist, Sustainability in Urban Development and the Built Environment Category Queensland Government Sustainable Industries Awards. She is also a Dunbar Fellow. Rosie’s passion for sustainability is further demonstrated through her academic roles as Associate Professor, Deputy Director of Design Lab, and Research Leader School of Design, Creative Industries Faculty, QUT, Director, Centre for Subtropical Design, Research Fellow Next Generation Apartment Buildings and Doctoral thesis on Dense Subtropical Sustainable: The liveable multi-storey apartment building to name only a few.

Her contribution and commitment to the profession is further demonstrated by her extensive involvement as sub-tropical expert providing guidance to Council’s throughout Queensland. For example; CIB, International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction, Council for Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (US), QUT Institute for Future Environments, QUT Centre for Emergency and Disaster Management, International Network of Tropical Architecture (iNTA), National University of Singapore, American Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA), Design Advisory Panel, Brisbane City Council, Sunshine Coast Subtropical Sustainable Building Design Guidelines Sunshine Coast Council. Rosies contribution to the profession has also involved extensive contribution to the Institute, through Queensland Chapter Council , Queensland Climate and Sustainability Committee, Winston Churchill Memorial Trust Queensland Regional Selection Committee, Awards Juror for the Australian Institute of Architects, affiliated organisations.