Who, or what, defines Indigenous architecture today? | Carroll Go-Sam and Deidre Brown

2025-09-30

In this episode of Design Speaks Weekly, Carroll Go-Sam and Deidre Brown explore the progress of Indigenous recognition and representation in architecture across Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand. Carroll (Dyirbal, Gumbilbara Bama) is a senior lecturer at the School of Architecture, Design and Planning at the University of Queensland. Deidre (Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Kahu) is a professor of architecture at the University of Auckland and the recipient of the 2023 Te Kāhui Whaihanga New Zealand Institute of Architects’ Gold Medal...

In this episode of Design Speaks Weekly, Carroll Go-Sam and Deidre Brown explore the progress of Indigenous recognition and representation in architecture across Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand.

Carroll (Dyirbal, Gumbilbara Bama) is a senior lecturer at the School of Architecture, Design and Planning at the University of Queensland. Deidre (Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Kahu) is a professor of architecture at the University of Auckland and the recipient of the 2023 Te Kāhui Whaihanga New Zealand Institute of Architects’ Gold Medal.

During Deidre’s 2024 Australian tour of her gold medal address, host Georgia Birks sat down with the pair to ask them to reflect on how Indigeneity in architecture and education has shifted over time.

You can read the full interview in the 2025 Jan/Feb issue of Architecture Australia or on ArchitectureAu.com.

Further reading:

Creating space: The rise of Indigenous recognition and representation in architecture
https://architectureau.com/articles/Creating-space-the-rise-of-Indigenous-recognition-and-representation-in-architecture/

Carroll Go-Sam
https://architectureau.com/contributors/Go-Sam-Carroll/

New Zealand Institute of Architects 2023 Gold Medal: Professor Deidre Brown
https://www.nzia.co.nz/awards/gold-medal/2023-gold-medal-professor-deidre-brown/

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