My research is concerned with the archive; drawings, construction documents, photographs and theoretical manuscripts, as a site for understanding how modernist architecture was formed, transmitted and received.

Photography, documents and Australian modernism. This research examines how photographs and construction documents shaped the reception of modernist architecture in post-war Australia. Rather than treating such materials as records of buildings, they are read as active in the formation of modernism in a particular place and time. A recurring concern is the relationship between American architectural culture and its Australian reception, and how ideas were remediated in the passage through specific media.

Schindler and the tectonic tradition. This work centers on close readings of Rudolph Schindler's theoretical writings, with particular attention to his treatment of materials, texture and the interior. A central concern is how Schindler positioned himself in relation to the ornament debates of Semper, Loos and Wagner, with particular attention to the treatment of materials, texture and the interior. My current work extends this inquiry to Schindler's writings on furniture and the room.

He was curator of Lust for Lifestyle: Modern Adelaide Homes 1950–65 at the State Library of South Australia, and Modern Beach Homes