David Kroll

Dr David Kroll

Senior Lecturer

School of Architecture and Built Environment

College of Creative Arts, Design and Humanities


Architect (UK), educator and researcher. Lecturing in design and construction, I am passionate about good architecture that enhances people’s lives. My research focuses on sustainable design, housing and built heritage, and it draws on my background and training in architecture, applied design research and architectural history and theory. Certified Passive House Designer.I have significant experience in architectural practice and have worked on several high-profile projects. Among others, I worked for CF Møller Architects, London, on the Athletes’ Village (designed to Code for Sustainable Homes Level 4) and on the Darwin Centre Two of the Natural History Museum (nominated for the Mies van der Rohe Award). For Bligh Voller Neild, I worked on the extension of Brisbane airport.I hold a PhD from the University of London and have contributed to leading national and international publications, including professional publications such as Architecture Australia and the RIBA Journal. In 2017, I co-edited the book 'Mobilising Housing Histories: Learning from London's Past' (Routledge/RIBA Publishing) with Peter Guillery (UCL). My PhD research on London housing history was AHRC funded and supervised by the Survey of London (The Bartlett, UCL/English Heritage) and the Centre for Metropolitan History (IHR, University of London), and my PhD thesis was shortlisted for the RIBA President’s Medal for Research 2015. I also completed a post-doctoral research fellowship in 2017-18 at the Innovation in Applied Design (IAD) Research Lab, University of Sydney.I have 20+ years of academic teaching experience and have held appointments in Australia and the UK at the University of South Australia, University of Sydney, Anglia Ruskin University, University College London, University of Kent and the University of East London.

  • Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

    Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
    2025 Principal Supervisor Predicting and Optimizing Socio-Spatial Behavior Patterns in Complex Public Spaces Using Space Syntax Theory Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Beheshteh Gharaei
    2025 Co-Supervisor Additive Manufacturing of Waste Wood Sawdust for Modular Load-Bearing Composite Building Structures Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Mohamed Aboeloyoon Mohamed Farouk Abdelaal Ahmed
    2024 Principal Supervisor The role of green infrastructure design in mitigating the urban heat island effect and the impact on the health of older people Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Linglue Xia
    2024 Co-Supervisor Feasibility of sustainability in robotically performance of kinetic structural designs in architecture Generated by Artificial Intelligence - Interfacing parametric design Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Farnaz Nazarzadeh Ansaroudi
    2024 Principal Supervisor Cohabitational building morphologies: Exploring resilient housing strategies for brownfield sites in South Australia Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Hossein Mosavi
    2024 Principal Supervisor Investigating an Agile Model for Sustainable Interior Design in Housing for Older People in South Australia Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mrs Delaram Ordoukhani
    2023 Principal Supervisor Interdisciplinary & Cross-cultural Collaborative Design Studios for Community Architecture Projects Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mrs Annette Joseph
    2022 Co-Supervisor Investigating the relationship between the Built Environment, Wellbeing and Social Value: A case study of a high-rise mixed-use building in the City of Adelaide Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Juliana Croffi Calixto
    2022 Principal Supervisor Self-shading steel facades for buildings in warm climates Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Ricardo Lionar
    2020 Co-Supervisor Aiming to establish an innovative and sympathetic way to undertake issues of abandonment in neglected heritage buildings. The objective is to overcome the barriers which have instigated these buildings to become dormant un-utilised and undeveloped. Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Ms Madeline Nolan
    2020 Principal Supervisor The houses of the architectural practice of F. W. Dancker & Son (1880-1944): An international perspective and the search for a South Australian style. Master of Philosophy Master Part Time Mr Kenan Reece Henderson
  • Past Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

    Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
    2022 - 2024 Principal Supervisor Confident Empathy: Collaborating with Irresolution Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Dr Mirai Morita
  • Position: Senior Lecturer
  • Phone: 83132821
  • Email: david.kroll@adelaide.edu.au
  • Campus: North Terrace
  • Building: Horace Lamb, floor 4
  • Org Unit: Architecture and Landscape Architecture

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