Mark Burry

Professor Mark Burry is an Australian Research Council Federation Fellow, the Founding Director of RMIT University’s Design Research Institute and Director of RMIT’s state-of-the-art Spatial Information Architecture Laboratory (SIAL). He has published internationally on two main themes: the life and work of the architect Antoni Gaudí in Barcelona, and putting theory into practice with regard to ‘challenging’ architecture; he has also published widely on broader issues of design, construction and the use of computers in design theory and practice. As architect to the Temple Sagrada Família since 1979, Mark Burry has been a key member within the local design team based on site in Barcelona, untangling the mysteries of Gaudí’s compositional strategies for his greatest work. In recognition of his contribution to this project, he received the prestigious award ‘Diploma i la insignia a l’acadèmic corresponent’ and the title Il.lustrisim Senyor by the Reial Acadèmia Catalana de Belles Arts de Sant Jordi.