The Australian Women's Register

Summary

Professor of Architectural History at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) University, Harriet Edquist obtained her qualifications, a BA and a MA, from Monash University in Melbourne, Victoria. Her RMIT staff profile describes her research interests as ‘Australian architecture and design, particularly in late 19th and 20th century Melbourne; regionalism as an idea and practice; renaissance architecture and art, particularly 15th and early 16th century with an emphasis on perspectival theory and practice and the development of the interior’. Edquist’s publications include a book on the emigre German architect Frederick Romberg and a monograph on Harold Desbrowe-Annear.

Events

• 2020

  For significant service to architectural history and design, and to higher education.

  Order of Australia - Member - AM