Stuart lives, writes, teaches and practises architecture in Brisbane. He is a Director of Vokes and Peters. His contributions up to February 2015 were made whilst Stuart was a director of either Owen and Vokes or Owen and Vokes and Peters. The essay titled Ground Work was written whilst Stuart was a director of Owen and Vokes and Peters.
Stuart Vokes's Latest contributions
Inner city tranquility: Pelican Street
Candalepas Associates’ design for Pelican Street offers urban exposure while retaining a sense of privacy.
Light box: Centripetal House
Panov Scott’s renovation to a nineteenth-century terrace house arouses curiosity and encourages exploration.
Ground work: brick, building & Brisbane
Stuart Vokes reflects on the poetry of the humble brick, and its surprising utility in subtropical building.
Furniture, Structure, Infrastructure: Making and Using the Urban Environment
Nigel Bertram’s book explores the link between urban observations and design research.
Slide night: Small wonders
Rowena Hockin finds beauty in small things at a pre-conference event in Perth.
Balmoral House
A case study in sustainable design through the provision of adaptable space.
Detail and manner
The austere Queenslander aesthetic can be a template for measuring detail, write Owen and Vokes.