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Dr Paul Hogben

Dr Paul Hogben

Senior Lecturer

PhD (UNSW), MArchSt (UAdel) 

Arts, Design & Architecture
School of Built Environment

Dr Paul Hogben is the Discipline Director of Architecture at UNSW. In this role he oversees three Architecture degree programs: Bachelor of Architectural Studies, Bachelor of Architectural Studies (Honours) and Master of Architecture. One of Paul's central aims is to ensure the high quality delivery of program courses that provide rich and rewarding learning experiences.

From July 2019 to July 2023 Paul was the President of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand (SAHANZ, www.sahanz.net). The aim of this organisation is to promote standards of excellence in the field of architectural history research with a focus on Australia, New Zealand and the Asia-Pacific region.

 
Phone
+61 2 9385 6345
E-mail
p.hogben@unsw.edu.au
Location
Anita B. Lawrence Centre, West Wing, Room 4021
  • Book Chapters | 2016
    Hogben PE, 2016, 'A Sydney Social Hub: The Australia Hotel and the Commercial Travellers' Association of NSW', in O'Callaghan J; Hogben P; Freestone R (ed.), Sydney's Martin Place: A Cultural and Design History, edn. 1, Allen & Unswin, Crows Nest, NSW, Australia, pp. 139 - 154, https://www.allenandunwin.com/browse/books/general-books/history/Sydneys-Martin-Place-Edited-by-Judith-OCallaghan-Paul-Hogben-and-Robert-Freestone-9781760293628
    Book Chapters | 2016
    O'Callaghan JM; Hogben P; Freestone R, 2016, 'Introduction', in Sydney's Martin Place: A Cultural and Design History, pp. xi - xiii
    Book Chapters | 2014
    Hogben PE, 2014, 'Double Modernity: The first international hotels', in Hogben P; O'Callaghan J (ed.), Leisure Space: The transformation of Sydney 1945-1970, edn. 1, NewSouth Publishing, Sydney, http://www.newsouthpublishing.com/
    Book Chapters | 2014
    O'Callaghan JM; Hogben P, 2014, 'Leisure in Sydney during 'the long boom'', in Hogben P; O'Callaghan J (ed.), Leisure Space: The Transformation of Sydney 1945-1970, edn. 1, NewSouth Publishing, Sydney, pp. 14 - 29, http://newsouthpublishing.com/
    Book Chapters | 2012
    Hogben PE, 2012, 'International Comparison as Critical Strategy', in Stead N (ed.), Semi-Detached: Writing, Representation and Criticism in Architecture, edn. Original, Uro Media, Melbourne, pp. 197 - 210
    Book Chapters | 2009
    Hogben PE, 2009, 'The Spectre of the Skyscraper: An Exploration of Images', in Skyplane: What effect do towers have on urbanism, sustainability, the workplace and historic city centres?, edn. First, UNSW Press, Sydney, pp. 108 - 121
    Book Chapters | 2007
    Ruan X; Hogben PE, 2007, 'Architectural Enclosure: A Prologue to Topophilia', in Ruan X; Hogben P (ed.), Topophilia and Topophobia: Reflections of Twentieth-Century Human Habitat, edn. First, Routledge Press, London, pp. 1 - 11
  • Edited Books | 2016
    O'Callaghan JM; Hogben P; Freestone R, (eds.), 2016, Sydney's Martin Place: A cultural and design history, Allen and Unwin, Crows Nest, NSW, https://www.allenandunwin.com/browse/books/general-books/history/Sydneys-Martin-Place-Edited-by-Judith-OCallaghan-Paul-Hogben-and-Robert-Freestone-9781760293628
    Edited Books | 2014
    O'Callaghan JM; Hogben P, (ed.), 2014, Leisure space: The Transformation of Sydney 1945-1970, 1, NewSouth Publishing, Sydney
    Edited Books | 2007
    Ruan X; Hogben PE, (ed.), 2007, Topophilia and Topophobia: Reflections of Twentieth-Century Human Habitat, Routledge Press, London
  • Journal articles | 2022
    Hogben P, 2022, 'Coal, Steel and the Holy Cross: Post-War Churches and Chapels of the Hunter Region, NSW', Fabrications, 32, pp. 246 - 271, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10331867.2022.2098564
    Journal articles | 2022
    Hogben P, 2022, 'Imagining Manila's future: Advertising's ideals for postwar reconstruction', Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, 53, pp. 277 - 308, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022463422000157
    Journal articles | 2021
    Gower R; Hogben P, 2021, 'From Colonial Revival to Architectural Regionalism: Representational Alteration in the Case of Australia’s Head of Mission Residence in New Delhi', Fabrications, 31, pp. 235 - 259, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10331867.2021.1945794
    Journal articles | 2018
    Hogben P, 2018, 'James Green ("De Libra") and 'Sydney Architecture Aesthetically Considered'', Fabrications: the journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand, 28, pp. 375 - 400
    Journal articles | 2012
    Hogben PE, 2012, 'Architecture and Arts and the Mediation of American Architecture in Post-war Australia', Fabrications, 22, pp. 30 - 57
    Journal articles | 2011
    Hogben PE, 2011, 'The Tender Information Economy of the Colonial Building Press in Australia', Fabrications. Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand, 20, pp. 108 - 127
    Journal articles | 2004
    Hogben PE, 2004, '100 Years of Advertising', Architecture Australia, 93, pp. 20 - 23
    Journal articles | 2004
    Stead NJ; Hogben PE, 2004, 'Rhetoric and Tone', Architecture Australia, 93, pp. 26 - 30
    Journal articles | 2001
    Hogben PE, 2001, 'Maintaining an Image of Objectivity: Reflections on an Institutional Anxiety', Architectual Theory Review, pp. 63 - 75
    Journal articles | 2000
    Hogben PE, 2000, 'Marketing fever', Fabrications. Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand, 11, pp. 79 - 95
    Journal articles | 2000
    Hogben PE, 2000, 'Nationalism in Australian architectural history, 1890-1920: a discourse analysis', Architectual Theory Review, 5, pp. 94 - 111
    Journal articles | 2000
    Hogben PE, 2000, 'The look of expertise, towards a history of building product advertising', Transition, pp. 30 - 39, 173
    Journal articles | 1999
    Hogben PE, 1999, 'Managing An Image of Objectivity: Architecture in Australia During the 1960s', InSite, 1
    Journal articles | 1999
    Hogben PE, 1999, 'The Commercialization of Architecture in Australia, 1975-1980', Fabrications. Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand, pp. 53 - 67
  • Conference Papers | 2022
    Hogben P, 2022, 'Financing Civic Improvement: The Community Amenities Funding Scheme of the Joint Coal Board', in Proceedings of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand., Society of Architectural Historians Australia and New Zealand, presented at Proceedings of the 39th Annual Conference of the Society of Architectural Historians Australia and New Zealand, 25 November 2022 - 27 November 2022, http://dx.doi.org/10.55939/a5023p0950
    Conference Papers | 2021
    Hogben P, 2021, 'The Making of a Newcastle Modernist: The Early House Designs of Sydney C. Morton', in Proceedings of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand., Society of Architectural Historians Australia and New Zealand, presented at Proceedings of the 38th Annual Conference of the Society of Architectural Historians Australia and New Zealand, 10 November 2021 - 13 November 2021, http://dx.doi.org/10.55939/a3982p26oy
    Theses / Dissertations | 2021
    Quinn C, 2021, Noel Coulson and Decor Associates (1950-1970): The role of the client in an alternative framework for understanding modernity in Australian interior design, UNSW Sydney, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/1970
    Conference Papers | 2020
    Hogben P, 2020, 'Unlocking Newcastle’s Modernist Domestic Architecture', in Hislop K; Lewi H (ed.), Proceedings of the Society of Architectural Historians Australia and New Zealand: 37, What If? What Next? Speculations on History’s Futures, Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand, Perth, Western Australia, and online, pp. 111 - 123, presented at 37th Annual SAHANZ Conference, Perth, Western Australia, and online, 18 November 2020 - 25 November 2020
    Conference Papers | 2018
    Hogben P, 2018, '“An index of real effect”: Early Photographic Reproductions in Australia’s Building Press', in Merwood-Salisbury J; Dudding M; McDonald C (eds.), Historiographies of Technology & Architecture: Proceedings of the 35th Annual Conference of the Society of Architectural Historians of Australia and New Zealand, SAHANZ, Wellington, New Zealand, pp. 232 - 246, presented at Historiographies of Technology & Architecture, Wellington, New Zealand, 04 July 2018 - 07 July 2018
    Conference Papers | 2016
    Hogben PE, 2016, 'Explaining the Equitable's Australian Buildings', in Brennan A; Goad P (ed.), Proceedings of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand, SAHANZ, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, pp. 288 - 297, presented at GOLD: The 33rd Annual Conference of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, 06 July 2016 - 09 July 2016, http://sahanz2016.msd.unimelb.edu.au/papers/SAHANZ-2016-Front-Pages-and-Table-of-Contents.pdf
    Conference Proceedings (Editor of) | 2015
    O'Callaghan JM; Hogben P, (ed.), 2015, 'Architecture, Institutions, Change. Proceedings of the 32nd Annual Conference of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand', SAHANZ, Sydney, presented at 32nd Annual Conference of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand, Sydney, 07 July 2015 - 10 July 2015, http://sahanz2015.be.unsw.edu.au/papers/SAHANZ%202015%20-%20Front%20pages%20&%20Table%20of%20Contents.pdf
    Conference Papers | 2013
    Hogben ; O'Callaghan JM, 2013, 'Leisure Capital: Sydney and the Post-war Leisure Boom', in Brown A; Leach A (ed.), Proceedings of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand 30, Open, Society of Architectural Historians Australia and New Zealand, Gold Coast, Queensland, pp. 125 - 137, presented at The 30th Annual Conference of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand, Gold Coast, Queensland, 02 July 2013 - 05 July 2013, http://www.griffith.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0017/531620/R01_01_Hogben-OCallaghan_Leisure-Capital.pdf
    Conference Papers | 2011
    Hogben PE, 2011, 'Edward Bernays, Public Relations Consultancy and Architectural Discourse', in Audience: Proceedings of the 28th International SAHANZ conference, edited by Anthony Moulis and Deborah van der Plaat, Brisbane, SAHANZ, Brisbane, presented at Audience, Brisbane, 07 July 2011 - 10 July 2011
    Conference Papers | 2007
    Hogben PE, 2007, 'Advertising to Architects: Creating Desire and Establishing Credibility in the Case of Aluminium', in Techniques and Technologies; Transfer and Transformation: 4th International Conference of the Association of Architecture Schools of Australasia, Techniques and Technologies; Transfer and Transformation: 4th International Conference of the Association of Architecture Schools of Australasia, Sydney, presented at Techniques and Technologies; Transfer and Transformation: 4th International Conference of the Association of Architecture Schools of Australasia, Sydney, 27 September 2007 - 29 September 2007
    Conference Papers | 2006
    Hogben PE, 2006, 'Gentlemanly Discourse and Architectural Spectatorship: Spectacular American Eyes, 1893-1916', in XXIVth International Conference of the Society of Architectural Historians Australia and New Zealand, 23rd International Conference of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand, Freemantle, Australia, presented at 23rd International Conference of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand, Freemantle, Australia, 29 September 2006 - 02 October 2006
    Conference Papers | 2003
    Hogben PE, 2003, 'The Aftermath of Pleasures: Untold Stories of Post-Modern Architecture in Australia', in TASA 2003, TASA 2003, Faculty of Architecture University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia, presented at TASA 2003, Faculty of Architecture University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia, 03 October 2003 - 05 October 2003
    Conference Papers | 2002
    Hogben PE, 2002, 'Making the Profession Speak: Political Lobbying for Architects', in Additions to Architectural History, Additions to Architectural History, Brisbane, Qld, presented at Additions to Architectural History, Brisbane, Qld, 04 October 2002 - 07 October 2002
    Conference Papers | 2000
    Hogben PE, 2000, 'Sociological strains in the analysis of the architectural profession', in Formulation fabrication: the architecture of history, Formulation fabrication: the architecture of history, Wellington, New Zealand, presented at Formulation fabrication: the architecture of history, Wellington, New Zealand, 13 November 2000 - 17 November 2000
    Conference Papers | 1999
    Hogben PE, 1999, 'The Profession of Architecture and the `Gospel fo Service`', in 16th Annual Conference of the Society of Architectural Historians Australia and New Zealand, 16th Annual Conference of the Society of Architectural Historians Australia and New Zealand, Launceston and Hobart, presented at 16th Annual Conference of the Society of Architectural Historians Australia and New Zealand, Launceston and Hobart, 28 September 1999 - 01 October 1999

Internal Faculty Grants

2014 Faculty Research Grant for ‘A study of the Australian buildings designed by Edward E Raht’.

2012 Faculty Research Grant for ‘Landscapes of Leisure and Pleasure in Modern Sydney 1945‐70’ (with Judith O’Callaghan and other members of the BE Urban Typologies Research Cluster).

2009 Research Linkage Grant for ‘Identifying University of New South Wales connections to the Sydney Opera House during the period 1955 to 2009’ (with Ann Quinlan and David Lindaya).

2008 Research Linkage Grant for ‘Australian Architects in America, 1880-1916’ (with Joshua Wrathall).

External Grants and Sponsorships

2013 City of Sydney History Publication Sponsorship (with Judith O’Callaghan)

Paul’s research examines various aspects of modern architectural history in Australia, from the late nineteenth-century until the present. Currently, his research is focused on two topics within this subject area:

  • Early American corporate imperialism as exemplified by the foreign building program of the Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States in the 1880s and 1890s.

  • Post-war architectural modernism in the Hunter region of New South Wales.

A new research topic under development is the role of the media within the Philippines in promoting images and visions of city reconstruction and re-development.

From 2011 to 2016, and with his colleague Dr Judith O’Callaghan, Paul convened the Urban Typologies Research Cluster within the Faculty of Built Environment at UNSW Sydney. Over this period the cluster produced two edited books and hosted a major conference of architectural historians. The details are:

Hogben, Paul, and O'Callaghan, Judith, eds., Leisure Space: The Transformation of Sydney 1945-1970. Sydney: NewSouth Publishing, 2014. www.newsouthbooks.com.au/books/leisure-space-transformation-Sydney. This book was shortlisted for the 2015 NSW Premier's History Awards in the Community and Regional History category.

O'Callaghan, Judith, Hogben, Paul, and Freestone, Robert, eds., Sydney's Martin Place: A Cultural and Design History. Sydney: Allen & Unwin, 2016. 

Hogben, Paul, and O'Callaghan, Judith, eds., Architecture, Institutions and Change: Proceedings of the 32nd Annual Conference of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand. Sydney: SAHANZ, 2015. www.sahanz.net/publications/annual-proceedings/?session=500

 

Memberships

Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand (SAHANZ)

National Trust of Australia (NSW)

Museums of History NSW

Twentieth Century Heritage Society of NSW & ACT

 

My Research Supervision

Paul is engaged in higher degree research supervision in the areas of architectural history and theory. His past HDR students have been:

  • Dr Milton Cameron (PhD thesis title: 'Experiments in Modern Living: Scientists and the National Capital Private House', 2010)
  • Dr Alanya Knowles (PhD thesis title: 'Celebrity and Architects: The Significance of Celebrity in relation to the Professional Legimitisation of American Architects in the 1970s and 1980s, a case study', 2014)
  • Dr Steven Chang (PhD thesis title: 'Retail Architecture in Post-war Taiwan: The Significance of American Influence', 2018)
  • Dr Rowan Gower (PhD thesis title: 'Image Building: Examining Australia’s Diplomatic Architecture in the Asian Region, 1960-1980', 2019)
  • Dr Catriona Quinn (PhD thesis title: 'Noel Coulson and Decor Associates (1950-1970): The Role of the Client in an Alternative Framework for Understanding Modernity in Australian Interior Design', 2021)
  • Ella Roessler-Holgate (MPhil thesis title: 'Californian Bungalow: Promotion at Play', 2020)

 

Currently, Paul is joint PhD supervisor for Mohammad Widyarta on the topic of post-independence Indonesian architecture and Sharryn Bowman on the topic of the creation of the early buildings of the Art Gallery of New South Wales.

My Teaching

While architectural history and theory form the core of his teaching expertise, Paul also teaches in the area of research practice and has been a guest critic in design studio courses over many years. His courses currently include ARCH1322 Architectural History and Theory 3 (focussed on the history of modern architecture in Australia) and ARCH7215 Advanced Themes in Australian Architecture.