Shelley Penn

Shelley Penn (b.1965– ) is a Melbourne-based award winning architect, educator, urbanist and built environment advocate.

Education

Penn was educated at Kilvington girls grammar and completed her architectural training at Melbourne University in 1988, graduating with honours.[1] She is also a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) course.

Professional career

Practice

In 1993, Penn established the firm Shelley Penn Architects as a hybrid practice initially specialising in residential design and shifting focus to include consultation to government on public projects from 1999.[2] Her work has been awarded and exhibited locally and nationally.

Government

Penn has held several positions within state and federal government and in 2014 was recognised as a leading figure in Public Policy within the top 100 Women of Influence by the Australian Financial Review and Westpac Bank.[3] In 2006, she became the first Associate Victorian Government Architect, was and member and then chair of the National Capital Authority from 2009–2014 and the deputy chair of the Heritage Council of Victoria from 2008–2012. She also serves on Victorian, South Australian and New South Wales Design Review Panels including a project based panel for Sydney's Barangaroo development.

After pre-selection in 2014, Penn was announced as one of three Labor candidates contesting six available Australian Senate Parliamentary seats at the next Australian Federal election.[4]

Professional advocacy

Penn is an active member of the architecture industry's peak body, the Australian Institute of Architects, including numerous positions on local and national committees and task forces. After a two-year term as an elected member and honorary secretary of the Australian Institute of Architects National Council, in May 2012 Penn was elected as the Council's 73rd National President. She was only the third woman elected to the role after Louise Cox in 1994 and Melinda Dodson in 2009.[5] Her election as president was particularly notable given that only a small group of sole practitioners are elected to the volunteer role despite more than half of the Institute's members identifying as sole practitioners.[2]

In addition to advocacy through representation, Penn is an active contributor to professional discourse. She has been published in many leading professional journals, including Architecture Australia, Architecture and Design, Monument and Artichoke, and is a regular contributor for Parlour; an online forum for the advocacy of women and equity in architecture.[6]

Educator

Penn is currently an Adjunct Professor in Architectural Practice at Monash University[7] and Associate Professor in Architecture at University of Melbourne's Melbourne School of Design.[8] She has also taught, co-ordinated and guest critiqued Bachelor and Masters students at Monash, RMIT, Deakin and Melbourne University.

Selected appointments

Work (built)

Work (public discourse)

References

  1. 1 2 Doherty, Megan (14 July 2012). "Vowing to safeguard the capital". ACT News. Canberra Times. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
  2. 1 2 Bleby, Michael (12 July 2012). "Build life skills first". BRW. The Financial Review. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
  3. ↑ Stewart, Claire (2 October 2014). "Revealed: 100 High Achievers" (PDF). Australian Financial Review. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
  4. ↑ Johnson, Nathan (27 March 2015). "Former AIA President Shelley Penn announces Federal Senate candidacy". Architecture & Design. Cirrus Media. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
  5. ↑ "Shelley Penn appointed as AIA National President". Australian Design Review. Niche Media. 1 June 2012. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
  6. ↑ "Posts by Shelley Penn". Parlour Authors. Parlour. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
  7. ↑ "Shelley Penn: Adjunct Professor of Architecture Practice". MADA | People. Monash University Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
  8. ↑ "Shelley Penn". Vivid Sydney. NSW Government. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
  9. ↑ "2013 National Architecture Awards: Jury overview". ArchitectureAU. Arch Media. 7 November 2013. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
  10. 1 2 3 "Shelley Penn | Architect". Victorian Design Review Panel. Office of the Victorian Government Architect. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
  11. ↑ "2012 Victorian Architecture Awards". ArchitectureAU. Arch Media. 30 June 2012. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
  12. ↑ "2011 Australian Capital Territory Architecture Awards". ArchitectureAU. Arch Media. 29 July 2011. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
  13. ↑ "RAIA State Awards". ArchitectureAU. Arch Media. 1 July 2000. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
  14. ↑ "Fitzroy Terrace". Architectural Review (77). Spring 2001.
  15. ↑ "Overcliffe Cottage". Clinton Murray Architects. Retrieved April 2015.
  16. ↑ "Overcliffe House". InDesign. November 2002.
  17. ↑ "Mulbring House". Clinton Murray Architects. Retrieved April 2015.
  18. ↑ "2008 Timber Design Awards Winners Announced". Australian Timber Design Awards. November 2008. Retrieved April 2015.
  19. ↑ "Eastern Beach House". Monument (Residential Special). 2007.

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