Richard Francis-Jones
Design Director
Nominated Architect NSW 5301 VIC 15505 QLD 4232
Registered Architect ACT 1013 TAS 752 SA 2368 WA 2299 NZ 3753 UK 078103G
Richard Francis-Jones is a highly awarded and leading contemporary Australian architect. Richard is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Architects and in 2012 was invested as an Honorary Fellow of the American Institute of Architects.
Richard received his architectural education at the University of Sydney (where he was awarded the University Medal in Architecture) and Columbia University in New York, through an ITT Fellowship. He has led a distinguished architectural career, designing many highly-awarded buildings and winning several international architectural competitions. He is Design Director and the nominated architect of fjcstudio, a highly acclaimed practice noted for its commitment to the public domain.
Highly awarded projects designed by Richard have been widely published in Australian and International journals and books. International architecture awards received for projects designed by Richard include the World Architecture Festival World Building of the Year (two times winner), AIA International Architecture Award, RIBA International Architecture Award, New Zealand Institute of Architects Medal, International Architecture Awards from the Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design and the International Public Library of the Year Award from the Danish Agency of Culture.
Richard has taught and lectured in architecture, design and theory in Australia and abroad since 1987, having previously held positions as Adjunct Professor of Architecture at Columbia University and Visiting Professor at the University of New South Wales.
Richard has written extensively on architecture, with his latest book Truth and Lies in Architecture published by Oro Editions in 2022. He is also the former editor of Content, a critical review of architecture published by UNSW Press.
He has convened several architectural conferences and in 2008 was Creative Director of the Australian Institute of Architects National Conference. He is a former president of the AIA NSW Chapter and a past member of the NSW Architects Registration Board.
Key Project Experience
- UTS Central, University of Technology, Sydney
- Bunjil Place, Narre Warren, Victoria
- John Niland Scientia Building, University of New South Wales
- Tyree Energy Technologies Building, University of New South Wales
- The Red Centre, University of New South Wales
- Cliffbrook Executive Retreat, University of New South Wales
- Chemical Sciences Building, University of New South Wales
- Mark Wainwright Analytical Centre, University of New South Wales
- Charles Perkins Centre, University of Sydney
- Owen G Glenn Business School, University of Auckland
- Chemistry Research Laboratory II, University of Oxford
- Faculty of Law, Library & Teaching Complex, University of Sydney
- Macquarie University Library
