My publications examine architecture through the systems that produce, regulate and preserve it. Across digital archives, professional practice, disability and design education, the recurring concern is how institutional structures distribute authority, access and knowledge — and how those structures can be changed.

2026

[Journal article]

Yaghoubzadehfard, A., Z. Zhou, N. Herath, et al. “Structural Evaluation of a 1971 Reinforced Concrete Building with Limited Documentation: A Hybrid Experimental-Numerical Approach.” Australian Journal of Structural Engineering 27, no. 1 (2026): 99–112. https://doi.org/10.1080/13287982.2026.2625342.

2025

[Magazine Article]

Day, Kirsten. “Designing Public Spaces as Sensory Environments.” Architect Victoria, 2025.

[Journal article]

Day, Kirsten, and Peter Raisbeck. “Report on the Gregory Burgess Architects Archive.” Fabrications, February 6, 2025, 1–4. https://doi.org/10.1080/10331867.2024.2447982

[Conference proceedings]

Ma, X., Fatourehchi, D., Day, K., vaz Serra, P., Herath, N., Yaghoubzadehfard, A., Mendis, P., 2025. Evaluating 1960s-1970s Ageing Concrete Buildings Through Documentary Analysis for Renovation and Demolition Decisions, in: Building Regenerative Cities. Presented at the ARCOM, Dundee, Scotland, pp. 981–990.

[Report]

Day, K.M., Martel, A., 2025. Empower by Design Enabling Innovative Inclusion of Disabled People in Design (Design Thinking Grant). Alastair Swayn Foundation, Canberra, Australia.

2024

[Book]

Day, Kirsten, Peggy Deamer, Andrea Dietz, Tessa Forde, Jessica Garcia Fritz, Palmyra Geraki, and Valerie Lechêne. 2024. The Organizer’s Guide to Architecture Education. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge.

[Magazine Article]

Day, Kirsten. “Victorian Heart Hospital.” DOMUS, September 2024.

[Conference proceedings]

Day, Kirsten. “Emulating the Past, Envisioning the Future: A Study of CAD File Preservation in Australian Architectural Practices.” In Proceedings of the 40th Annual ARCOM Conference, edited by C Thomson and CJ Neilson, 71–79. London, England: ARCOM, 2024. https://secure.arcom.ac.uk/submissions/42/published/d1af911e9780621a869e141baead2e47.pdf.

[Journal article]

Arevalo-Garcia, Nataly, Taylor Mark, Day Kirsten, and Mehrnoush Latifi. “Developing a Fear-of-Crime Audit Method for University Environments Using Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design.” Journal of Urbanism: International Research on Placemaking and Urban Sustainability, September 2, 2024, 1–23. https://doi.org/10.1080/17549175.2024.2394202.

[Report]

Martel, Andrew, Ria Wikantari, Sudirman Nasir, Nurhaya Nurdin, Iderlina Mateo-Babiano, Kirsten Day, and Peter Raisbeck. 2024. ‘Assessment on Accessibility of Unhas Campus for Women and People with Disabilities’. The Australian-Indonesia Centre.

[Book Chapter]

Martel, Andrew, Kirsten Day, Mary Ann Jackson, and Saumya Kaushik. 2024. ‘The 5-Kilometre Neighbourhood: Maximizing People with Disabilities’ Work-Life Opportunities’. In Reimagining Public Spaces and Built Environments in the Post-Pandemic World, 142–54. United Kingdom: Ethics Press.

2023

[Conference paper]

Day, K., Raisbeck, P., vaz Serra, P., Bates, D., & Greenham, P. (2023). The unintended consequences of novated design construct procurement and the impact on the education of graduate architects in Victoria. In M. Dewsbury & D. Tanton (Eds.), Architectural Science and User Experience: Sustainability and Health: The nexus of carbon neutral architecture and well-being, (pp. 656–665). The Architectural Science Association (ANZAScA).

[report]

Given, Lisa M, Kirsten M Day, Helen Partridge, and Katherine Howard. 2023. ‘Designing for the Future in Australia: A Retrospective on the ALIA Library Design Awards’. Canberra, Australia: Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA).

2022

[Magazine Article]

Day, Kirsten. ‘Reading and Rebuilding’. INCITE, August 2022.

[Journal Article]

Burridge, Frank, Aaron Cayer, Kirsten Day, Peggy Deamer, Andrea Dietz, Jessica Garcia Fritz, Palmyra Geraki, Daniel Jacobs, Valérie Lechêne, and Natalie Leonard. ‘Beyond Capitalism?: Organizing Architecture Education’. Journal of Architectural Education 76, no. 2 (3 July 2022): 34–42. https://doi.org/10.1080/10464883.2022.2097501.

The Architects Lobby, Aaron Cayer, Albert Chao, Kirsten Day, Peggy Deamer, Andrea Dietz, Jessica Garcia Fritz, et al. ‘Not as Easy as ABC’. Log Journal 54, no. Co-authoring (Winter/Spring 2022): 45–57.

[Conference paper]

Day, Kirsten, and Andrew Martel. ‘An Architecture of Inclusion: Can the Profession Adapt to the Diversity of Design Demanded by People with a Disability?’ In Architectural Science and User Experience: How Can Design Enhance the Quality of Life, 127–34. Perth, Western Australia: Architectural Science Association (ANZAScA), 2022. https://doi.org/978-0-9923835-8-9.

Huppatz, Daniel, and Kirsten Day. ‘Australian Architectural Education in the Pluriverse’, 2022. https://doi.org/10.21606/drs.2022.278.

2021

[Conference paper]

Day, Kirsten, and Andrew Martel. ‘Designing for Neurodiversity: Reimagining the Home for a COVID Normal Life’. In Proceedings of the 37th Annual ARCOM Conference, edited by L Scott and CJ Neilson, 67–76. Glasgow, United Kingdom: Association of Researchers in Construction Management, 2021.

Day, Kirsten, and Andrew Martel. ‘The Home as a Work-Life Hub: A Policy (and Design) Blackspot’. In Changes and Innovations for Improved Wellbeing in Construction, 256–65. Glasgow, United Kingdom: Glasgow Caledonian University, 2021. https://www.w099tg592020.com/uploads/1/3/0/5/130510093/cib_proceedings_2021_final.pdf.

Day, Kirsten, and Erin Campbell. ‘Four Melbourne Architects (1979): The Creation of Contemporary Perceptions for Australian Architecture’. In Design Education and Practice, edited by David Kroll and James Curry, 89–106. University of Adelaide: SAHANZ, 2021. https://doi.org/10.55939/a3994pszy5.

Kuys, Jo, and Kirsten Day. ‘Human Centred Design Approach for Revisioning Public Transportation System in Malaysia’. In Session III: City Planning and Urban Design. London: Studies of Planning and Architecture Consulting and Education, 2021.

[Journal Article]

Day, Kirsten, and Peter Raisbeck. ‘The Last Laugh and Its Afterlife: Emerging Narratives in 1970s Melbourne Architecture’. Fabrications 31, no. 3 (2 September 2021): 336–56. https://doi.org/10.1080/10331867.2021.2006432.

Martel, Andrew; Day, Kirsten; Jackson,Mary Ann and Kaushik, Saumya . “Beyond the Pandemic: The Role of the Built Environment in Supporting People with Disabilities’ Work-Life.” Archnet-IJAR: International Journal of Architectural Research, January 5, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1108/ARCH-10-2020-0225.

*Emerald Awards 2022 Literati Outstanding Paper

2020

[Conference paper]

Webster, Dillon, Kirsten Day, and Peter Raisbeck. ‘Day in The Age: A Critical Observation of Architecture’. Perth: SAHANZ, 2020.

2019

[Conference paper]

Tran, Loc, Dinh, Quoc Phuong , and Day, Kirsten. ‘Transformation of Post-war /Post-colonial Housing in Sai -Gon (Ho Chi Minh City): A Case Study of Nguyen Thien Thuat Apartment Blocks’. In Book of Abstracts, 130. Lisbon: Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, 2019.

2018

[Conference paper]

Day, Norman, and Day, Kirsten. ‘Neptune’s Fishbowl: Australia’s First Post-Modern Building?’ In Proceedings of the 1st Annual Design Research Conference (ADR18), edited by Duncan W. Maxwell, 395–426. Sydney NSW, Australia: University of Sydney, 2018.

[Article]

Day, Kirsten. ‘Live in a Small Place? An Interior Designer’s Tips to Create the Illusion of Space’. The Conversation, 26 July 2018.

[Edited book]

Cairns, Graham, and Day, Kirsten, eds. Global Dimensions in Housing – Approaches in Design and Theory from Europe to the Pacific Rim. Housing Futures. Green Frigate, 2018.

[Book chapter]

Day, Kirsten. ‘Introduction: Strategies for Sustainable Future Habitation’. In Global Dimensions in Housing – Approaches in Design and Theory from Europe to the Pacific Rim, edited by Graham Cairns and Kirsten Day, 5–12. Housing Futures. Green Frigate, 2018.

[Book chapter]

Day, Kirsten. ‘Creating Enduring Future Habitats: Learning Responses’’. In Global Dimensions in Housing – Approaches in Design and Theory from Europe to the Pacific Rim, edited by Graham Cairns and Kirsten Day. Housing Futures. Green Frigate, 2018.

2017

[Edited book]

Day, Kirsten, and Chatzichristou, Christakis, eds. Housing Solutions through Design. Housing the Future Series. Farington, Oxfordshire: Green Frigate Books, 2017.

[Edited book]

Cairns, Graham, Artopoulos, Georgios, and Day, Kirsten, eds. From Conflict to Inclusion in Housing: Interaction of Communities, Residents and Activists. London: UCL Press, 2017.

[Conference paper]

Day, Kirsten. ‘Symbols of Power and Identity: Propaganda and the Banks of Hong Kong’. In Power and Identity: A Cross Disciplinary Conference. University of Tokyo, 2017.

[Conference paper]

Engeler, Bridgette, and Day, Kirsten ‘Housing Futures: The Anomaly of Innovation Is a Post-Growth and Post-Human World’. London South Bank University: Architecture MPS, 2017.

2016

[Conference paper]

Day, Kirsten, and Engeler, Bridgette. ‘The Novelty of Innovation and Analogical Investigation’. In Project to Practice: Innovating Architecture, 19–23. University of Technology Sydney: Association of Architecture Schools of Australasia, 2016.

[Conference paper]

Raisbeck, Peter, and Day, Kirsten. ‘Architectural Specialisation and the Death of Architectural Practice’. In Revisiting the Role of Architectural Science in Design and Practice: 50th International Conference of the Architectural Science Association, 7-9 December 2016, Adelaide, Australia: Proceedings, edited by International Conference, Lyrian Daniel, Veronica Soebarto, and School of Architecture and Built Environment, 805–14. Adelaide, Australia: Architectural Science Association & the University of Adelaide, 2016.

2015

[Book chapter]

Day, Kirsten. ‘Fengshui: A Twenty-First Century Cultural Bandaid?’ In Unbounded: On the Interior and Interiority, edited by Daniel Huppatz, Dolly Daou, and Quoc Phuong Dinh, 28–38. London: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2015.

[Conference paper]

Marcello, Flavia, Parnell, Matthew, Engeler Newbury, Bridgette, and Day, Kirsten. ‘Designing the Centre: Re-Making Local Government Community Facilities for a Low Carbon Future in Low Density Outer Metropolitan Suburbs.’ Adelaide, Australia: Zero Waste SA Research Centre for Sustainable Design and Behaviour, 2015. http://unmakingwaste2015.org/.

[Conference paper]

Day, Kirsten. ‘Constructing Shanghai: Tabula Rasa and the Language of “Essence” and “Form”’. In Tabula Rasa: International Graduate Research Symposium. University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain: EAHN, 2015.
https://phdsymposiumetsaun.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/20150206_program1.pdf

[Report]

Day, Kirsten. ‘Aitkenhead Centre for Medical Discovery Advanced Biofabrication Facility’. Client briefing document. Melbourne: Swinburne University of Technology, November 2015.

[PhD Thesis]

Day, Kirsten. ‘Fengshui as a Narrative of Localisation: Case Studies of Contemporary Architecture in Hong Kong and Shanghai’. PhD thesis, Swinburne University of Technology, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/1959.3/403223.

2014

[Conference paper]

Day, Kirsten. ‘Fengshui. A Cultural Bandaid for the 21st Century’. Swinburne University, Melbourne, 2014.

[Conference paper]

Day, Kirsten. ‘The Shanghai Paradox’. Ravensbourne University, London: Architecture MPS, 2014.

2008

[Book section]

Day, Kirsten. ‘Brief for the Proposed New Australian Pavilion’. In Venice Biennale: New Australian Pavilion: Di Stasio Ideas Competition, edited by Café Di Stasio and Heide Museum of Modern Art, 22–23. St Kilda, Vic: Di Stasio Ideas Competition, 2008.