1st Edition

On Care and Architecture An Auto-Ethnographic Approach

By Anthony Clarke Copyright 2026
248 Pages 95 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

248 Pages 95 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book argues that current techniques and representations of architectural practice can take on greater significance and generate a more meaningful societal and professional contribution if they are developed through a lens of care. This lens of care, however, requires a fundamental repositioning in the way architects and designers orientate themselves within each project. This book argues... Read more

List of figures

Acknowledgements

Preface

Introduction

Care

            (voice) 1

            (voice) 2

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            Diary of activity (written by Jacqui and Alex in 2022)

            Routine (written by Taylor Ryan in 2018)

           

Integrity

            (voice) 1

            (voice) 2

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            On Autism, Architecture and Anthropology (written by Carmen Cummings in 2017).

            Notes from Lived Experience Interviews (written by Anthony Clarke and Cassandra Di Censo in 2021)

           Initial Correspondence, (email by Bonney Djuric in 2021)

           

Advocacy

            (voice) 1

            (voice) 2

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Accountability

            (voice) 1

            (voice) 2

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            Initial correspondence (written by Jacqui and Alex in 2022)

          

Sensibility

            (voice) 1

            (voice) 2

            (voice) 3

            Seeking: sensory seeking (correspondence from project client in 2018)

           

Sustainability

            (voice) 1

            (voice) 2

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            Treating Insomnia with Architecture (Radio interview by Michael Mackenzie for ABC in 2017)

            Initial Taylor Email (written by Taylor Ryan in 2018)

            On Adam Phillips (Letter from Brett Lockwood in 2018)

         

Conclusion

Bibliography

Transcriptions

Index

Biography

Anthony Clarke (PhD) is an Australian architect, scholar, writer, and founding director of the award-winning practice, BLOXAS – A Practice for Empathic and Experimental Architecture. Anthony’s work focusses on the relationship between architecture and care, re-articulating practice through innovative and reflexive methodologies. BLOXAS and Anthony have been widely recognised both nationally and internationally through publication and public engagement. Anthony is a Dean’s Visiting Professor at Columbia University – GSAPP and is an active educator at various Australian Universities including Monash University (MADA). Anthony, alongside Dr Jos Boys and Associate Professor John Gardner, were the series editors for the publication ‘Neurodivergence and Architecture’ published by Elsevier in 2022.