Ken McBryde

Professor Ken McBryde is a multi-award winning architect with a reputation as a thought-leader and recently appointed Conjoint Professor of Practice at the University of Newcastle. He founded Architectural Physics in 2018 to respond to design challenges that demand sustainable, innovative placemaking ideas.
He has an affinity with construction methodology, including prefabrication and materials technology underpins his approach. Ken's Masters by Research at The University of Queensland explored prefabricated sustainable yield timber portal frames. He has collaborated with The University of Melbourne, Swinburne University, the CSIRO and FWPA on a Research Project studying improved durability and broader applications of Australian Hardwoods.
Since 2016, Ken has been an Adjunct Professor at The University of Sydney. Drawing on extensive international experience he delivers highly innovative public & cultural places, hospitality, infrastructure, commercial, remote residential, and native landscape projects. Ken’s applied design-research methods are founded on 10 years collaboration with Renzo Piano in Paris, Genoa, Osaka & Sydney. He is regularly called upon for design juries and to present at international conferences. Ken has taught at Universities in Queensland, New South Wales, ACT, and Tasmania.