Antarctica may be new to the scene, but its team definitely isn’t. Each of the five directors has made their mark prior to joining the group, mostly in academia or through various contributions to the architectural community. Among the gorup are Graham Crist, concurrently Program Director of Architecture at RMIT University, and Peter Johns, the man behind Butterpaper, and informative and entertaining architecture website. There’s also Dianne Peacock, formerly editor of sub-plot (a zine conerned with contemporary architectural culture, art and activisim)

and Brendan Jones, who has his own practice, JAW architecture, prior to Antarctica.
Rounding out the team is Simon Whibley, bringing experience from his time at Lab Architecture Studio, Garner Davis Architects and as a lecturer at RMIT. Producing architecture is only one goal for Antarctica – their expertise extends to urban design, web and multimedia design and art practice. The directors also aim to develop propositions about contemporary practice, research and teaching.

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