Publications

L. Cardellicchio, P. Tombesi

Learning from Failures: Reflections on the Role of Project Design and Design Management in the Procurement of Non-Standard Buildings

Buildings, 11 (6), 253-273, 2021.

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L. Cardellicchio, P. Stracchi, P. Tombesi

Danish spheres and Australian falsework: Casting the Sydney Opera House

In Mascarenhas-Mateus, J., Pires, A., Caiado, M., Veiga, I (eds) History of Construction Cultures, London: Taylor and Francis Group, pp. 786-793, 2021. ISBN 978-1-032-00202-6

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L. Cardellicchio, P. Stracchi, P. Tombesi

Beyond the spherical solution: The contractor’s contribution to the roof of the Sydney Opera House

In C. Fivet, P. D’Acunto, M. Fernández Ruiz, P. O. Ohlbrock (eds) Proceedings International Federation of Concrete (fib) Symposium, Conceptual Design of Structures 2021, Attisholz Area, Switzerland, pp. 387-394, 2021.

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A. Ullal, P. Tombesi

Dimensions and correlates of development in construction

Journal of Construction in Developing Countries, 26 (2), pp. 37-64, 2021.

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P. Tombesi

Cronache di un’amicizia tra Tucidide e il Che

In Fallacara, G., Restucci, A. (eds) Claudio D’Amato Guerrieri e la “scuola barese” di architettura. A trent’anni  dall’istituzione del Politecnico di Bari e della Facoltà di Architettura; Rome: Gangemi Editore International, pp. 131-142, 2020. ISBN 978-8-849239-84-3


 

P. Tombesi

Robust Architecture Workshop (RAW)

Architecture Australia, 109 (1), pp. 102-106, 2020.

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P. Tombesi

In deference to the skeptics

In Boltshauser, R., Veillon, C., Maillard, N. (eds) Pisé. Rammed Earth: Tradition and Potential; Triest Verlag, 2019. ISBN 978-3-038630-28-9


 

P. Tombesi

The emancipation of design

Architect Victoria, ‘Parallel Practices’, Spring 2017, pp 10-11.


 

P. Tombesi

The task of architecture

The Journal of Architecture, 21 (4), pp. 493-498, 2016. DOI:10.1080/13602365.2016.1192375

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P. Tombesi

Capital gains and architectural losses: the transformative journey of Caudill Rowlett Scott (1948–1994)

The Journal of Architecture, 21 (4), pp. 540-563, 2016. DOI:10.1080/13602360600786084

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P. Tombesi, B. Gardiner, S. Colabella

Is conventional knowledge enough? Playing the devil’s advocate in the adoption of digital fabrication technology

CAADRIA 2016 – 21st International Conference on Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia – Living Systems and Micro-Utopias: Towards Continuous Designing, Melbourne, Australia, pp. 871-880, 2016.

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P. Tombesi

More for less – Architectural labour and design productivity

In Deamer, P. (ed) The Architect as Worker – Immaterial Labor, the Creative Class, and the Politics of Design, London: Bloomsbury Academic, pp. 82-102, 2015. ISBN 978-1-472570-52-9

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P. Tombesi

The responsibility of designing

The Architect – The Journal of the Sri Lanka Institute of Architects, 115 (4), pp. 66-67, 2014.


 

P. Tombesi

Trame di Viaggio: L’Effetto Giurgola

In Ciorra, P, Padoa Schioppa, C. (eds) Erasmus Effect – Architetti Italiani all’Estero, Macerata: Quodlibet, pp. 88-100, 2013. ISBN 978-88-7462-602-1

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P. Tombesi

What do we mean by building design?

In Marble, S. (ed) Digital Workflows in Architecture: Design – Assembly – Industry, Berlin: Birkhauser, pp. 184-199, 2012. ISBN 9783034607995

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P. Tombesi

On the cultural separation of design labor

In Deamer, P., Bernstein, P. (eds) Building (in) the future: Recasting labor in architecture, New York: Princeton University Press, pp. 117-136, 2012. ISBN 9781568988061

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P. Tombesi

Prometheus Unchained: The Multiple Itineraries of Contemporary Professional Freedom

In Crysler, G., Cairns, S., Heynen, H., Bozdogan, S. (eds) The Handbook of Architectural Theory, London: Sage Publications, pp. 393-409, 2012. ISBN 978-1-4129-4613-1

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P. Tombesi

Construction Industry

In Goad, P. & Willis, J. (eds) The Encyclopedia of Australian Architecture, Port Melbourne: Cambridge University Press Australia, pp. 169-170, 2012. ISBN  9780521888578

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P. Tombesi

Giurgola, Aldo

In Goad, P. & Willis, J. (eds) The Encyclopedia of Australian Architecture, Port Melbourne: Cambridge University Press Australia, pp. 274-275, 2012. ISBN  9780521888578

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P. Tombesi

Piano, Renzo

In Goad, P. & Willis, J. (eds) The Encyclopedia of Australian Architecture, Port Melbourne: Cambridge University Press Australia, pp. 540-541, 2012. ISBN  9780521888578

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P. Tombesi

Spatial Agency: Other Ways of Doing Architecture

Construction Management and Economics, 30 (9), pp. 809-811, 2012.

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AIA, AIA Minnesota, School of Architecture, University of Minnesota

IPD Case Studies

http://www.aia.org/aiaucmp/groups/aia/documents/pdf/aiab093703.pdf, March 2012.

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P. Tombesi

Le dimensioni progettuali del costruire

1st International Congress of Retevitruvio Architectural Design between teaching and research, Bari: Polibapress, pp. 1917-1926, 2011.


 

R. Pietroforte, P. Tombesi, D. Lebiedz

Are Physical Mock-Ups Still Necessary to Complement Visual Models for the Realization of Design Intents?

Journal of Architectural Engineering, 18 (1), pp. 34-41, 2012.

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P. Deamer, P. Tombesi

Integrative training for integrated practice

In Deamer, P., Bernstein, P. (eds), BIM in Academia, New Haven, Yale School of Architecture, pp. 100-105, 2011.

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P. Tombesi, J. Whyte

Challenges of design management in construction

In Cooper, R., Junginger, S., Lockwood, T. (eds) The Handbook of Design Management, Oxford: Berg Publishers, pp. 202-213, 2011. ISBN 978-1-4725-7017-8

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P. Tombesi, M. Nigra, D. Teoh, V. Saunders-Ducos

Once they were heroes: What happened to the companies that built the Sydney Opera House?

18th CIB World Building Congress, Building a Better World, Salford, United Kingdom, pp. 48-59, May 10-13, 2010.

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P. Tombesi, A. Hutson, M. Nigra, M. Fowler, D. Teoh

Do Projects Matter? Tracing Firms’ Industrial Trajectories from the Australian Federal Parliament House

18th CIB World Building Congress, Building a Better World, Salford, United Kingdom, pp. 60-72, May 10-13, 2010.

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M. Pathiraja, D. Amaratunga, P. Tombesi

Towards a more “robust” technology? Capacity building in post‐tsunami Sri Lanka

Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal. Vol. 18, num. 1, pp. 55-65. 2009. DOI : 10.1108/09653560910938547.

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P. Tombesi

Forum Out of what? Locating the underpinnings of theory

Building Research & Information. Vol. 36, num. 6, pp. 668-673. 2008. DOI : 10.1080/09613210802396320.

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P. Tombesi, B. Dave, B. Gardiner, P. Scriver 

Rules of Engagement: Testing the Attributes of Distant Outsourcing Marriages

Architectural Engineering and Design Management. Vol. 3, num. 1, pp. 49-64. 2007. DOI : 10.1080/17452007.2007.9684629

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P. Tombesi

Good thinking and poor value: on the socialization of knowledge in construction

Building Research & Information. Vol. 34, num. 3, pp. 272-286. 2006. DOI : 10.1080/09613210600634336.

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B. Gardiner, P. Tombesi, B. Dave, P. Scriver

Understanding qualitative drivers in distance collaboration for architectural services

WIT Transactions on The Built Environment. Vol. 90, num. 1, pp. 155-165. 2006. DOI : 10.2495/DARC060161.

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P. Tombesi, A. Martel

Vessels of Expression and Flows of Innovation

Journal of Architectural Education. Vol. 59, num. 2, p. 43-52. 2005. DOI : 10.1111/j.1531-314X.2005.00015.x.

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P. Tombesi

Tourist Sirens or Technological Beacons? On the Innovation Function of Large Public Buildings

The Art of Architecture/The Science of Architecture: 93rd ACSA Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, USA, p. 553-560, March 2005.

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P. Tombesi

Sloppily built or precisely loose? The technology of the curtain and the ideology of Disney Hall

arq: Architectural Research Quarterly. Vol. 8, num. 3-4, p. 246. 2004. DOI : 10.1017/S1359135504000272

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P. Tombesi

Interpretations of Vitruvius Critical misunderstandings Parliamentary reply

Architectural Research Quarterly. Vol. 8, num. 2, p. 102-102. 2004. DOI : 10.1017/S1359135504220127

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P. Tombesi

Agencies of Central Design Intelligence

Journal of Architectural Education. Vol. 58, num. 2, p. 54-57. 2004. DOI : 10.1162/1046488042485321.

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P. Tombesi

Back to the future: the pragmatic classicism of Australias Parliament House

Architectural Research Quarterly. Vol. 7, num. 2, p. 140-154. 2003. DOI : 10.1017/S1359135503002100.

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P. Tombesi, B. Dave, P. Scriver

Routine production or symbolic analysis? India and the globalisation of architectural services

The Journal of Architecture.. Vol. 8, num. 1, p. 63-94. 2003 DOI : 10.1080/1380236032000068479.

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P. Tombesi

A true south for design? The new international division of labour in architecture

arq: Architectural Research Quarterly.. Vol. 5, num. 02. 2001 DOI : 10.1017/S1359135501001191.

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P. Tombesi

Modelling the dynamics of design error induced rework in construction: comment

Construction Management and Economics. Vol. 18, num. 7, p. 727-732. 2000. DOI : 10.1080/014461900433014.

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P. Tombesi

The Carriage in the Needle: Building Design and Flexible Specialization Systems

Journal of Architectural Education. Vol. 52, num. 3, p. 134-142. 1998. DOI : 10.1111/j.1531-314X.1999.tb00264.x.

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