John Hockings is a designer of some renown, an academic, researcher and architectural critic. He has recently joined Architectus from QUT where he was Professor and Head of the School of Design. He had been an academic for 20 years and was also previously Head of the Department of Architecture at the University of Queensland.

John's specialisations are in the fields of architectural design, urban design, subtropical design, and vernacular architecture, particularly in the Asia-Pacific region.

He has been the recipient of a number of architectural awards and prizes including first prize in the Sydney 2000 Olympic Village International Design Competition, first prize in the Post-Expo Southbank competition, first prize in the Lang Park Stadium competition and first prize, Buderim Master Plan competition, in association with Clare Design.

Whilst an academic, he also maintained his own design practice and worked in collaboration with a number of major Australian and overseas architectural practices. His recent architectural research and practice is focused on appropriate and sustainable design for tropical and subtropical regions. In 2003, he co-founded and was inaugural Director of the Centre of Subtropical Design

He leads the Architectus team as Design Director on the new Brisbane Supreme Court and District Court project.

He has numerous publications to his credit in the fields of architecture and urban design, and lectures internationally.