Select Publications
2025
Architecture Australia. Eva and Marc Besen Centre. May/June, Butler K
Australian House: The Robin Boyd Award for Residential Architecture since 1981. Australian Institute of Architects. Thames & Hudson, featuring House at Hanging Rock and Albury House
The Local Project. Kerstin Thompson Profile. Issue 17, Salhani P
Office of the Victorian Government Architect: Good Design + Heritage. Issue 07 featuring Broadmeadows Town Hall
2024
Architecture Australia. Booboop Narrkwarren Nagarra-jarra-noun (Family Healing Centre). July/August, Hyde, R
Architecture Australia. Melbourne Holocaust Museum. July/August, Hurst, R
Indesign, The Work (Place) and Play Issue, In Conversation, The Business of Living, Issue 91, Haddow, A,
100 Women: Architects in Practice. Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA). Harriss, H, House, N, Parrinder, M, Ravenscroft, T
VL50: Australia’s best designers, architects, landscapers and artists of 2024. Vogue Living. Australia, February issue, Zanbaka L
Dezeen 50 most powerful women in architecture and design. March online
C3 Magazine. Issue 433 _24 #4 featuring Bundanon Art Museum & Bridge. Wright H
The Guardian. Art museum and mosque among Australian projects recognised in UK’s RIBA architecture awards. June. Article featuring Bundanon Art Museum & Bridge. Burke, K
2023
Design for Climate Adaptation Proceedings of the UIA World Congress of Architects, Copenhagen, Faircloth, B, Pedersen Zari, M, Ramsgaard Thomsen, M, Tamke, M, Springer Nature, Switzerland, Sustainable Development Goals Series, Bundanon Art Museum & Bridge, Thompson K
Kerstin Thompson 2023 Gold Medalist. Architecture Australia. May/June issue, Clarke, J, Hamann, C, Harrison, S, Wright, L
Holocaust-Museum in Melbourne, Detail Magazine. Documentation: Windows and Facades. Schoof, J. Issue 10 featuring Melbourne Holocaust Museum
Commit to Memory. The Architectural Review (UK). Hyde, R. May issue featuring Melbourne Holocaust Museum
Guesthouse and Art Museum near Sydney, Detail Magazine. Concept: Hotel, Hostels, Guesthouses. Schoof, J. Issue 3 featuring Bundanon Art Museum & Bridge
Poetry in Motion. Vogue Living. Kiely, A. January/February issue featuring Erskine River House
Architecture Australia, Queen and Collins by Kerstin Thompson Architects and BVN. Jan/Feb issue, Bruhn, C
Architecture Australia, Kerstin Thompson: Negotiating the in-between, Clarke, J, August online
Journal of Civic Architecture, Issue 10 featuring Bundanon Art Museum & Bridge
The Local Project. Erskine River House. Issue 12, Thwaites, M
The most important designers of the year AD100 2024. Architectural Digest. Rolinck L
2022
Imagining the Future Museum: 24 Dialogues with Architects, ‘Where Does the Museum Begin and End?’, Haute Cantz
Shades of Grey: Kerstin Thompson Architects. The Monthly, July 2022, Neustein D
Climate Resilience: Our Buildings Need to Respond to Climate Disaster. Frame Magazine, Nov 2022 – Jan 2023, issue 149 featuring Bundanon, Dowling, K
Architect Victoria. Pender, P. July issue featuring Balfe Park Lane
A curated piece of utopia: Bundanon Art Museum and Bridge, Architecture Australia. May/June issue, Nimmo A.
Office of the Victorian Government Architect: Good Design + Health. Featuring Statewide Child & Family Centre, Booboop Narrkwarren Nagarra-jarra-nou
2021
Kerstin Thompson Architects: Encompassing People and Place. Thames & Hudson, van Schaik, L
Architecture Australia. Mar/April, issue featuring Broadmeadows Town Hall, Harrison, S
Architecture Australia, Harnessing flexibility: East Street House, July/Aug issue, Nielsen, P
2020
The ‘small’ issue: modest in size, big in impact. Architecture Australia, July/August issue featuring Jock Comini Amenities Reserve
Feeling Climate. Architect Victoria, Autumn issue, featuring Riversdale masterplan, Thompson, K
The World Winery Collection. Forma Edizioni Italy, featuring TarraWarra Estate
Museum as Placemaker. Architecture & Design, School of Technology, Environments & Design, University of Tasmania. Routledge, Taylor and Francis Publishing, Thompson, K
Architecture Winners Embrace the Past while Eyeing the Future. The Sydney Morning Herald, July 10. Edgar, R
Broadmeadows “Pink Elephant” Town Hall Ready to Serve a New Generation. Domain, July 31. O’Brien, M
2019
The Material City: Density and Design in Contemporary Australian Architecture. Ringer, R, Dry Press Publishing, featuring KTA’s Studio 9 Wertheim Factory conversion
The Stables, VCA – The University of Melbourne, Southbank Campus. Architecture Australia, vol. 108, no. 2, Mar/Apr
The Material City: Density and Design in Contemporary Australian Architecture. Dry Press Publishing, Sydney. Ringer, R
Architecture Australia, Kerstin Thompson Architects transforms suburban town hall, featuring Broadmeadows Town Hall, December issue
Dignity with a Modesty of Means, in V Mitsogianni & P Macasaet (eds), Influence: Edmond & Corrigan + Peter Corrigan. Uro Publications, Melbourne
2018
Urban Sanctuary, Black, R and Johnson, A, Thames and Hudson, featuring KTA’s Apartment House
‘Shepparton Art Museum’, in M Baracco & L Wright (eds), Repair: Australian Pavilion, 16th International Architecture Exhibition, La Biennale Di Venezia 2018 Actar Publishers, New York, and Australian Institute of Architects, Melbourne, Baracco, M, Wright, L
Spatial Continuums: Linear, Radial, and Clustered Architectures in Practice, in P Sparke, P Brown, P Lara-Betancourt, G Lee & M Taylor (eds), Flow: Interior, Landscape and Architecture in the Era of Liquid Modernity. Bloomsbury Visual Arts, London, Thompson, K
2017
Twenty-One Australian Architects Breaking New Ground McCartney. K, Belle Publications
Chasing the Sky: 20 Stories of Women in Architecture. Riera Ojeda, O, Maven Publishing
Among Buildings. Roper, M & Geddes, S
Sandcastles: Australia’s Greatest Coastal Homes, Coquhoun, P
TarraWarra Estate Cellar Door. Artichoke, Issue 58, 2017. Baumgart, M
The Burden of Landscape. Architect Victoria, Summer, Thompson, K
2016
The User Perspective On Twenty-First-Century Art Museums. Lindsay, G
Apartment House & Single House – No Future, Architecture Australia, Jan/Feb edition
Living in the Landscape. Black, R & Johnson, A
Stillness, Clarity, Integrity, Landscape Architecture Australia, February edition
Where are the Women Architects? The Age, August 20
Office of the Victorian Government Architect: Good Design + Heritage. Issue 07 featuring Wertheim Factory Conversion
KTA Architects, in Prototyping for Architects. Thames & Hudson, London. Burry, M & J Burry
Monash University Museum of Art, in The User Perspective on Twenty-First-Century Art Museums. Routledge, New York. Lindsay, G
Single House – No Future?. Architecture Australia, vol. 105, no. 1, Jan/Feb, Thompson K
2015
Concrete Plans, Dwell, October edition
Practical Poetics, Healing Our City. Van Schaik, L
Architects’ Houses: Twenty Australian Homes. Murdoch Books, Sydney. Crafti, S
A Richly Furnished Home Frames Striking Landscape Views. Dwell, October. Hay, D
Kerstin Thompson Architects, Community Police Station, Marysville, Victoria, Australia, 2012, in Practical Poetics in Architecture. John Wiley & Sons, Chichester
2014
Victoria, Australia: Five Years after the Fire, The Architectural Review (UK), July edition.
Marysville 16 Hour Police Station, Architecture Australia, October edition
ArchitectureAU, The Houses of KTA
Office of the Victorian Government Architect: Good Design + Education. Issue 06 featuring Birralee Primary School
10 Lessons. Parlour, March 14, Thompson, K
2013
Monument 112. Light and Shade. House at Big Hill. Blondell, J
Houses 91. Kerstin Thompson Profile. Clark, J
Affinities, in R Boyd, Living in Australia, revised edition. Thames & Hudson, Melbourne. Thompson K
2012
Momentum: New Victorian Architecture. London, G
Fire, Crime & Accident. Fire Departments, Police Stations, Rescue Services. Braun Publishing
Architect Victoria. Awards 2012 Edition. House at Big Hill
2011
Architecture Australia. July/Aug -Carrum Downs Police Station
Architect Victoria. Awards 2011 Edition – MUMA & Carrum Downs Police Station
Architecture Australia. Jan/Feb – MUMA pp. 80- 85
The Encyclopedia of Australian Architecture. Cambridge University Press, Melbourne. Goad, P, Willis J
2010
High Exposure. Wish Magazine, The Australian. December
Backbone of a University. The Age Business, December 8
From Sketch to Skyline. The Age A2, December 4
A Place in the Sun: Innovative Homes Designed for our Climate: Australia & New Zealand, Harrison, S
2009
Monocle. October Issue Warrandyte Police Station
Architecture Australia pp 84-92, Irvine House. Hamann, C
Justice for All. Monocle, Issue 27,October. Dent, J, Bleyer J
2008
Re Housing. Murray, S, Ramirez, D, Whibley, S
The Australian House: House in Ivanhoe. Johnson, A
Architecture Highlights, 44 new generation architects
A Place in the Country, New Rural Architecture, Australia & New Zealand
The Global Architect: Firms, Fame and Urban Form. McNeill, D
House-street-relationship-house-street-districtcity (Smithsons), in G London & S Anderson (eds), Take 7: Housing Australia: How Architects Can Make a Difference. The Royal Australian Institute of Architects, Canberra, Thompson, K
2007
Visiting the Australian Garden. Architecture Australia, vol. 96, no. 1, Jan/Feb.
2006
Kerstin Thompson in Design City Melbourne. Wiley Academy, Chichester
2004
A Simple Gesture across a Piece of Land. Architecture Australia, vol. 93, no. 1, Jan/Feb. Macarthur, J
Melbourne Rising Low, in D Sokol (ed.), ‘Property Development + Progressive Architecture: The New Alliance’. Architectural Design, vol. 74, no. 1, Jan/Feb.
2003
Around the Drum Court in New Australia Style 2: Inner City Living. Thames & Hudson, London. Gollings, J, Mitchell G
Kerstin Thompson: House at Lake Connewarre, Leopold, in G London (ed.), Houses for the 21st Century. Pesaro Publishing, Sydney. London, G
2002
Medium Density. Architecture Australia, vol. 91, no. 2, Mar/Apr. Murray, S
Poetics in Architecture. Architectural Design, vol. 72, no. 2, Mar. Van Schaik, L
2001
New Directions in Australian Architecture. Pesaro Publishing, Sydney, 2001. Bingham-Hall, P, Goad P
Sheet Metal Factory. Monument, Issue 44. Hook, M
2000
Al di là del muro, Costruire 205, June
Australian Architecture Now. Thames & Hudson, London. Jackson, D, Johnson C
1999
Box of Joys. Architecture Australia, vol. 88, no. 5, Sep/Oct. Van Schaik, L
1998
Tectonics, in Pacific Edge: Contemporary Architecture on the Pacific Rim. Thames & Hudson, London and Rizzoli, New York. Zellner, P
1997
Projects in Progress: Skenes Creek. Monument, Issue 18
1996
‘Bridging’. Transition, no. 52/53. Black, R
The Secret Life of Contemporary Melbourne Architecture. B Arkitekturtidsskrift,Issue 52/53. Evans, D
98 Webb Street Residence. Monument, Issue 13
1992
Beach Bunker. Interior Architecture, no. 34. Kovac, T
Writings by Kerstin Thompson
2025
Architecture Australia. 2025 Gold Medallist: Timothy Hill. May/June, Neustein, D, Thompson, K, Lynch P, Cleary, G
Architect Victoria. Sensory design in architecture. Comfort or dis/comfort. Edition 1 / 2025, Thompson K
2023
Imaging the Future Museum: 21 Dialogues with Architects. Hatje Cantz, Szántó’s, A
Design for Climate Adaptation Proceedings of the UIA World Congress of Architects, Copenhagen, Faircloth, B, Pedersen Zari, M, Ramsgaard Thomsen, M, Tamke, M, Springer Nature, Switzerland, Sustainable Development Goals Series, Bundanon Art Museum & Bridge, Thompson K
2021
Kerstin Thompson Architects: Encompassing People and Place. Thames & Hudson, van Schaik, L, Thompson K
2020
Feeling Climate. Architect Victoria, Autumn
Museum as Place-maker, in G Lindsay (ed.), Contemporary Museum Architecture and Design: Theory and Practice of Place. Routledge, New York
Small Public: Relativities. Architecture Australia, vol. 109, no. 4, Jul/Aug
2019
Dignity with a Modesty of Means, in V Mitsogianni & P Macasaet (eds), Influence: Edmond & Corrigan + Peter Corrigan. Uro Publications, Melbourne
2018
Spatial Continuums: Linear, Radial, and Clustered Architectures in Practice, in P Sparke, P Brown, P Lara-Betancourt, G Lee & M Taylor (eds), Flow: Interior, Landscape and Architecture in the Era of Liquid Modernity. Bloomsbury Visual Arts, London
2017
The Burden of Landscape. Architect Victoria, Summer
2016
Single House – No Future?. Architecture Australia, vol. 105, no. 1, Jan/Feb
2015
Beyoncé or Barak: Is It a Real Choice?. Architecture AU, September 1
Design Negotiations, in D Bates, V Mitsogianni & D Ramírez-Lovering (eds), Studio Futures: Changing Trajectories in Architectural Education. Uro Publications, Melbourne
2014
10 Lessons. Parlour, March 14
2013
Affinities, in R Boyd, Living in Australia, revised edition. Thames & Hudson, Melbourne
More Than. Architectural Review Asia Pacific, Issue 131
2008
House-street-relationship-house-street-districtcity (smithsons), in G London & S Anderson (eds), Take 7: Housing Australia: How Architects Can Make a Difference. The Royal Australian Institute of Architects, Canberra.
2001
Gradient Architectures. Architecture Australia, vol.90, no. 3, May/June
2000
Interstitial Practices, in L van Schaik (ed.), Interstitial Modernism. RMIT University Press, Melbourne
1999
Detail in the Work of Guilford Bell: A Problem of Evidence in L van Schaik (ed.), Bell: The Life and Work of Guilford Bell, Architect 1912–1992. Bookman Press, Melbourne
1996
Architecture and Angels. Kerb Journal, RMIT University, Melbourne
1994
Architecture and Angels: Shifting Grounds. Exedra –Architecture, Art & Design, vol. 5, no. 2