Tomislav Kovac

Tom Kovac is the Director of the Advanced Architecture stream within the School of Architecture and Design. His work is widely published and exhibited, and includes the honour of being the only Australian architect invited to design a proposal for a new World Trade Centre in New York, USA.

Tom Kovac has taught, lectured and exhibited throughout Europe, Japan and the United States, including at the Centre Pompidou, Paris; the Venice Biennale International Architecture Exhibition; the Launcher Symposium, NY; The NIA Rotterdam, Netherlands; Aedes, Berlin; and the FRAC Centre in Orleans, France. His work is in the permanent collection of the Centre Pompidou and the FRAC Centre in France, and The United States Library of Congress, Washington, USA.

His firm, Tom Kovac Architecture, has collaborated with other architects on projects ranging from the Ikon Tower in San Francisco, to a Hyper Centre in Toulouse, France. Current projects range from experimental conceptions and digital environments to urban planning development.

Awards:
- 40 under 40 (RIBA) Royal Institute of British Architects, London UK, 1996
- Finalist Best Interior Design RAIA, Victorian Chapter, 1996
- Finalist Best interior Design RAIA, Victorian Chapter, 1995
- Winner Interior Architecture Award RAIA, 1991
- Winner Louis Poulsen Lighting Design Award, Denmark, 1991
- Finalist National Interior Design Award RAIA, Canberra, 1990
- Winner Interior Architecture Award RAIA, Victorian, 1990

Exhibitions (selected)

2008
- 11th Venice Architecture Biennale
- 3rd Beijing Architecture Biennale ,Beijing China
- 3rd Seville Art Biennale, Seville Spain
- Melbourne Unbuilt, National Design Centre Melbourne
- Update 2-Foundation Liedts-Meesen Biennale, Ghent Belgium
- Melbourne Pavilion, Melbourne Museum, Melbourne Australia

2007
- Alessi Tea & Coffee Towers, Munster Germany
- TwMa Pavilion,Tarrawarra Museum of Modern Art, Australia

2006
- 2nd Beijing Architecture Biennale, Beijing china
- 10th Venice Architecture Biennale, Venice Italy
- 1st London Architecture Biennale London UK

2005
- Arte Scienza Rome, Italy
- iMage, Florence, Italy
- ZKM, Algorithmic Revolution, Karlsruhe Germany

2004
- Mori Museum Tokyo, Japan
- ZKM, Algorithmic Revolution, Karlsruhe Germany
- Tarrawarra Museum of Art, Melbourne Masters Architecture, Healesville Australia
- Melbourne Museum, Digital Design Biennale Melbourne Australia
- Bayeler Foundation Basel Switzerland
- 1st Beijing Architecture Biennale Beijing China
- 9th Venice Architecture Biennale Venice Italy
- Sir John Soane Museum, Alessi T & CT, London UK
- Melbourne Museum, Digital Dreams Manufactured Realities, Melbourne Australia
- Powerhouse Museum, Italian Silver, Sydney, Australia
- Wexner Arts Museum, Alessi T&CT, Columbus Ohio
- Centre Pompidou, Non Standard Architectures, Paris, France