Dr. Nicole Sully is a Senior Lecturer in the History and Theory of Architecture and Architectural Design at the University of Queensland's School of Architecture, Design and Planning, where she is also a member of the ATCH (Architecture Theory Criticism History) research group. She earned her undergraduate degrees from the University of Western Australia, including a Bachelor of Fine Arts, Bachelor of Environmental Design, and Bachelor (Honours) in Architecture. In 2005, she received her Doctor of Philosophy from the same university for her thesis titled Architecture and Memory: A Philosophical and Historical Inquiry. Before joining UQ, Sully taught architecture at the University of Western Australia and Curtin University of Technology, and worked in architectural practices in Western Australia. Her research received early support through the UQ New Staff Research Start-Up Fund for the project Comfort in Memory: Documenting Ideal Conditions for Body and Mind in the Memory Treatise and the Household Manual (2007-2008).

Sully's research focuses on the interdisciplinary relationship between architecture and memory, pathologies of place, heritage, modern architecture, and the history of Australian art and architecture, encompassing areas such as modern architecture, memorials, space architecture, art history, and the history and theory of the built environment. She has published extensively, co-editing Shifting Views: Selected Essays on the Architectural History of Australia and New Zealand (University of Queensland Press, 2008) with Andrew Leach and Antony Moulis, and Out of Place (Gwalia): Occasional Essays on Australian Regional Communities and Built Environments in Transition (UWA Publishing, 2014) with Philip Goldswain and William M. Taylor. Other key works include the co-authored book Civic Visions: Council House 1954-1963 (University of Queensland, 2019) with Leonie Matthews; book chapters such as Casting Shadows and Seeking Shade in Drawing Climate (Birkhäuser, 2022) and Science Facts and Space Fictions in Laboratory Lifestyles (MIT Press, 2018); and journal articles like Architecture from the Ouija Board: Louis Kahn’s Roosevelt Memorials and the Posthumous Monuments of Modernism (Fabrications, 2019), Memorials Incognito: The Candle, the Drain and the Cabbage Patch for Diana, Princess of Wales (Architectural Research Quarterly, 2010), and Out of the Sea (Fabric Quarterly, 2021). Sully serves on the Editorial Board of Fabrications: Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand (2020-2026), is a member of the College Art Association and Society of Architectural Historians Australia and New Zealand, and has curated exhibitions including Recollecting Home (2018).

Professional Email: n.sully@uq.edu.au