Giorgio Marfella is a graduate of the University of Florence (Italy), a registered architect in the State of Victoria and a lecturer in construction management and architecture in the Melbourne School of Design, University of Melbourne. As a full-time academic, he is engaged in research, teaching and industry engagement activities associated with tall buildings. For his doctoral thesis at the University of Melbourne, he completed a retrospective study on the evolution of tall office buildings in Melbourne and America during the second half of the twentieth century. Giorgio is a member of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand and is active in the University of Melbourne's research centre ACAHUC (Australian Centre for Architectural History, Urban and Cultural Heritage), in which he participates with specific focus, expertise and interest in tall building design, technology and construction history.

Author email: giorgio.marfella@unimelb.edu.au