Eddie Codd

Edwin Codd was the inaugural Head of School of the Built Environment at QIT. In1972 Eddie proposed a new undergraduate course at QIT, the Bachelor of Applied Science - Built Environment, with strands allowing enrolment in six areas of study in Architecture (A), Industrial Design (ID), Urban and Regional Planning (URP), Landscape Architecture (LA), Building (B) and Quantity Surveying (QS). He established the School of Built Environment in 1975 where he reviewed and restructured courses in all building disciplines, as well as introducing 13 new courses.

Eddie was an architect and successful furniture manufacturer in Brisbane through Harley Industries, and passionate advocate of design.

Eddie Codd has spent a lifetime practicing architecture and design, and crusading to improve the educational and professional standing of architecture and design in Australia. Eddie commenced private practice in 1968 consulting to both industry and government achieving many major developments in building systems technology and furniture. Products that he designed have received several Australian Design Awards and in 1984 Eddie was awarded the Price Phillip Prize.

Eddie has held many roles with the design professions including a role as a Council Member for the DIA in Queensland and was been named Queensland 2000 Architect of the Year by the Board of Architects of Queensland.

Eddie is one of Australia’s most noted designers having a career spanning some 35 years. He was made a Fellow of the Design Institute of Australia and inducted into the Design Hall of Fame. www.design.org.au/about-us/design-hall-of-fame