Edwin Codd has spent a lifetime crusading to improve the educational and professional standing of architecture and design in Australia. Edwin is one of Australia’s most noted designers having a career spanning some 35 years.

He commenced private practice in 1968 and consults 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 Edwin was awarded the Price Phillip Prize.

As managing director of Codd Stenders in Brisbane, has played a significant role in advancing the profession of architecture, particularly through his position as the inaugural head of the School of Built Environment at the Queensland Institute of Technology. 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. Between 1970 and 1989 Edwin traveled and worked extensively Asia, Europe, the Middle East and USA.

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

In recognition of his services he was made a Fellow of the Institute in 1989.