Anthony Burke

Anthony Burke is a professor of architecture and television presenter, who is best known for being the host of Grand Designs Australia since 2024, he is also currently a professor at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS).

Early life and education Burke was born in the Northern Beaches of Sydney, New South Wales, around 1971.

Burke has a Master of Science degree in Advanced Architectural Design (M.S. AAD) from Columbia University in New York after graduating in 2000, and a first-degree honours bachelor of architecture from the University of New South Wales received in 1996.

From 2002 to 2007 Burke was an assistant professor at the University of California, Berkeley. He was a guest professor at various institutions including the Beijing Institute of Technology in China, the Bandung Institute of Technology in Indonesia He started working for UTS as an associate professor in 2010.

Burke was co-creative director of Venice Architecture Biennale festival 2012 at Australian pavilion being observed by FremantleMedia producers and was selected as presenter for series 4 of Restoration Australia in 2021 by Brooke Bayvel, succeeding Stuart Harrison as host.

Personal life Anthony Burke currently resides in the Inner West of New South Wales with his wife Kylie Burke began hosting Grand Designs Australia from 2024 succeeding Peter Maddison who presented Grand Designs Australia from 2010 to its tenth series in 2023 while it was on Foxtel. The first episode of Grand Designs Australia 's eleventh series was co-presented by Kevin McCloud. Burke presented and produced the 6-episode ABC International series, Culture by Design, which premiered on 20 April 2025.