Refereed Journal Articles
Steven Fleming, "Theorising daylight: Kahn's Unitarian Church and Plato's super-Form, The Good" in arq, Cambridge University Press, (vol.10, no. 1, 2006) pp. 25-37
Steven Fleming, “The End of Architecture, Steven Fleming Interviews Arthur C. Danto (New York, April 2006)”, in Architectural Theory Review, Taylor & Francis, Vol. 12, No. 2, 2007.
Steven Fleming and Mark Reynolds, "Timely timelessness: Traditional proportions and Modern practice in Kahn's Kimbell Art Museum" in Nexus Network Journal (vol. 8, no. 1) pp. 33-52.
Steven Fleming, “Louis Kahn and Platonic Mimesis: Kahn as Artist or Craftsman?”, in Architectural Theory Review, Taylor & Francis, 3 No 1 88-103 (1998)
Books
Steven Fleming, Velotopia: The Production of Cycle-Space in Our Minds and Our Cities, Rotterdam: NAi010 Publishers, 2017. ISBN 978-94-6208-352-3
Steven Fleming, Cycle Space: Architecture and Urban Design in the Age of the Bicycle, Rotterdam: NAi010 Publishers, 2012. ISBN 978 94 6208 004 1
Michael J. Ostwald and Steven Fleming (eds.) Museum, Gallery and Cultural Architecture in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Region: Antipodean Structures, The Edwin Mellen Press, 2007. Awarded the Adele Mellen Prize for Distinguished Contribution to Scholarship
Steven Fleming, The Bed Maker’s Model: A Thematic Study of Louis I. Kahn’s 1961 Article ‘Form and Design’ in Terms of Plato’s Theory of Forms as Treated in The Republic, Verlag Dr. Müller, 2009. ISBN-NR: 978-3-639-09814-3 [Book version of PhD Dissertation].
Book Chapters
On Mid-Century Modernism
Steven Fleming and Mark Reynolds, “The Salk: A Geometrical Analysis Supported by Historical Evidence” in Kim Williams (ed.) Nexus VII: Architecture and Mathematics. Turin, Italy: Kim Williams Books, 2008 pp.185-200. ISBN-10: 88-88479-18-X. ISBN-13: 978-88-88479-18-7
Steven Fleming and Michael Ostwald, “Modernism: Brutalism,” p.61. “Rationalism,” p.75. “Futurism,” p.7. “Constructivism,” p.25. “Modernism: Functionalism,” p.41. in Movements in Twentieth Century Architecture: A Reader in Architectural Theory, Archadia Press: Sydney, 2000 [Multiple entries in one volume]
Steven Fleming, “Louis Kahn’s Platonic approach to number and geometry,” in José Francisco Rodrigues and Kim Williams (eds.), Nexus IV: Architecture and Mathematics, Florence: Kim Williams Books, 2002.
Steven Fleming, “Lindsay Johnston” [encyclopedia entry], in Philip Goad and Julie Willis (eds.) The Encyclopedia of Australian Architecture, 2011, Cambridge University Press, p.373 (ISBN-13: 9780521888578)
Steven Fleming, “Salk Institute, La Jolla, California,” in R. Stephen Sennott ed., Encyclopedia of Twentieth Century Architecture, New York: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, 2004. pp. 1156-1157.
On Architecture for Cycling
Steven Fleming, “Against the Driverless City”, in: AVENUE21. Politische und planerische Aspekte der automatisierten Mobilität (pp.221-236), 2023.
Steven Fleming, “The Daphne Schipper Berdge”, in Ride a Bike, Reclaim the City, ed. Deutsches Architekturmuseum, Birkhauser, 2018. (Includes chapters from Jan Gehl and Janette Sadik-Khan.)
Steven Fleming, “Thoughts of an Architect Who Became a Bicycle Planner,” in 45 Ideas for Ukrainian Cities, ed. Mikael Colville Andersen, Can Actions Press, Kiev, 2023 (in print).
Steven Fleming, “Bike Paths to Nowhere: A Case for Bike Infrastructure that Ignores the Street Network”, in Bicycle Urbanism: Reimagining Bicycle Friendly Cities (Urban Planning and Environment) Rachel Berney (ed.), Routledge, 4 March 2020,. ISBN-13: 978-1472456632, ISBN-10: 1472456637
Steven Fleming, “A landscape cycled is a landscape conserved”, in Yorit Kluitman, Bicycle Landscape, Rotterdam, NAi010, 2017. ISBN: 978-94-6208-387-5
On Architectural Theory
Lena Hopsch and Steven Fleming, “Places, Spaces, Meaning - Experienced by Three Australian Walks”, in Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka (Ed.) Phenomenology and the Human Positioning in the Cosmos, The Life-world, Nature, Earth: Book Two, Springer Books, 2013. ISBN 978-94-007-4795-1
Steven Fleming, “[…]Eroticism in Architectural Theory […]”, in Fisher, R. & Riha, D. (eds.) The Erotic in Context, Oxford: Inter-Disciplinary Press, 2011.
Steven Fleming, “Imposed Subservience: A Cautionary Note on Misuses of Jacques Rancière’s Taxonomy of Art.” in Steffen Lehman (ed.) Back to The City: Strategies for Informal Urban Interventions Collaboration Between Artists and Architects, Ostfildern, Germany: Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2008. pp.102-107 ISBN: 978-3-7757-2329-9
Michael J. Ostwald and Steven Fleming, “Geography, Culture and the Construction of Identity”, in Michael J. Ostwald and Steven Fleming (eds.) Museum, Gallery and Cultural Architecture in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Region: Antipodean Structures, The Edwin Mellen Press, 2007, pp. 1-12.
Steven Fleming and Michael J. Ostwald, “Fractured Strata or Common Ground” in Michael J. Ostwald and Steven Fleming (eds.) Museum, Gallery and Cultural Architecture in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Region: Antipodean Structures, The Edwin Mellen Press, 2007
Steven Fleming, “A Myth of Types”, in Architecture: Theory/ Science/ Myth: Papers of an International Symposium on Architectural Theory, The University of Newcastle: Australia.
Full papers in refereed conference proceedings
On Mid-Century Modernism
Steven Fleming, “Quantifying the Value of an Architect’s Fame, Using Game Theory” in Imagining: The 27th annual conference of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand, Newcastle, Australia, June 30—July 2, 2010.
Steven Fleming, “Orthodox Church Plans and Kahn”, in Cultural Crossroads: The 26th annual conference of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand, Auckland, New Zealand, 2-5 July 2009
Steven Fleming, “The Epistemological Limits of Neo-Rationalism”, in Limits, the 21st Annual conference of The Society of Architectural Historians of Australia and New Zealand, The Society of Architectural Historians Australia and New Zealand: Melbourne, Australia, 2004.
Steven Fleming, “Of Quotidian Proportions: The Everyday Determinants of Great Modern Architecture,” in the online proceedings of Everyday Transformations: The Twenty-First Century Quotidian, 9 – 11th December, 2004, Perth, Australia.
Steven Fleming, “Building in Wright’s Penumbra: Kahn’s Unitarian Church,” in Progress, the 20th Annual conference of The Society of Architectural Historians of Australia and New Zealand, The Society of Architectural Historians Australia and New Zealand: Sydney, Australia, 2003.
Steven Fleming, “Louis Kahn's Situated Platonism,” in ADDITIONS to Architectural History, the 19th Annual conference of The Society of Architectural Historians of Australia and New Zealand, The Society of Architectural Historians Australia and New Zealand: Brisbane, Australia, 2002
On Architecture for Cycling
Steven Fleming, “The Bicycle Oriented Development (BOD): A New Tool in Urban Resilience,” in Resilience in Urban Design, Proceedings of the 4th International Urban Design Conference, 21st-23rd September 2011, Gold Coast, Australia. pp.80-87. ISBN: 978-0-9808147-3-6
Lee Roberts, Steven Fleming, "Foster + Partners’ SkyCycle and the technological sublime", 7th International Urban Design Conference, 1st - 3rd September, 2014
On Architectural Theory
Steven Fleming, “Messages Sans Codes: Colossi, Laser Scans and the Form-Maker’s Angst” in Ning Gu, Leman Figen Gül, Michael J Ostwald, Anthony Williams (eds.), ANZAScA’08: Innovation, Inspiration and Instruction: New Knowledge in the Architectural Sciences, School of Architecture and Built Environment, University of Newcastle, Australia, 26-28 November 2008. pp. 153-159. ISBN: 97809805035-0-0
Steven Fleming, "Resuscitating the author: Implications of Danto's philosophy for historians of trend-defying architecture", in Contested Terrains, The 23rd annual conference of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand, Fremantle, 2006.
Steven Fleming, “Celebrated Bodies”, in Celebration: The 22nd annual conference of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand, Napier, 2005.
Conferences with refereed abstracts
Fleming, S., “Newcastle Bicycle City,” Smart Future Cities 2015, conference ran by the Tom Farrell Institute, Newcastle, 1-3 October 2015. http://www.smartfuturecities.com.au/presentations.html 2.10.2015
Steven Fleming, “The subcultures behind the cultural ascension of cycling”, in The 2010 Healthy Cities Conference, Stamford Plaza Brisbane, 12th & 13th of July.
Steven Fleming ,“Vitruvian Porn Star”, Erotic Screen and Sound: Culture, Media and Desire. Brisbane, Australia. 2011
Steven Fleming, “Why Don’t We Build Our Own Bodies?” in Alpha Alpha Alpha November Zulu: Art Association of Australia and New Zealand Annual Conference, 4-6 December 2008, South Bank Brisbane. p.51 ISBN: 978-1-921291-53-1
Steven Fleming, “Sunlight and The Good: A Platonic Interpretation of Louis Kahn’s Approach to Daylight Illumination,” presented at CATH2004, The Philosophy of Architecture/The Architecture of Philosophy, Bradford, 2004.
Steven Fleming, “Louis Kahn's Quasi Religious Rhetoric,” in Thresholds: Papers of the Sixteenth Annual Conference of the Society of Architectural Historians Australia and New Zealand, The Society of Architectural Historians Australia and New Zealand: Launceston/Hobart, Australia.
Other Scholarly Forums
Fleming, S., “Museums as Places for Imagining the Future of Cities,” National Museum of Australia’s People and Environment Blog. 6.5.2015 https://pateblog.nma.gov.au/2015/05/06/museums-as-places-for-imagining-the-future-of-cities/
Steven Fleming and Angelina Russo “Utopia: Seriously, good urban design should aspire to it“, in The Conversation. 4.11.2012, https://theconversation.com/utopia-seriously-good-urban-planning-should-aspire-to-it-33358#comment_511735 Reprinted in ArchitectureAU: http://architectureau.com/articles/utopia-seriously-good-urban-planning-should-aspire-to-it/
Fleming, S. & Russo, A (2014) London's SkyCycle bike route – elevation of the white male elite? The Conversation.13 January 2014 http://theconversation.com/londons-skycycle-bike-route-elevation-of-the-white-male-elite-21961
Russo and Fleming. Australians Dream of Speed,.National Museum of Australia, Dec 2013 http://www.nma.gov.au/online_features/cycling_in_australia/sound_and_vision/australians_dream_of_speed
Russo, A & Fleming, S. (2013) Reimagining Australia…by bike. The Conversation 25 November 2013. https://theconversation.com/reimagining-australia-by-bike-19545
Angelina Russo and Steven Fleming “Reimagining Australia … by bike“, in The Conversation, 25.11.2013
Steven Fleming, “Ride to work? You’ll need a bike barrier for that”, in The Conversation, 15.10.13, http://theconversation.com/ride-to-work-youll-need-a-bike-barrier-for-that-19111
Steven Fleming, “Paulus Gerdes, Awakening of Geometrical Thought in Early Culture, Minneapolis: MEP Publications, 2003”. [Book Review] Nexus Network Journal, Florence: Kim Williams Books, 2004.
Steven Fleming and Michael J. Ostwald, “Klaus-Peter Gast, Le Corbusier: Paris — Chandigarh [Book Review]”, Nexus Network Journal.
Steven Fleming, “Klaus-Peter Gast, Louis I. Kahn: The Idea of Order [Book Review],” in Architectural Theory Review, Vol. 4, No. 2.
Exhibitions
Steven Fleming, curator, the 2017 Bicycle Architecture Biennale, Amsterdam, June 2017. Project website: http://bab2017.org/ Press: http://www.archdaily.com/873332/worlds-first-bicycle-architecture-biennale-to-debut-in-amsterdam
Steven Fleming, exhibitor, Cycling in Australia, The National Museum of Australia, 2014-2017
Steven Fleming, curator, Axes and Polygons: Sketches from an Architectural History Tour of Greece and Italy. The University of Newcastle Art Gallery 20-30 October 2010. Officially opened by His Excellency Michael Bryce, husband to Australia’s Head of State, Governor General Quentin Bryce.
Steven Fleming, curator, 2004, Vimana, The Intrados Gallery, Newcastle, Australia. http://www.eng.newcastle.edu.au/abe/vimana/vimana.html
Selected professional publications and press writing
Steven Fleming, “What would the perfect cycling city look like?” in The Guardian, 9.8.2017 https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/bike-blog/2017/aug/09/what-would-the-perfect-cycling-city-look-like
Steven Fleming, “Designing Cities: Bicycle-Dependent Urban Expansion“, in Momentum Mag, 19.4.2016
Steven Fleming and Charlotte Morton, “10 Points of a bicycling architecture” in ArchDaily. 9.12.2014 (Reprinted in NYC property magazine 6sqft, and ArchDaily Brazil.) http://www.archdaily.com/576098/10-points-of-a-bicycling-architecture/
Steven Fleming 1.7.14, “Urbanistyczny potencjał ruchu rowerowego” [The potential of urban cycling] in. Autoportret, 2 [45] 2014, pp.44-51.
Steven Fleming “Cycling for Space” in The Adelaide Review. 5.5.2014
Steven Fleming, Toward Cycle Cities: How Architects Must Make Bikes Their Guiding Inspiration, ArchDaily, 19 Sep. 2013, http://www.archdaily.com/429945/toward-cycle-cities-how-architects-must-make-bikes-their-guiding-inspiration/
Steven Fleming, “Diamond Beach House by Bourne Blue Architecture” in Houses, Issue 81, 2011, pp 118-122
Keynotes and Plenary Highlights
Brisbane, Economic Development Queensland, “Embracing cycle-based design”, keynote, 23 May 2018.
Leiden, Architectuur Week Congress of architectuur-nl, "The Randstad: a one-off or a prototype?" keynote sharing the stage with Vogel Kielgast from GEHL Architects, 19 August 2018.
Oslo, Norwegian Green Building Council (NGBC) and DOGA, "Kan fremtidens bygg få flere til å sykle?" keynote, 19 March 2018.
Bogota, Secretaria de Desarroollo Economico, “La mano invisible en el diseno del espacio para la bici”, keynote, 29 June 2017
Zaragoza City of Bikes/ La Ciudad de las Bicis in Zaragoza 2017. “Cities of the twenty-first century”, conference finale keynote, 30 April 2017.
Oslo, FutureBuilt, “In Search of Lost Time”, keynote address on the occasion of the launch of Norway’s bike friendly workplace accreditation scheme. In Search of Lost Time, Oslo City Hall.
Friedrichshafen, EuroBike 2016, presentation on behalf of Shimano to a meeting of CEOs of the world’s major bicycle manufacturing companies to explain likely futures for urban cycling and the bicycle industry’s power to shape them.
Amsterdam, Pakhuis de Dezwijger, keynote speaker at the launch of Amsterdam's 2016 FabCity Campus as part of Europe by People, explaining how a bicycle-oriented master plan of the temporary city would mesh with the goals of a circular economy city. 16.11.2015.
Vancouver, Architectural Institute of British Columbia, plenary talk “Why a Human Powered Mega City Could Have the Fastest Commutes”, and moderator of “disruptive trends” panel. 29-30.10.2015.
Adelaide, the annual conference of the European Cyclists’ Federation (Velo-City), plenary, “Inventing building typologies and urban morphologies that proceed from bicycle motion”, (29.5.14)
Nijmegen, 3rd annual conference of the European Cyclologistics Federation. Keynote: “What Architecture can do for Cyclologistics” (12.4.14)
Sydney, The Australian Institute of Architects. keynote speaker, “The Dollars and Sense of Building for Bikes”. In conjunction with Sydney Rides Festival, Short Communications and AMP Capital. 22.10.13.
Sydney, PowerHouse Museum: “Futurama Reset”, 9.8.13
New York, Center for Architecture, AIA. “International Bike Cities”. Invited speaker and forum panel member. 1.7.13
Rotterdam, NAi, Urban Bike Night, keynote to launch the book Cycle Space and forum panel member. 22.11.12
Singapore, SIA Archifest Forum, “Rethinking Cycling,” keynote speaker and forum panel member. 17.10.12.