Antoine graduated in architecture and civil engineering with First Class Honours from the University of Malta in 2002, with periods of study at the Universities of Birmingham and Bologna, and subsequently obtained his professional warrant to practise as a Perit. In July 2004 he was awarded a scholarship by the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission in the UK to read a post-graduate MSc degree in Town and Country Planning, specialising in Urban Design, at the Bartlett School of Planning (BSP), University College London (UCL). He terminated this Masters course with a Distinction, and was awarded the prize for effort by the BSP. In 2009 he was awarded a scholarship as part of the Malta Government Scholarships Scheme, for a PhD research in Planning and Urban Design at the BSP, which he successfully terminated in 2013.
Antoine has worked on projects in Malta and overseas and he was further a member on the Planning Appeals Board. Following 10 years of employment within private practice, Antoine set up his own design consultancy, studjurban in 2012. studjurban has been established with the prime intention of championing high quality architecture and urban design on the island, through an iterative philosophy that links research and collaboration to design.
Antoine lectures in spatial planning, urban design and urban governance within the Faculty for the Built Environment and has also delivered lectures at other institutions. He is a member of the University's Programme Validation Committee and sits on the Editorial Board of the prestigious international Journal of Urban Design. He has further been actively involved in urban design debates through his engagement within the Kamra tal-Periti's Planning Committee and the Urban Issues Work Group of the Architects Council of Europe. In the field of planning and policy-making he has advised the Planning Authority on major policy revisions and has authored national urban design policy and guidance. He has also delivered keynote addresses and papers at numerous international conferences and transnational meetings in the research areas of urban design quality, liveability, urban design research methods, urban design policy-making, green urbanism and responsible design.
Urban design theory and practice, urban design research methods
Design quality and development management
Spatial planning systems, planning culture, EU urban agenda
Historical evolution of planning in Malta
Green urbanism, resource management and urban allotment gardens
Urban governance and decision making, role of formal and informal institutions
Information and Communications Technology and public space design/management
