1034 items tagged “builtenvironment”

talks

• June 8, 2012 - Oct. 24, 2012
• Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney

SUPER Sydney, the opening event of the 2012 SAF, will be launched on June 8 as part of the VIVID festival of ideas exchange at the MCA.

festivals

• Oct. 24, 2012 - Nov. 4, 2012
• Sydney

Beyond Boundaries seeks to form connections; encouraging celebration, enjoyment and investigation of architecture that is outward focussed and collaborative.

competitions and awards

• June 28, 2012
• 5:30 p.m. - 10:30 p.m.
• Luna Park, Crystal Palace Ballroom
• Dinner Package $185 |Cocktail Package $95|Student non member $60|Sona member $25

This year instead of the Premier of NSW selecting from a shortlist of recommendations from the Government Architect, he has asked if it can be left to the people of NSW to choose. What fantastic exposure for the architects of ...

competitions and awards

• Nov. 21, 2012
• 6 p.m. - 10 p.m.
• Shangri-La Hotel - Singapore
• Early bird rates at US$3,000 for a table of 10 (normal rates US$4,000)

Now in its second year, the 2012 South East Asia Property Awards celebrate the best of the best in the region’s luxury residential property sector.

talks

• May 15, 2012
• 6:30 p.m.
• Tusculum, 3 Manning Street, Potts Point
• Members Free | Non members $10 | Student non members $5

A talk by Rena Czaplinska"I believe that to build a life sustaining society we need to use our minds and we need to use our creative intuition. Fundamental to this approach is to work from direct experience allowing time and ...

talks

• May 16, 2012
• 12:30 p.m.
• Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre

7 conversations with leading local and international design thinkers explores the relationship between emotion and design practice

talks

• May 16, 2012
• 10 a.m.
• Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre

7 conversations with leading local and international design thinkers explores the relationship between emotion and design practice

talks

• May 15, 2012
• 12:30 p.m.
• Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre

7 conversations with leading local and international design thinkers explores the relationship between emotion and design practice

talks

• May 15, 2012
• 5 p.m.
• Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre

7 conversations with leading local and international design thinkers explores the relationship between emotion and design practice

talks

• May 15, 2012
• 10 a.m.
• Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre

7 conversations with leading local and international design thinkers explores the relationship between emotion and design practice

talks

• May 14, 2012
• 5 p.m.
• Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre

7 conversations with leading local and international design thinkers explores the relationship between emotion and design practice

talks

• May 14, 2012
• 12:30 p.m.
• Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre

7 conversations with leading local and international design thinkers explores the relationship between emotion and design practice

talks

• May 17, 2012
• 1 p.m. - 2 p.m.
• The Mint, 10 Macquarie Street, Sydney
• Free, no bookings

Esteemed architects Peter Tonkin and Timothy Hill discuss the relationship between the architect and owner and the linking of the building to its site, materials and architectural detailing.

talks

• yesterday
• 6:30 p.m. - 8 p.m.
• The Japan Foundation, Sydney (Multipurpose Room), Level 1 Chifley Plaza, 2 Chifley Square, Sydney
• Free (bookings essential: reception@jpf.org.au / 02 8239 0055)

Dr. Eugenie Keefer Bell, from University of Canberra, will discuss examples of sustainable architecture based on her research in Japan.

exhibitions

• May 8, 2012 - May 26, 2012
• 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.
• Art Atrium 181 Old South Head Road Bondi Junction
• Free

PhotoGraff brings together the work of Sydney-based artists Garry Trinh and Jason Wing, collaborating as active observers of the brilliance of our physical surroundings.

talks

• May 24, 2012
• 6 p.m. - 8 p.m.
• Level 1, 69 O'Riordan Street, Alexandria 2015
• Early Bird Price $25 exp 14 May, All Members and Guests $35

Terence Conran once commented that he thought that you would unlikely be a successful Architect or Designer unless you designed a "classic" chair.

workshop

• Aug. 3, 2012 - Aug. 5, 2012
• Riversdale Boyd Education Centre, Bundanon, NSW
• $600 ($520 students) Early bird rate $650 ($570 students) After earlybird • Earlybird 8th June 2012

Residential drawing workshop with Rena Czaplinska at Riversdale Boyd Education Centre in Bundanon. This workshop will attract 5 formal CPD points for architects.

workshop

• yesterday - tomorrow
• Wollombi, Hunter Valley
• $350 includes 2 night accommodation in Barnstay, tuition, materials and model fees

Residential drawing workshop with Rena Czaplinska in Wollombi, Hunter Valley 18-20th May 2012. This workshop will attract 5 Formal CPD credit points for architects.

competitions and awards

• March 31, 2012 - May 27, 2012
• 702-730 Harris St, Broadway NSW 2007

Open to recent graduates, Open Agenda is focused on developing the possibilities of design research in architecture and the built environment.

conferences

• June 6, 2012 - June 8, 2012
• 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
• Geelong, VIC
• Full Registration: $950.00 Day Registration: $550.00

A platform to discuss causes, effects and solutions that relate to population health, sustainability, natural resource management, transport, climate change, urban design and more.

talks

• yesterday
• 6 p.m.
• 702-730 Harris St, Broadway NSW 2007

This lecture explicates a spatial logic for the city of Hong Kong through architectural products that can be explained neither by mainstream understandings of formal or informal processes, and explores the consequences for public space in a dense city.

talks

• May 3, 2012
• 6 p.m. - 8 p.m.
• West Esplanande Manly NSW 2095
• Free

Celebrated Manly landscape architect Bruce Mackenzie is our special guest in MAG&M's occasional talks series, Local +/or General. Bruce will discuss his distinguished career with Cr John McInerney (City of Sydney) and his new book, Design With Landscape. Bruce's is ...

competitions and awards

• Jan. 1, 2012 - May 4, 2012
• midnight - 5 p.m.
• L13, 99 Mount St, North Sydney NSW 2060

The ASI Steel awards are offered every 2 years. They are designed to highlight the high standards of design and execution achievable with steel as the prime building material. They showcase the versatility of steel and the Australian steel industry's ...

conferences

• Sept. 10, 2012 - Sept. 12, 2012
• 6 a.m. - 6 p.m.
• Melbourne VIC 3000
• Early Bird Member rate $790.00 closes 18th July

The 5th International Urban Design Conference will be held at the Hilton on the Park in Melbourne from Monday the 10th to Wednesday 12th of September 2012. The International Urban Design Conference was established in 2007. Since then over 390 ...

exhibitions

• April 26, 2012 - today
• noon - 4 p.m.
• 82-84 George Street, Redfern NSW 2016
• Free

This exhibition at the Boutwell Draper Gallery, will present selected projects by 12 Sydney Architectural Companies.

talks

• May 3, 2012
• 6:30 p.m.
• L5 Architecture Studios, Building 6 702 Harris St, Ultimo.
• Free

A panel of architects & writers will participate in this open discussion on the manner in which both the profession & the community "consume / critique" architecture in Sydney.

talks

• May 14, 2012 - May 16, 2012
• Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre

Challenging the presenters & attendees, the program asks: Is personal happiness a design problem? Can designers create happiness? What kind of objects and places make us most happy?

festivals

• May 31, 2012 - Aug. 12, 2012
• Villarino de los Aires Spain
• Normal fee 210€ Up to June 1st or up to fill the placement.

IFAC is the International Festival of Art & Construction. 200 people from Europe will live and work together for 10 days in August, in a creative space, to debate, work and exchange experiences, through 20 different workshops. It is located ...

talks

• May 10, 2012
• 7 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
• RMIT Building 50, Orr St, Carlton, VIC
• Entry by gold coin donation. Refreshment provided.

What role and form does Public Art have in the City and its future/s? In imagining the city, ideas of community and culture, and their dynamic interrelations, can be obscured within a focus on physical and built forms. Artist John ...

talks

• May 14, 2012
• 6 p.m. - 8 p.m.
• Coombes Lecture Theatre ANU, fellows road acton
• Adults $20 Concession $15

Canberra and the planned capitals movement. Speaker Pre-eminent Griffin scholar Professor James Weirick (UNSW).

conferences

• May 8, 2012
• 9 a.m. - 1 a.m.
• 10 Clanwilliam Street, Willoughby
• Adults $45.00

GREGARIOUS TOO: 5GenChurch half day seminar will help communities to successfully plan, undertake and utilise buildings and resources. We will firstly understand what makes each generation tick then we will explore the concepts of building & adapting the infrastructure that ...

talks

• May 7, 2012
• 6 p.m. - 8 p.m.
• Finkle Theatre, John Curtain School of Medical Research ANU 131 Garran Road
• Adults $20 Concession $15

The past and future of Changchun, an exploration of the city of Changchun whose design was modelled on Canberra.

talks

• April 24, 2012
• 5 p.m. - 6 p.m.
• 702-730 Harris St, Broadway NSW 2007
• Free

What are the implications of a responsive architecture that might begin to ‘know’ and ‘care’ about us, that might start, in very primitive ways, to be alive?

exhibitions

• June 23, 2012
• noon - 4 p.m.
• Customs House Library, Circular Quay, Sydney
• FREE, registration essential as limited spots available

Twelve leading NSW sustainable architects and building designers will be available to homeowners at Speed Date a Sustainable Designer, in Sydney on June 23.

talks

• April 22, 2012
• 3 p.m.
• 47 George St, The Rocks

Thinkers, writers, teachers and practitioners come together in this Sunday afternoon round table conversation to discuss architectural culture and practice in Sydney.

exhibitions

• March 23, 2012 - April 21, 2012
• noon
• The Commercial Travellers Association, MLC Centre, Martin Place, Sydney
• Free

For the 25th Kaldor Public Art Project, Thomas Demand presents a new series of images, The Dailies, within the unique environment of the MLC Centre designed by Harry Seidler in the mid 1970s.

continuing professional development

• June 7, 2012
• 9 a.m. - 11 a.m.
• NSW Chapter 'Tusculum' 3 Manning Street, POTTS POINT, SYDNEY
• Member $72.00, Non Member $105.00, A+/Practice Member $ 65.00 for full price list please see website

The seminars will show relevant examples of adaptive re-use, and also of new architecture in historic precincts, and will discuss the principles behind their success.

competitions and awards

• March 30, 2012 - May 4, 2012
• 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
• RMIT University, 124 La Trobe Street Melbourne, Victoria 3000
• Free

Kerb Journal is currently seeking submissions for the 20th edition ‘Speculative Stories: Narratives in Landscape Architecture’, due for launch in August 2012.

conferences

• May 24, 2012 - May 26, 2012
• 9 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
• Novotel Wollongong Northbeach, NSW, Australia
• $1,650

BRIDGING THE DIVIDE EIGHTH INTERNATIONAL Revit Technology Conference RTC is a unique, independent conference covering all things Revit / BIM and the whole ecosystem that supports it and that goes to ensuring your success in the marketplace. No other event ...

exhibitions

• April 10, 2012 - May 5, 2012
• 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.
• 181 Old South Head Road, Bondi Junction NSW 2022
• Free

An exhibition at Art Atrium by the 2006 & 2003 Archibald Prize Finalist Huihai Xie. The exhibition will be officially launched by Professor Philip Cox AO on Saturday 14 April 2.30–4.30pm.

talks

• April 11, 2012
• 6:30 p.m.
• Tusculum Auditorium, 3 Manning Street, Potts Point NSW 2010
• RAIA members free, $10 non-members at the door

Entries are now open for the 2012 NSW Emerging Architect Prize and DARCH is having a chat about our profession with our brightest thinkers and makers. Don't miss it @ Tusculum April 11!!

continuing professional development

• Oct. 9, 2012
• 6 p.m. - 8 p.m.
• Soho Annex South Corner Crewe Pl & Rothschild Ave Rosebery Sydney 2018 Australia
• see link below

The design potential of adaptable window and door elements and the aesthetic value of using steel as a material when selecting windows and doors for our project. Learning outcomes: - Features and benefits of specifying windows and doors in steel ...

continuing professional development

• Sept. 11, 2012
• 6 p.m. - 8 p.m.
• Soho Annex South Corner Crewe Pl & Rothschild Ave Rosebery Sydney 2018 Australia
• FREE

This presentation will focus on shading innovations and passive solar design principles. Passive design is practiced throughout the world and has been shown to produce buildings with low energy costs, reduced maintenance, and superior comfort. This presentation will also focus ...

continuing professional development

• Aug. 14, 2012
• 6 p.m. - 8 p.m.
• Soho Annex South Corner Crewe Pl & Rothschild Ave Rosebery Sydney 2018 Australia
• FREE

With new environmental rating tools being developed regularly, how can architects and specifiers understand let alone choose an ecolabelling program, a building product, or a green building? This workshop is aimed at providing a broad overview of environmental rating systems ...

continuing professional development

• July 10, 2012
• 6 p.m. - 8 p.m.
• Soho Annex South Corner Crewe Pl & Rothschild Ave Rosebery Sydney 2018 Australia
• FREE

This presentation will focus on what Parquetry flooring is and how it can be used to improve the aesthetic appearance of residential and commercial buildings. Learning outcomes: - Reasons to consider parquestry as a flooring choice - Understand the flooring ...

continuing professional development

• June 12, 2012
• 6 p.m. - 8 p.m.
• Soho Annex South Corner Crewe Pl & Rothschild Ave Rosebery Sydney 2018 Australia
• FREE

Customers and clients are increasingly expecting to see businesses taking steps towards sustainability - understand how to implement sustainability in your business, and leave with an action plan to start making improvements in your business. Learning outcomes: - An understanding ...

continuing professional development

• May 8, 2012
• 6 p.m. - 8 p.m.
• Soho Annex South Corner Crewe Pl & Rothschild Ave Rosebery Sydney 2018 Australia
• FREE

This presentation will outline the various surface and image techniques and will highlight how the use of textures in glass with light sources can accentuate the features of existing structures ensuring a cost effective mode of privacy. Learning outcomes: - ...

continuing professional development

• April 28, 2012
• 8:30 a.m. - 4:45 p.m.
• Soho Annex South Corner Crewe Pl & Rothschild Ave Rosebery Sydney 2018 Australia
• Full day $60, Morning session $45, Afternoon session $45

In House Group 3 aims to connect like-minded people in the design and building industry. Over the past two years we have been running free formal CPD point presentations designed for medium to large Architectural firms. Some of our clients ...

talks

• June 14, 2012
• 6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
• The Mint, 10 Macquarie St, Sydney, NSW 2000
• Single Lecture - General $40 | Member/conc $35 per lecture

Portable houses in all their variety, fully pre-fabricated or merely pre-cut - not to mention tents or transportable buildings - have been a continuous part of Australian housing history. Their materials have included oilcloth, papier mâché, slate, zinc, timber and ...

talks

• June 7, 2012
• 6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
• The Mint, 10 Macquarie St, Sydney, NSW 2000
• Single Lecture - General $40 | Member/conc $35 per lecture

Suburban living is at the crossroads, widely viewed as a culprit in a potentially severe crisis of urban environment, aesthetics, affordability and liveability. The environmental and urban failings of Australian project homes, on average the largest new homes in the ...

talks

• May 31, 2012
• 6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
• The Mint, 10 Macquarie St, Sydney, NSW 2000
• Single Lecture - General $40 | Member/conc $35 per lecture

The Terrace - accidental beauty in the 21st Century Since communities clustered together around the core of the town for convenience, opportunity and security the terrace form has withstood economic and social challenges and has proved itself a charming and ...

talks

• May 24, 2012
• 6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
• The Mint, 10 Macquarie St, Sydney, NSW 2000
• Single Lecture - General $40 | Member/conc $35 per lecture

The Australian beach shack represents the finest South Sea traditions of architecture without architects. The Australian beach shack that Bogle describes is a self-supporting collage of found objects and materials assembled with an innate system of reasoning; the first priority ...

talks

• May 17, 2012
• 6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
• The Mint, 10 Macquarie St, Sydney, NSW 2000
• Single Lecture - General $40 | Member/conc $35 per lecture

Charles Pickett will look at the Australian desire to dwell in excess, tracing the history of the big house from the colony to contemporary Australia.

talks

• May 10, 2012
• 6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
• The Mint, 10 Macquarie St, Sydney, NSW 2000
• Single Lecture - General $40 | Member/conc $35 per lecture

Presented by Scott Carlin, Curator, Historic Houses Trust and Philip Goad, Professor of Architecture at the University of Melbourne Lecture series Join us for a special series of lectures exploring historical and contemporary perspectives in architecture, heritage, design and development. ...

talks

• April 16, 2012 - April 20, 2012
• 12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
• Customs House Library, 31 Alfred Street, Circular Quay, Sydney 2000
• Free, bookings essential

The series of talks, as part of the 2012 National Trust Heritage Festival, celebrates the theme of Amazing Stories: Innovation & Invention, by considering Sydney itself as an invention and examining the innovative creation of this city. 16-20 April

talks

• May 3, 2012
• 6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
• The Mint, 10 Macquarie St, Sydney, NSW 2000
• Single Lecture - General $40 | Member/conc $35 per lecture

As Australia’s most populous city, and arguably the one blessed with the greatest natural beauty, we have a responsibility to investigate more compact living environments.

talks

• April 26, 2012
• 6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
• The Mint, 10 Macquarie St, Sydney, NSW 2000
• Single Lecture - General $40 | Member/conc $35 per lecture

This talk as part of the Sydney Open talks series, traces the development of the bungalow in NSW in the twentieth century. Architects attending can claim informal CPD points.

conferences

• May 10, 2012 - May 12, 2012
• 9 a.m. - 6 p.m.
• Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre

In 2012, for the first time in more than twenty years, the conference is to be held in Brisbane, and the theme is: Experience.

talks

• April 17, 2012
• 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
• Tusculum, 3 Manning Street Potts Point
• Free

This talk will speculate on: How does architecture offer itself to view? What does it show? How does it frame particular kinds of looking and to what ends?

talks

• April 3, 2012
• 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
• Tusculum, 3 Manning Street, Potts Point
• Free

Many discussions, reports, studies and consultations to date have achieved very little in resolving a strategy that will be the catalyst for the revitalisation of Newcastle...

courses

• April 10, 2012 - April 12, 2012
• 9 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
• 255-259 Pacific Hwy, North Sydney, NSW, Australia, 2060
• $1000, excl. GST

The course is focused on providing students with plenty of hands-on experience on Autodesk Revit, learning the basic layout of the screen, tools and 3d model creation.

continuing professional development

• May 8, 2012
• 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
• Surry Hills Library
• $450

This workshop will focus on the development of new places and the challenges involved in establishing self sustaining communities with a ‘sense of place’.

talks

• May 26, 2012
• 2 p.m. - 3 p.m.
• Surry Hills Library, 405 Crown St, Surry Hills 2010
• Free for Library & AIA members / $10 for non-members

Sydney architecture duo Bennett and Trimble practice architecture and urbanism. This talk will present a range of their projects.

talks

• April 28, 2012
• 2 p.m. - 3 p.m.
• Surry Hills Library, 405 Crown St, Surry Hills 2010
• Free for Library & AIA members / $10 for non-members

Living small has become a necessary and logical way of life. Sydney Architects Christopher Polly and Sam Crawford will each present a range of their practices’ projects that explore the possibilities of small spaces.

talks

• April 1, 2012
• 2 p.m. - 4 p.m.
• 181 Old South Head Road, Bondi Junction NSW 2022
• Free

Join Goodwin & Holm as they discuss the inspiration behind their works & the different ways they utilize drawings & sketches at work & at play.

talks

• March 30, 2012 - March 31, 2012
• 9 a.m. - 6 p.m.
• Tusculum, 3 Manning Street, Potts Point
• Free

See first-hand the entries in the Australian Institute of Architect’s 2012 NSW Architecture Awards. Architects will present their entries in 5 minute intervals to the awards jury.

walks

• April 25, 2012
• 10:30 a.m. - 1 p.m.
• Museum of Sydney. cnr Bridge and Phillip Streets, Sydney
• Adults $35, Concession $25. Ticket includes free mini-city guide from SAW.

‘Utzon’ is at once an in-depth and textured portrait of enigmatic Danish architect Jørn Utzon, as well as the story of the 20th centuries most ambitious architectural project.

walks

• April 8, 2012
• 10:30 a.m. - 1 p.m.
• Museum of Sydney. cnr Bridge and Phillip Streets, Sydney
• Adults $35, Concession $25. Ticket includes free mini-city guide from SAW.

‘Utzon’ is at once an in-depth and textured portrait of enigmatic Danish architect Jørn Utzon, as well as the story of the 20th centuries most ambitious architectural project.

walks

• March 25, 2012
• 10:30 a.m. - 1 p.m.
• Museum of Sydney. cnr Bridge and Phillip Streets, Sydney
• Adults $35, Concession $25. Ticket includes free mini-city guide from SAW.

‘Utzon’ is at once an in-depth and textured portrait of enigmatic Danish architect Jørn Utzon, as well as the story of the 20th centuries most ambitious architectural project.

walks

• April 15, 2012
• 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
• Museum of Sydney. cnr Bridge and Phillip Streets, Sydney
• Adults $35, Concession $25. Ticket includes free mini-city guide from SAW.

This walking tour trespasses joyfully across disciplines and genres, seeking out the architecture and public art that materialises contemporary conditions and attitudes.

walks

• March 28, 2012
• 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
• Museum of Sydney. cnr Bridge and Phillip Streets, Sydney
• Adults $35, Concession $25. Ticket includes free mini-city guide from SAW.

This walking tour trespasses joyfully across disciplines and genres, seeking out the architecture and public art that materialises contemporary conditions and attitudes.

walks

• April 22, 2012
• 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
• Museum of Sydney. cnr Bridge and Phillip Streets, Sydney
• Adults $35, Concession $25. Ticket includes free mini-city guide from SAW.

Getting beyond the post–card view of the city and its two shimmering icons, SAW 3 reveals the city at her rawest and most spectacular, her most self–conscious and most corrupt.

tours

• tomorrow
• 9:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
• 30 Harrington Street, The Rocks
• General $90, Concession $80. (+$30 if you need a bike). Includes free mini-city SAW guide.

Projects on the tour include recent works by PTW, Seidler Associates, Rod Simpson, TZG, JPW, Smart Design, BVN, Mac Interactive, Engelen Moore, 6 Degrees, Dom Alvaro, Neeson Murcutt and FJMT.

tours

• April 1, 2012
• 9:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
• 30 Harrington Street, The Rocks
• General $90, Concession $80. (+$30 if you need a bike). Includes free mini-city SAW guide.

Projects on the tour include recent works by PTW, Seidler Associates, Rod Simpson, TZG, JPW, Smart Design, BVN, Mac Interactive, Engelen Moore, 6 Degrees, Dom Alvaro, Neeson Murcutt and FJMT.

festivals

• March 18, 2012
• 6:30 p.m.
• 123 Eagle Street, Rugby Quay, Brisbane, QLD
• $195

The National Trust of Queensland on ICOMOS Day the 18th April 2012 is hosting a Gala Dinner to celebrate the launch of the 2012 Heritage Festival. Ian Healy is the Master of Ceremonies and Prof Peter Coldrake AO (the Chair ...

tours

• March 18, 2012
• 9:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
• 30 Harrington Street, The Rocks
• General $90, Concession $80. (+$30 if you need a bike). Includes free mini-city SAW guide.

Projects on the tour include recent works by PTW, Seidler Associates, Rod Simpson, TZG, JPW, Smart Design, BVN, Mac Interactive, Engelen Moore, 6 Degrees, Dom Alvaro, Neeson Murcutt and FJMT.

walks

• March 17, 2012
• 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
• Museum of Sydney. cnr Bridge and Phillip Streets, Sydney
• Adults $35, Concession $25. Ticket includes free mini-city guide from SAW.

Getting beyond the post–card view of the city and its two shimmering icons, SAW 3 reveals the city at her rawest and most spectacular, her most self–conscious and most corrupt.

talks

• March 21, 2012
• 6 p.m.
• 702-730 Harris St, Broadway NSW 2007
• Free

Highlighting stories & images from 40 years of design/build with the Jersey Devil group, in collaboration with students in underserved communities.

exhibitions

• March 15, 2012 - May 12, 2012
• 6 p.m. - 5 p.m.
• Pin-up Project Space, The Compound Interest, 15-25 Keele St, Collingwood 3066
• Free

'Trace' exhibition maps and connects the underlying conceptual ideas that thread through the practice of Brisbane-based architect and artist Christina Waterson. On now at Pin-up Project Space in Melbourne until May 12!

exhibitions

• March 8, 2012 - March 30, 2012
• 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
• 702-730 Harris St, Broadway NSW 2007
• FREE

An opportunity to reflect on & share the process & the result of the Gandangara Local Aboriginal Land Council Biodiversity Strategies Media Project.

talks

• March 14, 2012
• 6 p.m.
• 702-730 Harris St, Broadway NSW 2007
• FREE

The blur between what machines are supposed to do, and the anthropomorphic psychology we intentionally project on to them, creates a spectrum of potentiality, both interpretative and productive.

talks

• Oct. 24, 2012
• 6 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
• UNSW Kensington Campus
• FREE

Built Environment 2012 Utzon Lecture Series Built Environment's Utzon Lecture Series was officially launched in 2010 by Jan Utzon, former UNSW student and son of the renowned Danish architect Jørn Utzon. Held on a regular basis at the UNSW's Kensington ...

talks

• Sept. 19, 2012
• 6 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
• UNSW Kensington Campus
• FREE

Built Environment 2012 Utzon Lecture Series Built Environment's Utzon Lecture Series was officially launched in 2010 by Jan Utzon, former UNSW student and son of the renowned Danish architect Jørn Utzon. Held on a regular basis at the UNSW's Kensington ...

talks

• Aug. 22, 2012
• 6 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
• UNSW Kensington Campus
• FREE

Built Environment 2012 Utzon Lecture Series Built Environment's Utzon Lecture Series was officially launched in 2010 by Jan Utzon, former UNSW student and son of the renowned Danish architect Jørn Utzon. Held on a regular basis at the UNSW's Kensington ...

talks

• July 25, 2012
• 6 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
• UNSW Kensington Campus
• FREE

Built Environment 2012 Utzon Lecture Series Built Environment's Utzon Lecture Series was officially launched in 2010 by Jan Utzon, former UNSW student and son of the renowned Danish architect Jørn Utzon. Held on a regular basis at the UNSW's Kensington ...

talks

• June 20, 2012
• 6 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
• UNSW Kensington Campus
• FREE

Built Environment 2012 Utzon Lecture Series Built Environment's Utzon Lecture Series was officially launched in 2010 by Jan Utzon, former UNSW student and son of the renowned Danish architect Jørn Utzon. Held on a regular basis at the UNSW's Kensington ...

talks

• May 23, 2012
• 6 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
• UNSW Kensington Campus
• FREE

Built Environment 2012 Utzon Lecture Series Built Environment's Utzon Lecture Series was officially launched in 2010 by Jan Utzon, former UNSW student and son of the renowned Danish architect Jørn Utzon. Held on a regular basis at the UNSW's Kensington ...

talks

• March 27, 2012
• 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
• Tusculum, 3 Manning Street, Potts Point
• Institute members free | non members $10 | students $5

Four inspirational women with extraordinary careers come together in conversation at Tusculum. Don't miss this very special evening with four leaders in their field.

talks

• March 20, 2012
• 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
• Tusculum, 3 Manning Street Potts Point
• Institute members free | non members $10 | Students $5

Architects Timothy Moon and Clinton Murray discuss recent award winning timber projects at Tusculum on March 20: Escarpment House and AIIM Processing and Devices Building.

talks

• March 13, 2012
• 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
• Tusculum, 3 Manning Street, Potts Point
• Instiute memebrs free | non members $10 | Students $5

David will present a selection of houses located on the Central Coast and Sydney during this talk at Tusculum. His residential projects have been widely published and awarded.

talks

• March 21, 2012
• 6 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
• Lecture Theatre M17
, Chemical Sciences
 UNSW Kensington Campus
• Free

On 21 March, Built Environment will be hosting the second lecture in its 2012 Utzon Lecture Series. The lecture is being given by award-winning Japanese architect Hiroshi Sambuichi of Sambuichi Architects (Hiroshima).

exhibitions

• March 14, 2012
• 6:30 p.m. - 8 p.m.
• Leighton Hall, Scientia. UNSW Kensington Campus
• Free

How do we know when a city is truly sustainable? Is it even possible for cities in a global age to be so? How can professional practices retool to be sustainable urbanisms?

exhibitions

• April 24, 2012 - today
• 11 a.m. - 6 p.m.
• Stella Downer Fine Art, 2 Danks St, Waterloo, NSW, 2017
• Free

To ASHLEY FROST cities are curious and vibrant places, sites of modernity and the cradle of contemporary life. Fascinated by intersections, where the city's periphery converges with the inner suburbs and the moment where day ends and night begins, he ...

tours

• March 13, 2012
• 6:30 p.m. - 10 p.m.
• 107 Regent St Chippendale, NSW
• Free

Following the great success of our last four small bar tours, join DARCH once again for an evening of drinks and design as we visit three of the newest and hippest small bars in Redfern.

talks

• May 22, 2012
• 6:30 p.m. - 8 p.m.
• Australian Museum, 6 College Street, SYDNEY (Enter on William Street side)
• Australian Museum Members $20, non-Members $30

Archaeologist Craig Barker introduces the role of theatrical performance in ancient Greek culture. Using the architectural remains of ancient theatres, he will examine the spaces used for performance...

talks

• March 7, 2012
• 6 p.m. - 8 p.m.
• The Great Hall, level 5, UTS Tower

Can a holistic, trans-disciplinary approach to creativity improve our ability to solve problems, collaborate and share knowledge? How should we translate creative thinking into doing?

exhibitions

• March 13, 2012 - April 7, 2012
• 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.
• 181 Old South Head Road, Bondi Junction NSW 2022
• FREE

Art Atrium will host the exhibition ‘Drawn by Design – The Art of Architecture’ focusing on drawings and sketches by Australian architects as part of the Art Month program in March 2012.

courses

• April 12, 2012 - May 17, 2012
• 6 p.m. - 8 p.m.
• 160 Missenden Road, Newtown NSW 2042
• $209.00

Since the 19th century, in every area of art – painting, sculpture, architecture, literature, music – Russia was in the forefront, bringing to the world dramatically new concepts of beauty.

courses

• April 10, 2012 - May 29, 2012
• 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
• 160 Missenden Road, Newtown NSW 2042
• $264.00

The artistic achievement of the golden age of Northumbria in the areas of architecture, manuscript illumination, sculpture and music, will be examined in depth.

courses

• Feb. 29, 2012 - Sept. 19, 2012
• 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
• 160 Missenden Road, Newtown NSW 2042
• $900.00

Classical Antiquity through to the 21st Century. There is a strong focus on the interpretation of individual art works, including painting, sculpture, photography, film and architecture.

talks

• Feb. 28, 2012
• 6:30 p.m.
• The Australian Institute of Architects, Tusculum. 3 Manning Street Potts Point
• FREE

The competition brief was to provide a space in which Australian artists can work, live and display art. A selection of entrants will present their proposals this Tuesday @ Tusculum Talk.

festivals

• July 28, 2012 - July 29, 2012
• Melbourne Victoria
• Free

Melbourne Open House (MOH) 2012 unlocks the city's significant buildings for the fine people of Melbourne (and her visitors) to explore. It's a rare opportunity to discover the often-hidden wealth of design, architecture, engineering and historic gems nestled around the ...

exhibitions

• Dec. 2, 2011 - April 29, 2012
• Deutsches Architekturmuseum, Frankfurt, Germany

Share in WOHA's excitement as they exhibit their broad array of works at the acclaimed Deutsches Architekturmuseum (DAM)! Running from 2 December 2011 - 29 April 2012, their first monographic exhibition will feature concepts of open structures which embrace aspects ...

conferences

• March 5, 2012 - March 7, 2012
• Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre
• Free

The conference, will bring together the industry’s leading green thinkers, experts & manufacturers for three days of green building conversation, innovation and collaboration.

talks

• March 7, 2012
• noon - 2 p.m.
• Austral Showroom, 50 Carrington St Wynyard
• FREE

Round III will focus on the mechanics of Maternity/Paternity leave and how to achieve an elegant return.

talks

• March 5, 2012 - March 6, 2012
• Sussex Lane, Sydney, NSW
• FREE!

The City of Sydney is creating a smarter, more sustainable Sydney, and they want to share their plans with you. For two days only Sussex Lane will be transformed into a great, green oasis in the heart of Sydney.

talks

• Feb. 24, 2012
• 7:45 a.m. - 9 a.m.
• Transport Gallery, Powerhouse Museum, 500 Harris St, Ultimo
• $10

An insight into five individuals who have transformed their careers and henceforth their lives, over breakfast at the Powerhouse Museum. Speakers include Robert Beson, the director of AR-MA.

exhibitions

• Feb. 21, 2012 - March 30, 2012
• 9:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.
• 3 Manning Street, Potts Point
• Non Member $10, Student Non Member $5, Institute Member Free

An exhibition of over 50 photographs by Marc Stringa in the atrium at Tusculum, presenting a glimpse into the extraordinary changes occurring in the Middle East region.

exhibitions

• May 17, 2012 - today
• 8 p.m. - 10 p.m.
• 245 Wilson St Eveleigh (cnr. Codrington St)
• Adult: $30, Concession: $20

Carriageworks presents: A Return to the Trees, Strings AttachedA highly stylised, apocalyptic vision of the future of the city from Sydney based emerging physical theatre company, Strings Attached. A Return to the Trees leaps from a scaffold of dance tradition ...

talks

• April 10, 2012
• 6 p.m. - 8 p.m.
• 2 Crewe Place at the corner of Rothschild ave in Rosebery NSW
• Public: $40, AAA Member: $35

This workshop is based on original field research within the industry which identified 9 themes that are vital in creating effective teams. Learning Outcomes: There's a massive difference between merely coping with, and managing stress. This workshop aims to help ...

talks

• Feb. 22, 2012
• 6 p.m. - 8 p.m.
• Soho Annex South, Corner Crewe Pla and Rothschild Avenue, Rosebery.
• Public: $40, AAA Member: $35

This presentation will focus on the benefits of installing and maintaining a successful Green Roof or Green Wall specific to the Australian conditions. Learning Outcomes: Why install a Green Roof or Green Wall. Outline of the benefits of installing a ...

talks

• Feb. 21, 2012
• 6 p.m. - 8 p.m.
• Sydney Design School, Level 1, 51A Hume Street, Crows Nest. Street parking available or park in Hume Street Car Park.
• Public: $40, AAA Member: $35

Signing up to LinkedIn and making connections is one thing, using your LinkedIn profile to increase exposure and actively grow your business is something else altogether. Learning Outcomes: Apply tips to optimise your LinkedIn Personal Profile Apply tips to optimise ...

talks

• Feb. 21, 2012
• 6:30 p.m. - 8 p.m.
• Lower Town Hall, Sydney Town Hall (Entry via Druitt Street), 483 George Street Sydney 2000
• Tickets are FREE and ESSENTIAL

Peter Walker, internationally renowned landscape architect, will talk about the designs for Barangaroo’s Headland Park.

exhibitions

• May 14, 2012 - May 16, 2012
• 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
• Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre
• Free to trade if they pre-register. $25 at door

Australia’s leading design and architecture event, designEX presents the best in contemporary and classic designs, surface finishes for interiors and exteriors and the latest architectural products.

talks

• March 8, 2012
• 6 p.m.
• Octagon Theatre, University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley WA 6009
• Varies

One of the world’s most prominent architects, Madrid-based Alberto Campo Baeza, will visit Australia as a guest of the AIA International Speaker Series.

talks

• March 7, 2012
• 6 p.m.
• Spot Basement Theatre, University of Melbourne, 198 Berkeley Street, Melbourne VIC 3000
• Varies

One of the world’s most prominent architects, Madrid-based Alberto Campo Baeza, will visit Australia as a guest of the AIA International Speaker Series.

talks

• March 6, 2012
• 6 p.m.
• Footbridge Theatre, University of Sydney, Level 4 Holme Building, Science Road, University of Sydney NSW 2006
• Varies

One of the world’s most prominent architects, Madrid-based Alberto Campo Baeza, will visit Australia as a guest of the AIA International Speaker Series.

talks

• Feb. 25, 2012
• 2 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
• 5 Strickland Street Rose Bay NSW 2029
• Free

A free community workshop to learn valuable tricks on how to turn your home into an energy efficient, eco-friendly and healthy environment.

exhibitions

• Feb. 16, 2012 - March 17, 2012
• noon - 6 p.m.
• Pin-up Project Space, The Compound Interest, 15-25 Keele St, Collingwood 3066
• Free

Exhibition previews by appointment from 9 February Opening night Thursday 16 February, 6 - 9 pm, all welcome A selection of the artworks are available for purchase (POA) On arrival in Melbourne and encountering the emptiness of the waiting gallery ...

exhibitions

• July 17, 2012 - July 20, 2012
• 1 p.m. - 5 p.m.
• King George Square Brisbane QLD
• Free! (donations are welcome)

Australian and International architects have taken action, creating an exhibition highlighting the need for emergency shelters in disaster zones and bringing awareness to the public about the role of the design and construction industry in the aftermath of natural disasters. ...

exhibitions

• Nov. 25, 2011 - March 4, 2012
• National Gallery of Victoria, 180 St Kilda Road, Melbourne
• Adults: $18 / Concession: $12 / NGV-members: $9

This major international travelling exhibition of the Art Gallery of New South Wales presents three decades of German modernism, leading up to and following the turbulent Weimar Republic. From 25th Nov 2011 to 4 Mar 2012 it also stops over ...

exhibitions

• Feb. 3, 2012 - March 2, 2012
• Australian Academy of Design, 220 Ingles Street, Port Melbourne VIC 3207
• Free entry

Bauhaus and Beyond: The move towards architectural modernism started in the 1920s in Germany. It was a protest against the imitation of historical styles that had predominated until the end of World War I. The new architectural forms were to ...

exhibitions

• March 13, 2012 - Feb. 24, 2012
• 8 p.m. - 9:45 p.m.
• 245 Wilson St Eveleigh (cnr. Codrington St)
• Adult $45, Conc. $30, Student Rush $20

In February 2008, the independent Commission Against Corruption began investigating allegations of corruption involving local developers and former staff of Wollongong Council. Exposing sexual obsessions, envelopes full of cash, and a secret cabal of powerful men that met regularly around ...

exhibitions

• Feb. 7, 2012
• 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
• Alliance Francaise, L13, 257 Clarence St. Sydney
• Free

"drawing paris: the visions of paris...and their resonance to a haping of sydney" David Holm, ArchitectCox Richardson

talks

• Feb. 13, 2012
• 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
• Tusculum, 3 Manning St, Potts Point
• Free for members of the Institute, $10 for non-members

A seminar where you can hear from those who run the registration process and those who have been through it.

competitions and awards

• Jan. 31, 2012 - Feb. 10, 2012
• Online
• Free

Entries close on 10 February! If you have not yet entered, this is your chance to be recognised for your inspiring use of colour in design.

competitions and awards

• Jan. 31, 2012 - Feb. 10, 2012
• Online
• Free

Entries close on 10 February! If you have not yet entered, this is your chance to be recognised for your inspiring use of colour in design.

exhibitions

• Aug. 29, 2012 - Nov. 25, 2012
• Giardini and Arsenale, Venice, Italy

13th International Architecture Exhibition. Common Ground The Biennale will be held in Venice, at the institutional venues of Giardini and Arsenale, from August 29th to November 25th, 2012 (with preview dates on August 27th-28th). The title chosen by the International ...

exhibitions

• Jan. 27, 2012 - Feb. 23, 2012
• SpazioFMG, Via Bergognone 27, Milan, Italy

Following the critcally-acclaimed launch in London, the ARCHIZINES exhibition opens on January 27, at Milan's SpazioFMGperl'Architettura. The touring exhibition, initiated in collaboration with the Architectural Association School of Architecture celebrates the best new architecture fanzines, magazines and journals from around ...

continuing professional development

• July 8, 2012 - July 22, 2012
• 11 a.m. - 9 p.m.
• Boyd Education Centre, 170 Riversdale Road, Tapitallee, NSW
• 50% of $6,600

There are only 32 places available and applications will be assessed on credentials and merit, with preference to early applicants.

continuing professional development

• March 10, 2012 - March 16, 2012
• 10 a.m. - 9 p.m.
• 336 Evans Lookout Road, Blackheath, NSW 2785
• $3,300 inc GST

Arizona architect Rick Joy will join Richard Leplastrier, Peter Stutchbury and Lindsay Johnston for a one-week residential Architecture Master Class at Jemby Rinjah Lodge at Blackheath in the Blue Mountains.

competitions and awards

• Jan. 25, 2012 - July 27, 2012
• Online

The entries provide a unique insight into contemporary residential design and the contribution Australia’s architects and designers make to enhancing the way we live today. Entry submissions accepted from 16 January 2012 until 30 March 2012.

competitions and awards

• Jan. 25, 2012 - April 27, 2012
• Online

Any Australian-based design professional may enter, including interior designers, interior decorators, interior architects, architects and all other design professionals. Entry submissions will be accepted until 14 February 2012.

competitions and awards

• Jan. 25, 2012 - July 27, 2012
• Level 6, 163 Eastern Road, South Melbourne VIC 3205

The entries provide a unique insight into contemporary residential design and the contribution Australia’s architects and designers make to enhancing the way we live today. Entry submissions accepted from 16 January 2012 until 30 March 2012.

festivals

• Feb. 5, 2012
• noon - 4 p.m.
• Dudley St West Melbourne Victoria 3003
• Entry is $20 per person and $50 for families (2 Adults & 2 Kids), includes BBQ, bowls

MOH is a not-for-profit organisation and your support will contribute to its growth and sustainability.

exhibitions

• Feb. 1, 2012 - Feb. 3, 2012
• 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
• Sydney Exhibition Centre
• Free

This Fair gives interior designers, decorators, architects, furniture and furnishing buying groups and retailers the opportunity to learn the latest industry developments and network with their peers.

competitions and awards

• Jan. 25, 2012 - April 27, 2012
• Level 6, 163 Eastern Road, South Melbourne VIC 3205

Any Australian-based design professional may enter, including interior designers, interior decorators, interior architects, architects and all other design professionals. Entry submissions will be accepted until 14 February 2012.

conferences

• Feb. 13, 2012 - March 9, 2012
• 10 a.m.
• Varies

A busy month of consultation on the future scope of the certification system from 13 February to 9 March in 12 locations across NSW.

competitions and awards

• Jan. 1, 2012 - Feb. 29, 2012
• www.worldarchitecturenews.com
• The entrance fee is £50 GBP

About the awards The WAN AWARDS 21 for 21 category is a major international competition now in its second year, an initiative aiming to highlight 21 architects who could be the leading lights of architecture in the 21st Century. Outstanding, ...

exhibitions

• Feb. 6, 2012 - Feb. 17, 2012
• 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
• 702-730 Harris St, Broadway NSW 2007

Using Sydney as our testbed, we will develop floatable prototypes and experiment with their potential use in different scenarios. Registration closes end of January.

talks

• March 31, 2012
• 2 p.m. - 3 p.m.
• Surry Hills Library, 405 Crown St, Surry Hills 2010
• Free for Library & AIA members / $10 for non members

Join Caroline Pidcock, of Pidcock Architecture and Sustainability, as she explores what we should be doing as architects and citizens to make the most of a low carbon future.

talks

• Feb. 25, 2012
• 2 p.m. - 3 p.m.
• Surry Hills Library, 405 Crown St, Surry Hills 2010
• Free for Library & AIA members / $10 for non-members

This talk will feature young practitioners taking a different route into the world of architecture, finding interesting possibilities, technological advantages and forming innovative practices in the process.

talks

• Jan. 14, 2012 - Jan. 28, 2012
• 1 p.m. - 5 p.m.
• The University of Sydney, NSW 2006

Public talks and rare films about modernist art and architecture to celebrate the exhibition Narelle Jubelin: Vision in Motion.

exhibitions

• Jan. 20, 2012 - Feb. 16, 2012
• 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.
• 2 Chifley Square, Sydney
• Free

In this exhibition, Yuria Okamura, explores the relationship between interior and exterior spaces, the ideas of perception and illusion, and the physical and abstract world.

exhibitions

• Jan. 7, 2012 - March 31, 2012
• 9 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
• The University of Sydney, NSW 2006

Art face-to-face with architecture, celebrating the University of Sydney’s significant – though often overlooked – modernist architecture.

walks

• Feb. 19, 2012
• 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
• Museum of Sydney. cnr Bridge and Phillip Streets, Sydney
• Adults $35, Concession $25. Ticket includes free mini-city guide from SAW.

Getting beyond the post–card view of the city and its two shimmering icons, SAW 3 reveals the city at her rawest and most spectacular, her most self–conscious and most corrupt.

walks

• Jan. 22, 2012
• 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
• Museum of Sydney. cnr Bridge and Phillip Streets, Sydney
• Adults $35, Concession $25. Ticket includes free mini-city guide from SAW.

Getting beyond the post–card view of the city and its two shimmering icons, SAW 3 reveals the city at her rawest and most spectacular, her most self–conscious and most corrupt.

walks

• Jan. 8, 2012
• 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
• Museum of Sydney. cnr Bridge and Phillip Streets, Sydney
• Adults $35, Concession $25. Ticket includes free mini-city guide from SAW.

Getting beyond the post–card view of the city and its two shimmering icons, SAW 3 reveals the city at her rawest and most spectacular, her most self–conscious and most corrupt.

tours

• Feb. 5, 2012
• 9:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
• 30 Harrington Street, The Rocks
• General $90, Concession $80. (+$30 if you need a bike). Includes free mini-city SAW guide.

Projects on the tour include recent works by PTW, Seidler Associates, Rod Simpson, TZG, JPW, Smart Design, BVN, Mac Interactive, Engelen Moore, 6 Degrees, Dom Alvaro, Neeson Murcutt and FJMT.

tours

• Jan. 15, 2012
• 9:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
• 30 Harrington Street, The Rocks
• General $90, Concession $80. (+$30 if you need a bike). Includes free mini-city SAW guide.

Projects on the tour include recent works by PTW, Seidler Associates, Rod Simpson, TZG, JPW, Smart Design, BVN, Mac Interactive, Engelen Moore, 6 Degrees, Dom Alvaro, Neeson Murcutt and FJMT.

walks

• Feb. 16, 2012
• 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
• Museum of Sydney. cnr Bridge and Phillip Streets, Sydney
• Adults $35, Concession $25. Ticket includes free mini-city guide from SAW.

This walking tour trespasses joyfully across disciplines and genres, seeking out the architecture and public art that materialises contemporary conditions and attitudes.

walks

• Feb. 1, 2012
• 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
• Museum of Sydney. cnr Bridge and Phillip Streets, Sydney
• Adults $35, Concession $25. Ticket includes free entry in the Museum of Sydney

This walking tour trespasses joyfully across disciplines and genres, seeking out the architecture and public art that materialises contemporary conditions and attitudes.

walks

• Jan. 18, 2012
• 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
• Museum of Sydney. cnr Bridge and Phillip Streets, Sydney
• Adults $35, Concession $25. Ticket includes free entry in the Museum of Sydney

This walking tour trespasses joyfully across disciplines and genres, seeking out the architecture and public art that materialises contemporary conditions and attitudes.

walks

• Jan. 11, 2012
• 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
• Museum of Sydney. cnr Bridge and Phillip Streets, Sydney
• Adults $35, Concession $25.Ticket includes free mini-city guide from SAW..

This walking tour trespasses joyfully across disciplines and genres, seeking out the architecture and public art that materialises contemporary conditions and attitudes.

walks

• Dec. 21, 2011
• 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
• Museum of Sydney. cnr Bridge and Phillip Streets, Sydney
• Adults $35, Concession $25. Ticket includes free mini-city guide.

This walking tour trespasses joyfully across disciplines and genres, seeking out the architecture and public art that materialises contemporary conditions and attitudes.

walks

• Feb. 8, 2012
• 10:30 a.m. - 1 p.m.
• Museum of Sydney. cnr Bridge and Phillip Streets, Sydney
• Adults $35, Concession $25. Ticket includes free mini-city guide from SAW.

‘Utzon’ is at once an in-depth and textured portrait of enigmatic Danish architect Jørn Utzon, as well as the story of the 20th centuries most ambitious architectural project.

walks

• Dec. 18, 2011
• 10:30 a.m. - 1 p.m.
• Museum of Sydney. cnr Bridge and Phillip Streets, Sydney
• Adults $35, Concession $25. Ticket includes free entry in the Museum of Sydney

‘Utzon’ is at once an in-depth and textured portrait of enigmatic Danish architect Jørn Utzon, as well as the story of the 20th centuries most ambitious architectural project.

festivals

• Jan. 9, 2012 - Jan. 20, 2012
• 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
• 702-730 Harris Street, Ultimo, NSW 2007
• $599 includes GST and Material Costs

Come and experience the unique studio culture of UTS's School of Architecture and, with the help of UTS staff and students, learn how to see the city through the eyes of an architect.

talks

• Dec. 9, 2011
• 5:30 p.m.
• HASSELL, L2, 88 Cumberland Street Sydney
• Free, RSVP necessary by Dec 5

Listen to EAA derector Richard Briggs discuss the details of how to deliver landmark architecture in one of the remotest parts of the world.

exhibitions

• Dec. 2, 2011
• 5:30 p.m.
• Paddington Town Hall, cnr Oxford and Oatley Road Paddington
• Free

This years exhibition is titled "Resuscitate", as many projects address urban renewal through the innovative reuse of derelict buildings and neglected sites.

tours

• Jan. 8, 2012 - Jan. 20, 2012
• Solomon Islands
• $3500 ex Brisbane

An opportunity to travel to The Solomon Islands to participate in the delivery of village latrines over a 2 week period.

competitions and awards

• Nov. 23, 2011 - Jan. 27, 2012
• 3:53 p.m. - 5 p.m.
• Level 15, 20 Bond Street, Sydney NSW 2000

A program which awards funding to talented Australians so they can explore and develop their artistic gifts either abroad and/or interstate. Scholarships are each worth $20,000!!

conferences

• March 17, 2012 - March 18, 2012
• 9:30 a.m. - 2 p.m.
• Southern Highlands NSW Australia
• Full/Student

Design & build with strawbales, weekend residential workshop, 11 formal hours for registered architects as a CPD activity.

talks

• Dec. 13, 2011
• 6 p.m. - 8 p.m.
• Sydney Design School, Level 1, 51A Hume Street, Crows Nest.
• Non-members $40, AAA Members $30

Home Automation made easy. Learning Outcomes: Scope and specifications for audio visual and automation Energy management the modern home Future proof for your project Presenter: Slade Hedderman Presentation Duration: 1 Hour (1 Formal CPD Point) Parking Details: Street parking available ...

continuing professional development

• Nov. 1, 2011 - Dec. 31, 2012
• Sydney
• EARLYBIRD SPECIAL $49.95 - Save $10: Ends 30 Nov

Caroline Pidcock, director of Pidcock Architecture and Sustainability, explains what is involved in achieving ‘net zero emissions housing.’

continuing professional development

• Nov. 1, 2011 - Dec. 31, 2012
• Sydney
• EARLYBIRD SPECIAL $74.95 - Save $15: Ends Dec 15

An overview of State Environmental Planning Policy (Exempt and Complying Development Codes) 2008 (the Codes SEPP) inclusive of the changes brought in February 2011.

competitions and awards

• Dec. 10, 2011
• 11 a.m. - 6 p.m.
• FraserStudios Studio 10, 10-14 Kensington Street, Chippendale NSW 2008
• FREE for RAIA member, $10 for non-members

Emerging architects see the city a bit differently... This is your opportunity to go out, photograph what you see, and present your images and thoughts over some drinks - all in one day.

talks

• Dec. 1, 2011
• 7:30 p.m.
• Barbican Gallery, London

As part of the exhibition OMA / Progress, Elias Redstone hosts a conversation with Dutch photographer Bas Princen about how architecture is communicated. Princen is known for capturing contemporary transformations of the urban landscape, using photography to research, document and ...

talks

• Nov. 25, 2011
• 8 p.m.
• Victoria & Albert Museum, London

To mark the transfer of the ARCHIZINES collection of international architecture fanzines, magazines and journals to the National Art Library at the V&A, Elias Redstone will host a conversation about the role independent publishing plays in celebrating overlooked and underappreciated ...

walks

• Dec. 14, 2011
• 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
• Meet at the Museum of Sydney. cnr Bridge and Phillip Streets, Sydney
• Adult: $35; Children: $25; Senior: $25

Join us as we seek out the architecture and public art that materialises contemporary conditions and attitudes.

walks

• Nov. 30, 2011
• 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
• Meet at the Museum of Sydney. cnr Bridge and Phillip Streets, Sydney
• Adult: $35; Children: $25; Senior: $25

Joyfully trespassing across disciplines and genres as we seek out the architecture and public art that materialises contemporary conditions and attitudes, "The City, Sydney" conjures a heady urban narrative revealing the historic, political and topographic forces lapping at Sydney like ...

exhibitions

• Nov. 17, 2011 - Dec. 18, 2011
• Ground floor, Customs House, 31 Alfred Street, Circular Quay, Sydney
• Free

The exhibition launches a 5-year research project, founded in the idea of deploying art and design to curate (literally ‘care for’) the city. It focuses on the use of creative strategies to meet the challenges of creating eco-sustainable urban environments.

talks

• Nov. 23, 2011
• 5:45 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
• 40 Mount Street, North Sydney
• $40 (Members) $50 (Non-Members)

Paul Reidy, Principal with Rice Daubney gives a talk on Coca-Cola Place. Architecturally sophisticated, it is representing ‘World Leadership' in sustainable design.

walks

• Dec. 7, 2011
• 6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
• Customs House, Circular Quay
• Adults $30, Students $15, AAA Members Free

Enjoy a leisurely stroll through the harbour city in beautiful twilight during daylight saving months. We examine many of the buildings in the Central Business District and trace the development of modernism and the high rise tower. From Harry Seidler's ...

walks

• Nov. 30, 2011
• 6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
• Customs House, Circular Quay
• Adults $30, Students $15, AAA Members Free

Enjoy a leisurely stroll through the harbour city in beautiful twilight during daylight saving months. We examine many of the buildings in the Central Business District and trace the development of modernism and the high rise tower. From Harry Seidler's ...

walks

• Nov. 23, 2011
• 6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
• Customs House, Circular Quay
• Adults $30, Students $15, AAA Members Free

Enjoy a leisurely stroll through the harbour city in beautiful twilight during daylight saving months. We examine many of the buildings in the Central Business District and trace the development of modernism and the high rise tower. From Harry Seidler's ...

exhibitions

• Nov. 17, 2011
• 6 p.m. - 9 p.m.
• TAP Gallery, 279 Palmer Street, Darlinghurst
• Free

UNSW Faculty of Built Environment Graduate Exhibitions are a chance for final year students to showcase their works to industry, peers, family and friends.UNSW BE Graduate Exhibitions are a chance for final year students to showcase their works to industry, ...

exhibitions

• Dec. 2, 2011
• 6 p.m. - 10 p.m.
• 50 Kensington St, Chippendale 2008
• FREE

INDEX 2011 is the University of Technology's School of Architecture curated End of Year Exhibition. It is a review of the year's critical thinking and speculation on architecture and the City.

competitions and awards

• Nov. 8, 2011 - Sept. 7, 2012
• http://www.soya.com.au/

SOYA 365 offers architects and Interior Designers aged 18 - 30 the chance to leap to the next level.

talks

• Dec. 5, 2011
• 6:30 p.m. - 8 p.m.
• The Studio, Sydney Opera House
• $15/$10 MCA Members & Concessions

Hear Mexican-Canadian artist Rafael Lozano-Hemmer speak about his recent interactive installations in public spaces.

talks

• Nov. 26, 2011
• 2 p.m. - 4 p.m.
• Powerhouse Museum, 500 Harris Street Ultimo 2007
• Free

Hear how others have influenced and driven change in their buildings to achieve sustainable outcomes.

talks

• Nov. 11, 2011
• 6 p.m.
• 702-730 Harris St, Broadway NSW 2007
• Free

This, his final lecture will propose an idea of architecture and architectural education as political practice.

conferences

• Nov. 9, 2011 - Nov. 12, 2011
• 9:30 a.m. - 3 p.m.
• The Australian National Maritime Museum. 2 Murray Street, Darling Harbour, Sydney.
• $200 - $600

Planting on roofs and walls is one of the most innovative, sustainable and rapidly developing disciplines in architecture, landscape design, urban environmental planning, ecology and horticulture.

exhibitions

• Nov. 3, 2011 - Nov. 30, 2011
• Town Hall House, City of Sydney
• Free

Automated Waste if adopted will over time "re-wire" the City's buildings to vacuum collect waste and recycling, eliminating banks of garbage bins and changing vehicle collection.

conferences

• Nov. 22, 2011
• 9 a.m. - 6:30 p.m.
• Barnet Long Room, Level 1, Customs House, 31 Alfred Street, Circular Quay, Sydney
• $69.00

The conference will address the demands on the cultural sector in the face of climate change; namely the need to develop sustainable cities and raise questions about the role of public art in urban ecology.

talks

• Nov. 9, 2011
• 6:30 p.m. - 8 p.m.
• Lower Town Hall, Sydney Town Hall, 483 George Street, Sydney (Entry via Druitt Street)
• Tickets are FREE and ESSENTIAL

We’ve invited small and big business leaders, policy makers and the experts to explain how a price on carbon works and how it affects you.

exhibitions

• Nov. 11, 2011 - Nov. 20, 2011
• noon - 6 p.m.
• The Former Paramount Pictures Building, 80 Commonwealth St., Surry Hills

Broached Commissions initiates bespoke made and limited edition design collections, each collection based on a different event in Australian history. By fusing the depth of history with cutting-edge design, the company creates new work that embodies a story of Australian ...

exhibitions

• Nov. 6, 2011
• 12:30 p.m.
• Marshmallow Park, Glen Osmond Road, Adelaide
• Free BYO

Join us to celebrate the finale of Architecture Week and how great we are with an informal Picnic In The Park. A chance to share an afternoon with friends, families and colleagues. Pack yourself a picnic and a bottle of ...

tours

• Nov. 4, 2011
• 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
• Adelaide
• FULLY BOOKED

The Australian Institute of Architects - SA Chapter is collaborating with Soundstream in a series highlighting the parallel creative processes of architecture and music. See and hear Adelaide's architecture from a new perspective, as we visit buildings within the Adelaide ...

talks

• Nov. 3, 2011
• 4:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
• North Terrace, Adelaide
• FULLY BOOKED

An opportunity to share an evening of reflecting on the achievements of our Distinguished Members along with sharing plans and inspirations for the future of South Australia.

exhibitions

• Nov. 1, 2011
• 7:45 a.m. - 9 a.m.
• 100 Flinders Street, Adelaide
• Members - $12.50, A+ Members - $10.00, SONA - $7.50, Non Members - $20.00

Join Dimitty Andersen - Dimitty Andersen Architects and Rachel Hurst - Senior Lecturer, Uni SA to share snapshots of some of their projects and defining career moments as female Architects. Katie Lawson - Walter Brooke will also provide a presentation ...

talks

• Nov. 26, 2011
• 2 p.m. - 3 p.m.
• Surry Hills Library, 405 Crown Street Surry Hills 2010
• Free for Library & AIA members; $10 for non-members; Bookings Essential

John Choi, director of Sydney based practice Choi Ropiha Fighera will present a lesson on architecture in what will be the last Architecture On Show talk for 2011. Don't miss it!

talks

• Nov. 2, 2011
• 6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
• State Theatre, 49 Market Street, Sydney
• Tickets are FREE and ESSENTIAL

Charles Laundry has inspired people to change the way they think about cities around the world. He's a passionate defender of the role immagination and creativity plays in the development of cities and in invigorating local economies. He'll be joined ...

talks

• Dec. 7, 2011
• 1 p.m.
• History House, 133 Macquarie St, Sydney
• $7.00 members, $9.00 non-members

A regular circus venue was not available until October 1850 when the Royal Australian Equestrian Circus was opened in York Street. With the discovery of gold, the early circus troupes followed the people onto the diggings. The visits of large ...

talks

• Nov. 29, 2011
• 5:30 p.m.
• History House, 133 Macquarie St, Sydney
• $8.00 Includes light refreshments on arrival.

The Parramatta River is a navigable arm of Port Jackson as far inland as the city of Parramatta. Because of the relative fertility of the arable land along its banks and further up where it was called Toongabbie Creek, both ...

talks

• Nov. 23, 2011
• 10:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
• History House, 133 Macquarie St, Sydney
• $29, Afternoon tea supplied

WEA/RAHS Lecture Series: Afternoon session Join historian Ian Willis on a journey to discover how a small country town on the Cumberland Plain coped with the challenges prompted by the motor car, air travel, the telephone, electricity, movies, the wireless ...

talks

• Nov. 23, 2011
• 10:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
• History House, 133 Macquarie St, Sydney
• $29, Morning tea supplied

WEA/RAHS Lecture Series: Morning session Lesley Muir will take you from the 1870s, when Sydney's colonial past was still very much in evidence, through the transformation of the 1880s, when a speculative real estate boom changed the city's appearance forever. ...

talks

• Nov. 2, 2011
• 1 p.m.
• History House, 133 Macquarie St, Sydney
• $7.00 members, $9.00 non-members

Sydney Harbour was the source of spiritual and physical sustenance to the clans who lived around the waterway for thousands of years before the arrival of Europeans. The Gadigal and others were displaced by another 'saltwater' people - the British ...

talks

• Oct. 31, 2011
• 7 p.m. - 8 p.m.
• Mosman Library, 605 Library Walk, Military Road, Mosman
• Free, no bookings

Paul Berkemeier is the national councillor, honorary treasurer & chair of the NSW education committee for the Australian Institute of Architects. Paul has written numerous feature articles and critiques of buildings and urban projects for Architecture Australia, Architecture Review, The ...

exhibitions

• Oct. 31, 2011 - Nov. 15, 2011
• 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
• Tusculum, 3 Manning Street, Potts Point
• Free, no bookings

Celebrating the evolution of Artichoke, this exhibition charts the magazine's 12 year history.

talks

• Oct. 30, 2011
• 10 a.m. - 11 a.m.
• UTS Architecture Warehouse, 50 Kensington St, Chippendale
• Free, booking required

Cycle into Sydney's favourite think-and-design event where we are prototyping solutions for making cities more human. For this special instalment of BikeTank we will build Density-Vitality Models for Sydney's favourite suburbs. Be prepared to get your hands dirty [making stuff] ...

talks

• Oct. 29, 2011
• 11 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
• Tusculum, 3 Manning Street, Potts Point
• Free, booking required

This is a day long event held at Tusculum for both tertiary students and secondary students from years 10,11 and 12. Register your interest via email to Dominique Kelaher here. Please specify if you are a University or High School ...

talks

• Nov. 2, 2011
• 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
• level 4, 54 foveaux street, surry hills
• FREE

This seminar is aimed for that next step in your architectural career.

exhibitions

• Oct. 28, 2011
• 6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
• Boutwell Draper Gallery, 82-84 George Street, Redfern
• Free, no bookings

After Images is an exhibition and auction of sketches to support Japan's recovery from the devastating earthquake and tsunami in March. It includes works by Richard Leplastrier, John Wardle, Sean Godsell, Tadao Ando, Philip Cox, Alex Popov, Tom Heneghan, Peter ...

tours

• Oct. 28, 2011
• 10:30 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.
• Powerhouse Discovery Centre: Collection Stores at Castle Hill, Powerhouse Discovery Centre: Collection Stores at Castle Hill, Castle Hill
• Ticketed, booking required

Come behind-the-scenes to view highlights of the Powerhouse Museum's extensive, world-class collection of models stored at the Powerhouse Discovery Centre, Castle Hill.

talks

• Oct. 27, 2011
• 6:30 p.m. - 8 p.m.
• Studio, Sydney Opera House, Macquarie Street, Sydney
• Ticketed, booking required, Adults $15; Concessions $10

Julia Peyton-Jones, Director of London's Serpentine Gallery, gives the MCA's annual contemporary art address entitled The Next Renaissance? in honour of the late Ann Lewis AO. Julia Peyton-Jones studied painting at the Royal College of Art, London, and worked as ...

talks

• Oct. 27, 2011
• 6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
• Penrith Library
• Free, booking required

AOS - Penrith Oct 27 - Award winning young architect, James Stockwell will speak on 'Combewood to Kinetic' - An evolution of climatic architecture. Unique architecture derived from a closer look at geology and climate.Combewood is an historic building in ...

talks

• Oct. 27, 2011
• 6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
• Marrickville Town Hall Cnr Marrickville and Petersham Roads, Marrickville
• Free, no bookings

Architecture on Show will feature around Sydney with many local councils and libraries. Shaun Carter from Carterwilliamson Architects will be speaking for Architecture on Show. Visit the 2011 Sydney Architecture Festival website for more events.

talks

• Oct. 27, 2011
• 6:30 p.m. - 8 p.m.
• Woollahra Council Chambers, Mansfield Room. 536 New South Head Road, Double Bay.
• Free, booking required

In association with the Sydney Architecture Festival, Woollahra Council invites residents to join Australia's leading architects as they share their design secrets and take you inside some of the most stunning heritage properties in Sydney's east. The evening will be ...

talks

• Oct. 27, 2011
• 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
• Tusculum, 3 Manning Street, Potts Point
• Free, booking required

'In Conversation' will explore the professional relationship and the friendship that developed between Harry Seidler and Max Dupain; how the two bounced ideas off each other on how to take good architectural photographs by taking advntage of light, angles and ...

talks

• Oct. 27, 2011
• 10 a.m. - noon
• UTS Architecture Warehouse, 50 Kensington St, Chippendale
• Free, no bookings

Why are so few modern heritage places included on the World Heritage List? What is listed internationally? What isn’t?

talks

• Oct. 26, 2011
• 7 p.m. - 8 p.m.
• Randwick - Bowen Library Maroubra
• Free, no bookings

The Castlecrag House is a major alterations and additions project. The clients had a long association with the site as the existing house was built by 'Grandfather'. Particular components of the existing house were retained partly for their capacity to ...

talks

• Oct. 26, 2011
• 12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
• Target Theatre, Powerhouse Museum, 500 Harris St, Ultimo
• Free, no bookings

Craig Allchin, Director Six Degrees and Adjunct Professor of Architecture, UTS will discuss this topic as part of the Powerhouse Museum's Sydney Architecture Festival Talks Program. Craig Allchin is an architect and urban planner. During the 1990s he worked on ...

talks

• Oct. 25, 2011
• 7 p.m. - 8 p.m.
• Kogarah Town Square Library
• Free, no bookings

Our house is a fairly unremarkable freestanding double brick house with tile roof on a modestly sized relatively flat site, located within Marrickville in Sydney. When we purchased it we did all of the usual things, such as ripping up ...

tours

• Oct. 25, 2011
• 6 p.m. - 8 p.m.
• Australian Architecture Association Tours, meet Entrance Customs House
• $20 Ticketed, booking required

Especially for the Sydney Architecture Festival, the Australian Architecture Association is offering their very popular Bar Tour. Take a walk through some of Sydney's best bar interiors including Cafe Sydney, Wine Odyssey, Establishment and the Ivy with our President, Kate ...

talks

• Oct. 25, 2011
• 5:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
• The Royal Australian Historical Society, History House, 133 Macquarie Street, Sydney
• Ticketed, booking required

Speaker Darren Mitchell will look at the importance of Sydney's Anzac Memorial Building in the 20th and 21st Centuries. Introduction: Professor Richard Waterhouse. Visit the 2011 Sydney Architecture Festival website for more events.

talks

• Oct. 25, 2011
• 1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
• Parramatta City Library
• Free, no bookings

NICK SIMITZIS is a graduate from the University of Newcastle and has over 30 years' experience in architecture and the construction industry. He has worked overseas throughout Asia, the South Pacific and Zimbabwe, as Architect and Project Coordinator for an ...

talks

• Oct. 25, 2011
• 1 p.m. - 2 p.m.
• Target Theatre, Powerhouse Museum, 500 Harris St, Ultimo
• Free, no bookings

Hear how the Powerhouse and its neighbourhood are being transformed. Anthony Burke will talk about the changing face of the Ultimo/Broadway precinct - what some have referred to as Sydney's creative crescent as the UTS Master plan, Powerhouse Museum Building ...

talks

• Oct. 25, 2011
• 1 p.m. - 2 p.m.
• Stanton Library North Sydney
• Free, no bookings

Alex Kibble discusses the sustainable benefits of adaptive reuse and the generation of meaningful projects that are responsive to human activity. Case studies will include several North Sydney houses as well as Nutcote; Canberra Glassworks - an award winning adaptive ...

talks

• Oct. 23, 2011
• 11 a.m. - 2 p.m.
• Sandringham Gardens, Hyde Park North
• Free, booking required

Inspired by the inventive building skills of Pacific Island communities, the Happy House building workshop will engage children in being resourceful. During the workshop, led by architect Sam Marshall, kids will learn how to weave materials into a simple structure ...

talks

• Oct. 22, 2011
• 4 p.m. - 5 p.m.
• Sydney College of the Arts Rozelle, Balmain Road, Rozelle
• Free, no bookings

In a one off talk for the 2011 Sydney Architecture Festival, Joe Agius, Cox, John Tuxworth, Green Leaf, Bertram Beissel from AJN and LAVA will discuss the thinking behind their installations. Australian and international architects, engineers and builders have taken ...

exhibitions

• Oct. 22, 2011
• noon - 3:50 p.m.
• Customs House Sydney, 31 Alfred St, Sydney
• Free, no bookings

STREET WORKS is a series of temporary installations that transform under-utilised public spaces into vibrant places. Cities around the world are moving toward installing little interventions that reclaim under-utilised spaces and build creative and engaging places that invite public participation ...

exhibitions

• Oct. 22, 2011 - Oct. 29, 2011
• 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.
• Sydney College of the Arts Rozelle, Balmain Road, Rozelle
• Free, no bookings

WHEN2050 allows visitors to interact with 3D projections of future architectural designs and become immersed in a virtual world of students' visions for sustainable living. This year's MacICT Virtual World project highlights the work of Year 10 students from Dulwich ...

exhibitions

• Oct. 22, 2011 - Oct. 30, 2011
• 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.
• Sydney College of the Arts Rozelle, Balmain Road, Rozelle
• Free, no bookings

The Sydney College of the Arts will host a number of exhibitions during the Sydney Architecture Festival. As well as WHEN2050 and the Emergency Shelter Exhibition, take the opportunity to visit Missing Queen; Where the Grass is Greener and Framing ...

exhibitions

• Oct. 22, 2011 - Oct. 30, 2011
• 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.
• Sydney College of the Arts Rozelle, Balmain Road, Rozelle
• Free, no bookings

Australian and international architects, engineers and builders have taken action, creating an exhibition highlighting the need for emergency shelters in the disaster zones and bringing awareness to the public about the role of the design and construction industry in the ...

exhibitions

• Oct. 21, 2011
• 6 p.m. - 8 p.m.
• Austral Bricks 50 Carrington Street Sydney
• Free, booking required

Following 3 days of discussion exploring architecture and criticism we invite you all to lighten up and celebrate the end of the week with wine and song. Melonie Bayl-Smith on grand piano. There may also be surprising acts by some ...

exhibitions

• Oct. 21, 2011 - Oct. 23, 2011
• 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
• Sydeny Convention Centre, Darling Harbour
• Ticketed, booking required

exhibitions

• Oct. 19, 2011 - Oct. 30, 2011
• 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
• Entrance, Customs House Sydney, 31 Alfred St, Sydney
• Free, no bookings

In day light, experience the shape shifting shadows produced by the installation, by night, it comes alive with more vibrrant colours and glowing effects

exhibitions

• Oct. 21, 2011 - Jan. 31, 2012
• 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
• Sydney
• Free, no bookings

An initiative of the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects (AILA NSW), this is a competition to create temporary installations that transform under-utilised public spaces into vibrant places.

festivals

• April 14, 2012 - April 29, 2012
• NSW, Australia
• Free

Be a part of the 2012 National Trust Heritage Festival: In what will be the 32nd year of the National Trust Heritage Festival, we hope to see another year of fantastic community-hosted events held across metropolitan and regional NSW from ...

festivals

• Oct. 20, 2011 - Nov. 11, 2011
• NSW, Australia
• Free

By registering your event, you ensure that you are a part of this dynamic and exciting Australia-wide celebration of Australia’s built, cultural and natural heritage.

talks

• Nov. 3, 2011
• 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
• NSW Parliament House, Macquarie Street, Sydney
• $20.00

When it comes to creating the urban areas of the future, are architects or engineers better placed to improve the state’s liveability, sustainability and productivity?

competitions and awards

• Oct. 20, 2011 - Feb. 6, 2012
• NSW, Australia
• $65 - $98

The National Trust Heritage Awards offer a unique opportunity to showcase individuals, organisations, government departments and community groups who have completed a project that promotes the conservation of Australia's environmental, built or cultural heritage. Now in its nineteenth year, the ...

talks

• Oct. 21, 2011
• noon - 5 p.m.
• 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art 181-187 Hay Street, Sydney NSW 2000
• FREE. Bookings essential.

A forum that explores ideas, approaches and concerns around public space and public art within the social and historical context of Sydney’s Chinatown.

talks

• Oct. 6, 2011
• 6 p.m.
• BVN level 11 255 Pitt Street (the Hilton Building), Sydney.

There is a catastrophic collision between the most demanding times in one’s architectural career and in one's personal life...

exhibitions

• Dec. 1, 2011 - Feb. 29, 2012
• Pin-up Gallery, Centre for The Applied Arts - 15-25 Keele Street, Collingwood, VIC 3066
• Free

An exciting opportunity for Melbourne-based architects who wish to work in-situ within the gallery over the summer period to produce a body of work in consultation with the Pin-up creative team.

exhibitions

• Nov. 3, 2011 - Nov. 26, 2011
• 11 a.m. - 6 p.m.
• Pin-up Gallery, Centre for The Applied Arts - 15-25 Keele Street, Collingwood, VIC 3066
• Free

Presented by Rijavec Architects, this is an ambitious exhibition that aspires to change the way in which we perceive Australian urbanism.

exhibitions

• Sept. 22, 2011 - Oct. 15, 2011
• 11 a.m. - 6 p.m.
• Pin-up Gallery, Centre for The Applied Arts - 15-25 Keele Street, Collingwood, VIC 3066
• Free

Pin-up welcomes Warren Taylor of The Narrows as curator for Graphic Architecture. The exhibition features local and international contributions of resonant printed material connected to the field of architecture. Curated as a series of 'clusters', the collection reveals key moments ...

talks

• Oct. 12, 2011
• 4:30 p.m.
• Wilkinson Building, 148 City Road, The University of Sydney
• Free, RSVP essential

Whether your passion lies in design, development or business (or all of the above) the web represents an enormous career opportunity. Web Futures brings together world leaders in the web, to help you understand the technologies and trends shaping the ...

talks

• Oct. 6, 2011
• 5 p.m.
• ALT3, Wilkinson Building, 148 City Road, The University of Sydney
• Free

The Faculty of Architecture, Design and Planning offers the opportunity to pursue research degrees, both MPhil and PhD in four disciplines: Architecture and Allied Arts Architectural and Design Science Design Lab Urban and Regional Planning and Policy In this information ...

talks

• Nov. 3, 2011
• 6:30 p.m.
• Eastern Avenue Lecture Theatre, The University of Sydney
• Free

Some Architects are trying to break through biomimetics and hope to employ biological systems and processes for architectural ends. This talk will look at some of these attempts and highlight some of the inspirations for such an approach, using the ...

talks

• Oct. 27, 2011
• 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
• The Hearth, University of Sydney, 148 City Road, University of Sydney
• Free, booking required

Thomas Bailey studied architecture in Tasmania and Sweden. He is a founding member of Hobart/Melbourne based Room11 Architects; an energetic practice that indulges in collaboration with artists and other interesting people while also consuming and producing more recognizable architectural fodder. ...

talks

• Oct. 24, 2011
• 7 p.m. - 9 p.m.
• New Law School Lecture Theatre 101, The University of Sydney
• Free, no bookings

The Faculty of Architecture, Design and Planning in collaboration with Instituto Cervantes is proud to present the 2011 Wilkinson Lecture, "Architecture is Rendered Society" by Spanish Architect Andrés Jaque, held as part of the 2011 Sydney Architecture Festival in the ...

talks

• Oct. 18, 2011
• 6:30 p.m.
• ALT1, Wilkinson Building, 148 City Road, The University of Sydney
• Free

The built environment is one of the largest contributors to GHG emissions. More than 60% of the buildings that will exist in 2050 already exist today. As such the Government Architects Office has been undertaking sustainable regeneration projects for some ...

exhibitions

• Nov. 9, 2011
• 6 p.m. - 11 p.m.
• Sydney Town Hall
• from $35.00 plus booking fee

A spectacular evening of entertainment to celebrate the 120th anniversary of TAFE NSW —Sydney Institute and the extraordinary talent that is shaping Australia's creative industries. Amazing multimedia, floristry, fashion design, theatre and costume parades, photography and live music. Plus, guest ...

exhibitions

• Oct. 4, 2011 - Oct. 16, 2011
• 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
• Ultimo TAFE
• Free

Your chance to view the top 45 entries from over 120 applicants to the Multimedia Competition which is a celebration of Sydney Institute's 120 year anniversary.

talks

• Oct. 21, 2011
• 6 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
• The Mint, Macquarie Street, Sydney

2011 marks the 60th year since Byera Hadley bequeathed money from his Estate, to be administered by the NSW Architects Registration Board, to enable winners to undertake a course of study, research or other activity approved by the Board as ...

tours

• Sept. 28, 2011
• 6:30 p.m. - 10 p.m.
• 302 Crown Street Darlinghurst
• Free

Following the great success of our last three small bar tours, join DARCH once again for an evening of drinks and design as we return to visit three of the newest and hippest small bars in Darlinghurst. Small bars are ...

exhibitions

• Sept. 6, 2011 - Oct. 2, 2011
• 11 a.m. - 6 p.m.
• James Dorahy Project Space, Suite 4, L1, 111 Macleay St, Potts Point 2011
• Free

Saad’s artistic project questions whether decoration is supplementary or integral to design. Saad singles out the elements that are often overlooked, absorbed into the architecture and rarely distinguished by colour.

talks

• Oct. 12, 2011
• 6 p.m. - 7 p.m.
• Newtown Library, 8-10 Brown Street, Newtown, 2042
• Free. Bookings essential.

What if…empty spaces were given to the community to transform into positive public space? This talk unpacks this idea, takes it out of the art world and into the real world.

talks

• Sept. 23, 2011
• 8 p.m. - 9 p.m.
• 31 Alfred Street, Circular Quay
• Free, Bookings essential

The way we consume information is rapidly changing, so how does the public library continue to be relevant in the modern world?

talks

• Sept. 24, 2011
• 2 p.m. - 3 p.m.
• 405 Crown Street, Surry Hills (Surry Hills Library)
• Free for Library & AIA members / $10 for non-members

A look at the example of the ‘Boy in the Bubble’ from the 1970s and, from around the same time, the obsession with inflatable bubble environments amongst architects and activists.

talks

• Oct. 15, 2011
• 1 p.m. - 4 p.m.
• History House, 133 Macquarie St, Sydney
• $15.00 per person inc. afternoon tea

Digital technology has revolutionised the way that historians can research land. It is now possible to find cadastral information online for any piece of land in NSW, and to trace its ownership, at least under Torrens Title, via the web. ...

talks

• Sept. 27, 2011
• 5:30 p.m.
• History House, 133 Macquarie St, Sydney
• $8.00 Includes light refreshments on arrival.

This is the first joint meeting of ASHET and the RAHS with Materials Australia, a society that specialises in the technology of materials used in engineering, including metals, plastics and timber. Timber has long been one of Australia's most important ...

continuing professional development

• Sept. 22, 2011
• 3 p.m. - 7 p.m.
• University of Sydney, Camperdown campus
• Free

At GO you can talk, listen, read, and take home all the information you’ll need to make your decision about postgraduate study at the University of Sydney.

exhibitions

• Oct. 24, 2011 - Oct. 29, 2011
• 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
• 60 Hutchinson St, St Peters. NSW. 2204
• Free

Sketching The Gamut will include: a one week exhibition (during October, beginning the week of the 24th), a bicycle tour of The Sydney Green Ring (over two days and in four stages of the Sydney Green Ring will be held ...

competitions and awards

• Sept. 5, 2011
• 5 p.m.
• 60 Hutchinson St, St Peters. NSW. 2204
• Free

ARTcycle Inc. ATVP and INDEX. are currently seeking proposals for artworks to be included in a one week exhibition in October at INDEX. Art Space. Ends TODAY!

talks

• Sept. 7, 2011
• 6:30 p.m.
• 702-730 Harris St, Broadway NSW 2007
• Free

competitions and awards

• Aug. 1, 2011 - Oct. 7, 2011
• 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.
• Level 6, 163 Eastern Road, South Melbourne VIC 3205
• First entry $100 then $50 per subsequent entry. Students $50 per entry.

Entries are now open to all architects, built environment design professionals and students, and a $3000 cash prize is offered. Entries are accepted until 7 October 2011.

talks

• Sept. 14, 2011
• 6 p.m. - 8 p.m.
• Austral Bricks Showroom 1/50 Carington Street, (opposite Wynyrd Station) Sydney, Australia
• Free

An invitation to join Brendan Muray (JPW) Jason Anderson (Dulux) and Jacqui Connor (Darch) for drinks, slides, stories from abroad and the inside word on applications for 2012.

continuing professional development

• Oct. 18, 2011
• 6 p.m. - 9 p.m.
• 61-63 O'Riordan Street, Alexandria, 2015 NSW
• Free

An in depth perspective on how Concrete Polishing works, Environmental benefits, Specification and Design ideas for Floors, Bench tops, Vanities, Fireplaces etc. Concrete By Design is a pre-eminent polish concrete company with offices in Sydneyand Brisbane as well as contracts ...

talks

• Sept. 22, 2011
• 6 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
• 61-63 O'Riordan Street, ALexandria 2015 NSW
• Free

"Current trends in landscaping" - by Adrian Swain from EcoDesign Refreshments will be served.

continuing professional development

• Oct. 13, 2011
• 6 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
• Bay 2, Eveleigh Locomotive Workshop, Locomotive Stree (off Garden Street), Alexandria 2015
• $50.00

Hear two creative minds, in conversation on what forged iron and what conceptually designed architectural metalwork brings to the built environment.

talks

• Sept. 14, 2011
• 6:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
• 61-63 O'Riordan Street, Alexandria, 2015 NSW
• Free

Hosted By: Inhouse Group3 & Shoesystems 14 Sep 2011 6:30 PM - 9:00 PMDoors open 14 Sep 2011 6:00 PM Home Ideas Centre 61-63 O'Riordan Centre, Alexandria , 2015 Region: Sydney - MetroType: Seminar, Workshop Maximum attendees: 120 This event ...

talks

• Nov. 9, 2011
• 7:15 a.m. - 11 a.m.
• 69 O'Riordan Street, Alexandria 2015
• Non-Members $90

Hosted By: NSW Business Chamber09 November 2011 7:30 AM - 11:00 AMDoors open 7:15 AM Location: Tables, Chairs and Workstations, Showroom 24, Level 1, 69 O'Riordan Street Alexandria, 2015 Region: Sydney - Metro Type: Seminar, Networking Maximum attendees: 120 This ...

exhibitions

• Oct. 7, 2011
• 8:30 a.m. - 9 p.m.
• Fraser Studios, 10-14 Kensington Street, Chippendale
• Free

This exhibition aims to create a collaboration between architecture students and architecture professionals as a way of building relationships and forming a creative discourse.

walks

• Oct. 18, 2011
• 9:30 a.m.
• North Sydney
• $36 members $40 non-members. Cost includes private tour and morning tea

This fascinating morning tour for National Trust members and friends features the Wharf area of the former Quarantine Station on Sydney’s North Head.

tours

• Oct. 15, 2011
• 1:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
• Newtown
• $30 includes afternoon tea

Newtown Tour Saturday 15 October at 1:30pm. Meet at St Stephens Anglican Church, 189 Church Street, Newtown at 1.30pm. St Stephen's Anglican Church (1849) is a landmark Newtown building. Its picturesque church grounds include a historic cemetery which is a ...

walks

• Sept. 15, 2011
• 9:40 a.m.
• Manly
• $40 NT members, $44 non-members

An interesting guided walk of Manly by National Trust of Australia, which will give you an insight into significant historical events and people since British settlement in 1788.

talks

• Sept. 1, 2011
• 6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
• Tusculum, 3 Manning St Potts Point NSW
• A+ and SONA members $15.00, Institute members $30.00, Student non-members $25.00, Non-members: $65.

Arie van der Neut, Director of The Netherlands’ 2010 Architecture Firm of the Year HDVN Architects, will visit Sydney for a talk at Tusculum, TODAY, Don't miss it!!

talks

• Aug. 31, 2011
• 6:30 p.m. - 7:45 p.m.
• Sydney Town Hall, 483 George Street, Sydney, 2000
• Free, no bookings

Bold ideas and good governance are helping us improve the city’s economy, environment and culture – that’s the essence of our Sustainable Sydney 2030 plan. Hear the Lord Mayor explain.

talks

• Aug. 24, 2011
• 6:30 p.m.
• 702-730 Harris St, Broadway 2007
• Free

Sam Jacoby will be presenting the following lecture: TYPOLOGY REDUX Why does typology still matter today? The concept of type and typology is unavoidable to the discipline of architecture, but latest since the 1980s reduced to easily consumable iconographies. The ...

exhibitions

• Aug. 4, 2011 - Sept. 3, 2011
• 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
• 245 Wilson Street, Eveleigh NSW 2015
• Free

Selected artists have been asked to create works addressed to the Mayors of San Francisco and Sydney that propose visionary solutions to making each city more humane, green and livable.

exhibitions

• Sept. 1, 2011 - Sept. 3, 2011
• 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
• Entrance, Customs House Sydney, 1 Alfred St, Sydney
• Free, no bookings

The Exhibition, which will feature built versions of designs by well-known Australian, Japanese and French architects will also raise funds to donate to the Tohoku Great Earthquake affected areas.

tours

• Oct. 30, 2011
• 9:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
• The Rocks
• Adults from $80. Bring your own bike or use one of ours

An insiders tour of Sydney with a two-wheeled,architectural twist! Inspired by the structured looseness (or organised chaos) of the Situationist International and the vision of our gutsy Lord Mayor (bicycle lanes - wowo!) our two-wheeled convoy will meander along Sydney's ...

exhibitions

• Oct. 30, 2011
• 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
• UTS Architecture Warehouse, 50 Kensington St, Chippendale
• Free, no bookings

Studio warehouse Open Day - 50 Kensington St, Chippendale The UTS Architecture Warehouse space at 50 Kensington St will be open to the public, with instructors on hand to discuss the work, and new forms of material and manufacturing in ...

walks

• Oct. 29, 2011
• 6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
• Meet at the entrance to Customs House, Circular Quay
• $30. Students/Seniors $15.

An insightful look at some of Sydney's most important buildings such as the iconic Australia Square designed by architects Harry Seidler & Associates and completed in 1970 which has maintained its aesthetic appeal. This tour also looks at buildings that ...

walks

• Oct. 29, 2011
• 10:30 a.m. - 1 p.m.
• Meet at the Museum of Sydney. cnr Bridge and Phillip Streets, Sydney
• Adults $35, Concession $25. Ticket includes free entry in the Museum of Sydney

'Utzon' is at once an in-depth and textured portrait of enigmatic Danish architect Jørn Utzon, as well as the story of the 20th centuries most ambitious architectural project. Discussing the sources of the young architect's deepest inspiration, his working methods ...

talks

• Oct. 21, 2011
• 7 p.m. - 10 p.m.
• The Mint, Macquarie Street, Sydney
• Free, booking required

2011 marks the 60th year since Byera Hadley bequeathed money from his Estate, to be administered by the New South Wales Architects Registration Board to enable winners to undertake a course of study, research or activity approved by the Board ...

tours

• Aug. 27, 2011
• 9:30 a.m. - 4 p.m.
• University of Sydney, Camperdown and Darlington campuses
• Free

Turn a digital design into 3D models at the push of a button at the University of Sydney’s Open Day on August 27.

talks

• Oct. 29, 2011
• 2 p.m. - 3 p.m.
• Surry Hills Library & Community Centre, 405 Crown Street, Surry Hills
• Free for Library and AIA Members & $10 for Non-Members

Come and listen to the internationally exhibiting artist and architect, Professor Richard Goodwin.

talks

• Oct. 28, 2011
• 12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
• UNSW City Campus, Level 6, 1 O'Connell Street, Sydney
• Free, booking required

This talk draws on research investigating models of collaboration in the making of public art that go well beyond familiar binaries such as artist-architect, artist-community, artist-cultural planner, artist-curator. It will identify and analyse a much richer network of relationships within ...

tours

• Oct. 28, 2011
• 11:30 a.m. - 2 p.m.
• Sydney, NSW 2000
• $10, booking required

Join the Inner West Architects Network on their Spring Houses Tour which will include projects from Sam Crawford, Tom Ferguson and Carter Williamson.

tours

• Oct. 21, 2011
• 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
• Sydney, NSW 2000
• Free, booking required

Ever wondered what an architect's office looks like, or how architectural concepts are conceived? The Sydney Architecture Festival provides an opportunity to visit architects' studios and find out how the design process actually works. You will have an opportunity to ...

talks

• Oct. 27, 2011
• 6:30 p.m. - 8 p.m.
• Goethe-Institut, 90 Ocean St, Woollahra, Sydney
• Free, RSVP by 25 October

Why are so few modern heritage places included on the World Heritage List? What is listed internationally? What isn’t?

talks

• Oct. 27, 2011
• 1 p.m. - 2 p.m.
• Level 1, Stanton Library, 234 Miller Street North Sydney
• Free, no bookings

The English-born and trained architect Edward Jeaffreson Jackson (1862-1952) claimed to have introduced the now ubiquitous red terracotta roof tile to Sydney. He made an important contribution to the development of Australia's "Federation-style" architecture as exponent of English-Revivalism in the ...

talks

• Oct. 27, 2011
• 12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
• UNSW City Campus, Level 6, 1 O'Connell Street, Sydney
• Free, booking required

Using current models of urban consolidation and their purported efficiency of energy use, Harry Margalit will outline some relationship between energy policy and urban form. The presentation sketches the orders of magnitude of urban energy requirements, and their necessary infrastructure, ...

tours

• Oct. 26, 2011
• 8 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
• 36 Terminus Street, Petersham
• Free, booking required

Imagine peeling back paint and wallpaper from a water damaged wall and seeing a face staring back ... When the owner of 36 Terminus Street Petersham set about the necessary repairs to the property, little did they know that beneath ...

exhibitions

• Oct. 26, 2011
• 7 p.m. - 10 p.m.
• Carriageworks, 245 Eveleigh Street, Sydney
• Free, booking required

The hugely successful Expanded Architecture is back for the 2011 Festival! This one night only exhibition in the inspirational foyer space of Carriage Works, Sydney will take place on Wednesday 26 October and feature collaborative, site-specific moving image projects and ...

exhibitions

• Aug. 19, 2011 - Sept. 3, 2011
• 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
• Tin Sheds Gallery, 148 City Road, Faculty of Architecture, Design and Planning, The University of Sydney NSW 2006

Sue transforms the Tin Sheds Gallery exhibition space into a confluence of sound, sites, cultures, memories and layered histories, using architectural forms and videos.

exhibitions

• Aug. 10, 2011 - Aug. 20, 2011
• noon
• 2 Danks Street, Waterloo, Sydney, NSW, 2017

Joseph Albers was a German born, American artist, influential teacher, writer, painter, color theorist and pioneer of twentieth-century modernism.

continuing professional development

• Sept. 27, 2011
• 6 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
• 51A Hume St, Crows Nest 2065 NSW
• Free

Specifying Sustainable Paints - Using Coatings to Increase Building Energy Efficiency and Improve Indoor Air Quality Presenters Names:Colour Designer and Colour Therapist -Jacquelene SymondDirector of GreenPainters - Warren Jack This is a two part presenation from which 1 formal CPD ...

talks

• Aug. 10, 2011
• 6:30 p.m.
• Level 5 Architecture Studios – Faculty of DAB (Building 6), 702 – 730 Harris St, Broadway 2007
• Free

UTS Architecture Public Lecture: Cultural Building's Genealogy of Originality: The Individual, the Unique and the Singular. By Dr Pavlos Philippou Dr Pavlos Philippou will be presenting the public lecture: Cultural Building's Genealogy of Originality: The Individual, the Unique and the ...

talks

• Sept. 19, 2011
• 6 p.m. - 8 p.m.
• Surry Hills Library and Community Centre, 405 Crown Street, Surry Hills NSW 2017
• Free, bookings essential

This workshop is delivered with leading industry experts providing information, resources and practical tools to create a more sustainable City.

talks

• Aug. 15, 2011
• 6 p.m. - 8 p.m.
• Surry Hills Library and Community Centre, 405 Crown St, Surry Hills
• Free, bookings essential

Want to go solar but not sure how or where to start? Come and find out at this FREE City of Sydney workshop.

tours

• Oct. 26, 2011
• 6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
• Egyptian Room, Royal Arch Masonic Temple, 23-25 New Canterbury Road, Petersham
• $7 (+$10 for booklet on the frieze - optional)

Uncover the Scrolls of Ani, originally found at Thebes in 1888 and written 3,400 years ago, in the elaborate friezes of the Egyptian Room of the Royal Arch Masonic Temple in Petersham. This little known treasure originally formed part of ...

talks

• Oct. 26, 2011
• 6:30 p.m. - 8 p.m.
• Cervantes Institute, 22-24 City Road, Chippendale
• Free, booking required

Marinel Dator and Katie Yeung describe their winning scheme for the Barcelona 2011 ideas competition. The competition brief brazenly asked for the insertion of a one hundred metre, zero-ecological impact tower within the historical Gothic quarter of Barcelona. The desiner's ...

talks

• Oct. 26, 2011
• 6 p.m. - 8 p.m.
• Sydney College of the Arts, Rozelle Campus, Balmain Road, Rozelle
• Free, booking required

Director of the Museum of Contemporary Art Elizabeth Ann Macgregor and architect Sam Marshall from Architect Marshall discuss the extension and renovation of the Museum of Contemporary Art which is currently underway. They will explore the planning process, previous attempts ...

walks

• Oct. 26, 2011
• 6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
• Meet at the entrance to Customs House, Circular Quay
• $30. Students/Seniors $15.

Look at some of Sydney's most important buildings from well known architect Harry Seidler's iconic Australia Square tower to the British architect Sir Norman Foster's Deutsche Bank in the evening light of summer. Hear about how Sydney's central business district ...

talks

• Oct. 26, 2011
• 12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
• UNSW City Campus, Level 6, 1 O'Connell Street, Sydney
• Free, booking required

In critical discourse on architecture in Sydney, the issue of the viewing angle - the positions and angles from which to look at and appreciate city buildings - is a key concern. From the introduction of 'American Romanesque' style buildings ...

walks

• Oct. 26, 2011
• 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
• Meet at the Museum of Sydney. cnr Bridge and Phillip Streets, Sydney
• Adults $35, Concession $25. Ticket includes free entry in the Museum of Sydney

This walking tour trespasses joyfully across disciplines and genres, seeking out the architecture and public art that materialises contemporary conditions and attitudes; projects that respond to the culture, history and environment of Sydney and not just imported formulaic codes. As ...

talks

• Oct. 25, 2011
• 6:30 p.m. - 8 p.m.
• Cervantes Institute, 22-24 City Road, Chippendale
• Free, booking required

A new approach to the complexities of the contemporary city through interventions in public spaces.

talks

• Oct. 25, 2011
• 6 p.m. - 8 p.m.
• State Library of New South Wales, Macquarie Street, Sydney
• Free, booking required

A discussion of the stories behind the design and realisation of some of Sydneys’ most iconic shopping centres.

tours

• Oct. 22, 2011
• 11 a.m.
• The Royal Australian Historical Society, History House, 133 Macquarie Street, Sydney
• Ticketed, booking required

Join us for a one off opportunity to tour Milton Terrace, Millers Point. Members of the Royal Australian Historical Society will lead this exciting tour as a follow on to that talk presented by Hector Abrahams on Tuesday 11 October. ...

talks

• Oct. 25, 2011
• 6 p.m. - 8 p.m.
• Kogarah Town Square Library & Cultural Centre, Kogarah Town Square, Belgrave Street, Kogarah, N.S.W., 2217
• Free, no bookings

As part of Architecture on Show for the 2011 Sydney Architecture Festival, architects Adrian Ball and Anthony Nolan will look at the issue of Sustainable Housing. Visit the 2011 Sydney Architecture Festival website for more events.

talks

• Oct. 25, 2011
• 12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
• UNSW City Campus, Level 6, 1 O'Connell Street, Sydney
• Free, booking required

A key purpose of current university education is preparing students to take a leading role in the adoption of new digital technologies, while contributing in a constructive way within a project team to address particular client requirements. In this talk, ...

talks

• Oct. 24, 2011
• 6 p.m. - 8 p.m.
• Alliance Francaise, 257 Clarence Street, Sydney
• Free, booking required

Thanks to a Byera Hadley Scholarship, Tim Williams went to investigate the outcomes of the the Grand Paris Consultation.

talks

• Oct. 24, 2011
• 12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
• UNSW City Campus, Level 6, 1 O'Connell Street, Sydney
• Free, booking required

Dr Peter Kohane will consider the works of Joern Utzon, Richard Leplastrier, Edmond and Corrigan and Ashton Ragatt and McDougall (ARM). Dr Peter Kohane teaches architectural history and design in the Program of Architecture at the University of New South ...

tours

• Oct. 23, 2011
• 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
• The Mint, Macquarie Street, Sydney
• General - $35, Concession: $30, Bookings essential

Brickmaking began in Sydney in 1788 and since that time bricks have been one of the basic building blocks of Sydney. The tour will begin with an illustrated lecture by David Mcbeath exploring the craft and history of brickmaking in ...

tours

• Oct. 23, 2011
• 9:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
• See web site for details
• Adults from $80. Bring your own bike or use one of ours

An insiders tour of Sydney with a two -wheeled architectural twist. Inspired by the structured looseness (or organised chaos) of the Situationist International and the vision of our guts Lord Mayor (bicycle lanes - wowo!) our two wheeled convoy will ...

talks

• Oct. 22, 2011
• 2 p.m. - 5 p.m.
• Utzon Room, Sydney Opera House, Macquarie St, Sydney
• Free, booking required

Penrith City Council, in partnership with Landcom, Penrith Panthers and C3West partners Penrith Performing & Visual Arts and the Museum of Contemporary Art have commissioned internationally renowned French art and urban design collective Campement Urbain to engage Penrith City communities ...

talks

• Oct. 22, 2011
• 9:15 a.m. - 4 p.m.
• Q Theatre, Joan Sutherland, Performing Arts Centre, 597 High Street, Penrith
• Free, booking required

Celebrate the stories behind the buildings in Penrith through a series of talks & bus tours to Hadley Park and Castlereagh Methodist Church.

tours

• Oct. 22, 2011
• 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m.
• Sydney College of the Arts Rozelle, Balmain Rd, Rozelle
• Free, booking required

In 1873, the NSW Colonial Government bought the 104.5 acre Callan Park Estate as a site for a new lunatic asylym to be designed according to the enlightened views of the American physician and advocate for the mental ill, Dr ...

tours

• Oct. 22, 2011
• 10:30 a.m. - noon
• University of Western Sydney, Parramatta Campus
• Free, booking required

The Female Orphan School precinct is of outstanding cultural and historical significance. As the first purpose built orphan school in the colony, it is a milestone in the establishment of Australian social welfare and education policies. The original buildings, constructed ...

walks

• Oct. 22, 2011
• 10:30 a.m. - 1 p.m.
• Meet at the Museum of Sydney. cnr Bridge and Phillip Streets, Sydney
• Adults $35, Concession $25. Ticket includes free entry in the Museum of Sydney

'Utzon' is at once an in-depth and textured portrait of enigmatic Danish architect Jørn Utzon, as well as the story of the 20th centuries most ambitious architectural project. Discussing the sources of the young architect's deepest inspiration, his working methods ...

walks

• Oct. 22, 2011
• 10 a.m. - noon
• Meet at the entrance to Customs House, Circular Quay
• Ticketed, booking required, $30. Students/Seniors $15.

An insightful look at some of Sydney's most important buildings such as the iconic Australia Square designed by architects Harry Seidler & Associates and completed in 1970 which has maintained its aesthetic appeal. This tour also looks at buildings that ...

exhibitions

• Oct. 19, 2011 - Nov. 2, 2011
• 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
• Barrack Street, Sydney
• Free, no bookings

"STREET WORKS is a competition to explore the possibilities of free and creative uses of public space. An initiative of the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects (AILA) NSW, STREET WORKS invites you to re-imagine underutilised spaces in the City of ...

exhibitions

• Oct. 22, 2011
• 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
• Barrack Street, Sydney
• Free, no bookings

"STREET WORKS is a competition to explore the possibilities of free and creative uses of public space. An initiative of the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects (AILA) NSW, STREET WORKS invites you to re-imagine underutilised spaces in the City of ...

talks

• Oct. 21, 2011 - Oct. 22, 2011
• Museum of Sydney, Corner Phillip & Bridge Streets, Sydney
• Ticketed, booking required

Join leading experts and commentators to explore the architecture and design of Australia's 1950s and 60s houses. We will discuss the emergence of the modern Australian house, interior design and icons of the period and the challenges and opportunities posed ...

talks

• Oct. 20, 2011
• 6:30 p.m. - 8 p.m.
• 90 Ocean Street, Woollahra, NSW 2025
• Free, booking required, RSVP by 18 October

Australia is facing a massive housing affordability crisis. Close to half a million low income families were said to be in "housing stress". Australia currently has a housing stock deficit estimated to be in excess of 180,000. This number is ...

exhibitions

• Oct. 20, 2011
• 5 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
• Penrith Regional Gallery & The Lewers Bequest, 86 River Road, Emu Plains
• By Invitation Only

A preview of Campement Urbain The Future of Penrith/Penrith of the Future will be held at Penrith Regional Gallery & Lewers Bequest. Visit the 2011 Sydney Architecture Festival website for more events.

talks

• Oct. 20, 2011
• 1 p.m. - 2 p.m.
• Level 1, Stanton Library, 234 Miller Street North Sydney
• Free, no bookings

North Sydney Olympic Pool was one of the most technically advanced and stylish municipal pools when it opened in 1936. It hosted the water events of the 1938 Empire Games and was the venue for an extraordinary 86 world record ...

exhibitions

• Oct. 19, 2011 - Oct. 30, 2011
• 1 p.m. - 4 p.m.
• Don Bank Museum, 6 Napier Street, North Sydney
• Free, no bookings

Seeing the Lights is a contemporary pictorial record of the historic churches in the North Sydney area by photographer Tony Peri. Built in the 19th and 20th Centuries, these churches reflect several different architectural styles. They still occupy an important ...

talks

• Oct. 19, 2011
• 6:30 p.m. - 8 p.m.
• Keith Burrows Lecture Theatre, UNSW, Anzac Parade, Kensington
• Free, booking required

Glenn Murcutt AO, Professor UNSW Built Environment talks to Alan Saunders, ABC Radio For more information click here. Visit the 2011 Sydney Architecture Festival website for more events

exhibitions

• Oct. 19, 2011 - Oct. 20, 2011
• 6 p.m. - 8 p.m.
• Ground Floor, Customs House, 1 Alfred St, Sydney
• Free, no bookings

The winners of the 2011 Open Agenda Research Architecture competition will be on exhibition at Customs House as part of the launch of the Sydney Architecture Festival. Open Agenda is an annual competition aimed at supporting a new generation of ...

exhibitions

• Oct. 19, 2011 - Oct. 30, 2011
• 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
• Entrance, Customs House Sydney, 1 Alfred St, Sydney
• Free, no bookings

As part of his travelling after having received a Byera Hadley Travelling Scholarship, Marcus Trimble's Exhibition "Monolithic" will feature drawings, plaster models and large scale photographs of the monolithic structures he visited in 2010. Included will be The Luxor Pyramid, ...

exhibitions

• Oct. 19, 2011 - Oct. 28, 2011
• 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
• Tusculum, 3 Manning Street, Potts Point
• Free, no bookings

In 1989, Dupain gave the RAIA over 1,000 photographs of Australian architecture covering a period of more than 50 years. Some of those photographs are now exhibited here for the very first time.

exhibitions

• Oct. 19, 2011 - Oct. 29, 2011
• 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
• Entrance, Customs House Sydney, 1 Alfred St, Sydney
• Free, no bookings

The NSW Students and Graduate Awards will be featured at Customs House during the Sydney Architecture Festival. A video display of the student works will be shown during the 10 day celebration of architecture. The Awards include the highly coveted ...

exhibitions

• Oct. 19, 2011 - Oct. 30, 2011
• 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
• UNSW Built Environment Red Centre Gallery, Gate 9, High Street, Kensington NSW
• Free, no bookings

See all the creative ideas to form places for people, as well as promote dialogue as to the city we wish to inhabit.

talks

• Oct. 13, 2011
• 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
• UTS Architecture Warehouse, 50 Kensington St, Chippendale
• Free, Bookings essential, limited numbers

For this edition of AA Roundtable, several professionals debate whether the way forward is to become greater risk-makers in face of increasing rules and regulations.

exhibitions

• Oct. 19, 2011 - Oct. 28, 2011
• 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
• 90 Ocean Street, Woollahra, NSW 2025
• Free, no bookings

Six housing estates of Berlin Modernism (1913-1934) are to be listed on the UNESCO World Heritage List.

exhibitions

• Oct. 19, 2011 - Oct. 28, 2011
• 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
• 90 Ocean Street, Woollahra, NSW 2025
• Free, no bookings

Bruno Taut is one of the most eminent architects of German Modernism. On the occasion of his 125th birthday, the Berlin Werkbund dedicated this exhibition of his projects to him. Bruno Taut's residential settlements in Berlin set architectural and urban ...

exhibitions

• Aug. 1, 2011 - Aug. 15, 2011
• noon - 5 p.m.
• 60 Hutchinson St Sydney
• FREE

ARTcycle Inc. ATVP and INDEX. are currently seeking proposals for artworks to be included in a one week exhibition in October at INDEX. Art Space. 'The Gamut', is an art project that will involve drawing upon the face of the ...

competitions and awards

• July 22, 2011 - Oct. 1, 2011
• PO Box 154, St Leonards, NSW 1590

View all entries into the 2011 Australian Timber Design Awards and cast your vote! Online voting now open!

festivals

• Oct. 20, 2011 - Oct. 31, 2011
• Sydney
• Varies

Architecture comes alive for the annual Sydney Architecture Festival! Mark the dates in your diary!

talks

• Aug. 4, 2011
• 4 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
• Auditorium, Building 21, Sydney College of the Arts, Balmain Road Rozelle (enter opposite Cecily Street)
• FREE

A panel discussion exploring the relevance of the Bauhaus principals (1919 to 1933), to art, architecture and design in contemporary life.

talks

• Aug. 11, 2011
• 6 p.m. - 8 p.m.
• COFA lecture theatre: EGO2 Cnr Oxford Street and Greens Road Paddington, NSW
• FREE

In this panel discussion, design practitioners and professionals discuss the role of design in a global environment facing potentially catastrophic challenges. Are designers and design adding to the problem or part of the solution? This series of talks asks you ...

talks

• Aug. 4, 2011
• 6 p.m. - 8 p.m.
• COFA lecture theatre: EGO2 Cnr Oxford Street and Greens Road Paddington, NSW
• FREE

In this panel discussion, design practitioners and professionals discuss the role of design in a global environment facing potentially catastrophic challenges. Are designers and design adding to the problem or part of the solution? This series of talks asks you ...

talks

• Aug. 1, 2011
• 6 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
• 3 Manning St, Potts Point
• FREE

All projects within the built environment are the result of collaboration between a number of parties including clients, developers, builders, planners and consultants.To celebrate the launch of the Collaborative Achievement in the Built Environment Awards, DARCH invites you to a ...

festivals

• Sept. 26, 2011 - Oct. 8, 2011
• 6 a.m. - noon
• 245 wilson Street, Everleigh, NSW
• FREE

Children will get the chance to be the creators of their very own city at The Sydney Children's Festival 2011.

competitions and awards

• July 22, 2011 - Aug. 26, 2011
• Sydney
• FREE

STREET WORKS is a competition to create temporary installations that transform under-utilised public spaces into vibrant places. An initiative of the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects (AILA) NSW, STREET WORKS invites you to re-imagine spaces in the City of Sydney ...

talks

• July 30, 2011
• 2 p.m. - 3 p.m.
• Surry Hills Library, 405 Crown Street Surry Hills 2010
• Free for Library & AIA members, $10 for non-members

James Stockwell, winner of the 2008 Wilkinson Award for the Residential Buildings and 2009 National Architecture Award, will present a lesson on architecture.

talks

• Aug. 30, 2011
• 6:30 p.m.
• Tusculum, 3 Manning Street, Potts Point
• Free

Australian Institute of ArchitectsTuesday Night TalksWinter 11 SPEAKERS: David Welsh + Chris Major Welsh and Major, Greenway award winners in 2009 have to date produced a series of elegant, smaller scale works that compress space and sculpt light. Enriched by ...

talks

• Aug. 23, 2011
• 6:30 p.m.
• Tusculum, 3 Manning Street, Potts Point
• Free

Australian Institute of ArchitectsTuesday Night TalksWinter 11 INTRODUCTION: TBA The 2011 NSW Architecture Awards presentation from the Wilkinson and Sulman Award winners.

talks

• Aug. 16, 2011
• 6:30 p.m.
• Tusculum, 3 Manning Street, Potts Point
• Free

Australian Institute of ArchitectsTuesday Night TalksWinter 11 INTRODUCTION: Philip ThalisSPEAKERS: David Stevenson and Thierry Lacoste, Michael Zanardo and Shaun Carter, Tom Rivard The architectural competition as a procurement tool has justifiably fallen into disrespect in Australia of late. However, looking ...

talks

• Aug. 9, 2011
• 6:30 p.m.
• Tusculum, 3 Manning Street, Potts Point
• Free

Australian Institute of ArchitectsTuesday Night TalksWinter 11 INTRODUCTION: Emeritus Professor Warren JulianSPEAKER: Kit CuttleHow do humans really perceive light and spaces? Kit Cuttle proposes a fundamental rethink of how lighting should be assessed and designed so that human response, visual ...

talks

• Aug. 2, 2011
• 6:30 p.m.
• Tusculum, 3 Manning Street, Potts Point
• Free

Australian Institute of ArchitectsTuesday Night TalksWinter 11 INTRODUCTION: Michael Chapman, Program Coordinator B.Design (Architecture), University of NewcastleSPEAKERS: Lee Stickells, Senior Lecturer in Architecture and Urban Design, USyd and Tarsha Finney, Senior Lecturer Architecture and Urbanism, UTS The first in a ...

talks

• July 26, 2011
• 6:30 p.m.
• Tusculum, 3 Manning Street, Potts Point
• Free

Australian Institute of ArchitectsTuesday Night TalksWinter 11 INTRODUCTION: Kieran McinerneySPEAKER: Chris HaughtonTwo warehouse conversion projects at very different scales, one residential and one commercial. Haughton Design will present their redevelopment of the former HPM factory to create a fashion school, ...

tours

• Sept. 18, 2011
• 9:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
• 30 Harrington Street, The Rocks
• General $90, Concession $80

Projects on the tour include recent works by PTW, Seidler Associates, Rod Simpson, TZG, JPW, Smart Design, BVN, Mac Interactive, Engelen Moore, 6 Degrees, Dom Alvaro, Neeson Murcutt and FJMT.

tours

• Aug. 21, 2011
• 9:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
• 30 Harrington Street, The Rocks
• General $90, Concession $80

The Situationalist International drifted through the city randomly, deliberately disrupting familiar ways of experiencing the city; organised spontaneity. 'Dérivistes or 'drifters' seek to experience bizarre encounters in unfamiliar places and left-over city spaces. We will explore Sydney tangentially, beginning with ...

tours

• Sept. 4, 2011
• 9:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
• 30 Harrington Street, The Rocks
• General $90, Concession $80

Projects on the tour include recent works by PTW, Seidler Associates, Rod Simpson, TZG, JPW, Smart Design, BVN, Mac Interactive, Engelen Moore, 6 Degrees, Dom Alvaro, Neeson Murcutt and FJMT.

tours

• Aug. 7, 2011
• 9:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
• 30 Harrington Street, The Rocks
• General $90, Concession $80

The Situationalist International drifted through the city randomly, deliberately disrupting familiar ways of experiencing the city; organised spontaneity. 'Dérivistes or 'drifters' seek to experience bizarre encounters in unfamiliar places and left-over city spaces. We will explore Sydney tangentially, beginning with ...

tours

• July 24, 2011
• 9:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
• 30 Harrington Street, The Rocks
• General $90, Concession $80

The Situationalist International drifted through the city randomly, deliberately disrupting familiar ways of experiencing the city; organised spontaneity. 'Dérivistes or 'drifters' seek to experience bizarre encounters in unfamiliar places and left-over city spaces. We will explore Sydney tangentially, beginning with ...

competitions and awards

• July 29, 2011
• 6:30 p.m.
• Noah's On The Beach, Cnr Shortland Esplanade & Zaara Street Newcastle NSW 2300
• Tickets $100 per person

The 2011 Newcastle Division Architecture Awards regonises the best in design excellence within the diverse area of the Newcastle Division. The awards cover architecture completed within the last three years from the sunny coastal shores of the Central Coast, out ...

talks

• Aug. 11, 2011
• 6:30 p.m.
• Surry Hills Library and Community Centre
• FREE for RAIA member, $10 for non-members

Following the recent announcement of the 2011 NSW Emerging Architect Prize, the winner Matthew Chan of Scale Architecture will give a presentation about his career progression, mentors and contribution to the professional community.

exhibitions

• July 28, 2011 - Aug. 10, 2011
• 6 p.m. - 8 p.m.
• 70 Mary St, Surry Hills NSW 2010
• Free

Hamish Ta-mé, co-founder of notorious paste-up ARI, International Noise, presents a solo activation on the streets of Surry Hills. Visitors to the exhibition will see a progression of artworks building over the time of the exhibition nightly from 6pm to ...

talks

• Aug. 4, 2011
• 6:30 p.m. - 8 p.m.
• 3 Manning Place, Potts Point, 2011
• Non member $40, Member $20, discount for members $10

ArchiTHEORY:Function/form as Integrated Diversity and Diverse Integrations - Elizabeth Bay House This talk, the last in John Gamble's series, brings together ideas discussed in 'Part 2: Enclosed Habits' of David Leatherbarrow's book 'The Roots of Architectural Invention' and an analysis ...

conferences

• Aug. 17, 2011 - Aug. 20, 2011
• 9:30 a.m. - 6 p.m.
• John Niland Scientia Building, University of New South Wales, NSW 2052
• $160/$95 Standard; $100/$65 Student (Main Conference); $80/$45 (Postgraduate Conference)

What is experimentation? What makes art 'experimental'? What are the results of aesthetic experiments and why do we need them? Could artists invent new modes of experimentation with/for science? What are the differences between experiments and inventions; experiments and failures; ...

exhibitions

• Aug. 4, 2011 - Aug. 31, 2011
• SCA Galleries, Sydney College of the Arts, Balmain Road Rozelle (enter opposite Cecily Street)

The curator, Professor Karin Kirsch, has collected buildings that represent architecture from 1927 and are outstanding examples by the most famous modern architects of the 20th Century.

conferences

• Aug. 8, 2011
• 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
• Bon Marche Studio, UTS, Level 1, Bldg 3, 755 Harris Street, Ultimo NSW 2007
• Free

The ‘NextGen’ initiative investigates options for the next generation of affordable or social urban Australian housing within the context of the global housing affordability crisis.

talks

• July 27, 2011
• 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
• Suite 2A, Level 2, 204 Botany Rd Alexandria 2015
• FREE, bookings essential

Meet the designer - Daniel Korb - award winning architect and designer A rare opportunity to hear Daniel Korb speak in Sydney! He will talk about meaningful spaces and the purpose of design in the context of his latest system ...

competitions and awards

• July 4, 2011 - Aug. 31, 2012
• 5 p.m. - noon
• Sydney
• FREE

Awards submitted for the fourth round of the above awards will be published in Discovering Stone magazine!

exhibitions

• Oct. 19, 2011 - Oct. 30, 2011
• 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
• Heritage Centre, Level 1, Stanton Library, 234 Miller Street, North Sydney
• Free, no bookings

Featuring trophies, swim suits, photographs and archival material associated with North Sydney Olympic Pool - one of the most technically advanced and stylish municipal pools of its era. The Pool hosted the water events of the 1938 Empire Games and ...

exhibitions

• July 6, 2011 - July 30, 2011
• 8 a.m. - 6 p.m.
• Yuga Cafe Gallery, 172 St. Johns Road, Glebe NSW 2037
• FREE

Weitwinkel means "wide-angle" - Hartmut's favourite lens for landscape-photography, but WEITwinkel also describes the variety in Hartmut's work. After moving from Hamburg to Sydney in early 2010, the German photographer started to capture the beauty of well-known as well as ...

continuing professional development

• July 29, 2011
• 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
• 5 Strickland Street Rose Bay NSW 2029
• $75.00 (discounts available)

You will hear ... Insights into the current and future sustainable housing practices nationally and globally. This educational and inspiring seminar will use case studies as a backdrop. Cameron will identify the problems that need to be addressed and the ...

exhibitions

• July 4, 2011 - Nov. 18, 2011
• 11 a.m. - 7 p.m.
• The Rocks

Four buildings / six months / limitless thinking Feel the pulse of a new level of artistic energy in The Rocks as an ever-changing mix of creative minds take up residence in four vacant heritage buildings. Where: 47 George Street, ...

competitions and awards

• July 4, 2011 - Aug. 19, 2011
• 245 Wilson St, Eveligh, Sydney NSW
• FREE

As part of the Sydney Architecture Festival, Expanded Architecture 2011 invites proposals for collaborative, site-specific moving image projections and filmic installations.

talks

• July 30, 2011
• 10 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
• Cnr Worrigee & West Sts, Nowra NSW 2541
• General $35 Conc/Member $30

Listen to talks by timber and woodworking experts and see woodwork made by Kenneth McKenzie, who project managed the building of Meroogal.

talks

• July 8, 2011
• 6 p.m. - 8 p.m.
• 702 Harris Street, Ultimo
• Free

Illustrating the case of a strategic plan for the urban region of Milan, one of the most dynamic European cities.

exhibitions

• July 2, 2011 - July 18, 2011
• 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
• 500 Harris St, Ultimo
• Included with Museum admission

An authentic design experience guaranteed to delight the child who likes to build stuff. On during the July school Holidays at the Powerhouse Museum.

exhibitions

• July 5, 2011 - July 14, 2011
• 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
• 500 Harris St, Ultimo
• $60 child, $50 Powerhouse member child,

Children will create architectural structures from paper tubes, undertake scientific tests and construct a Geodesic Dome!

exhibitions

• July 1, 2011 - Jan. 1, 2012
• 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
• 500 Harris St, Ultimo
• Included with Museum admission

On display are six local and international projects that received industry awards from the Sydney Division of Engineers Australia 2010 including the Aldar Headquarters building in Abu Dhabi.

festivals

• July 30, 2011 - Aug. 14, 2011
• 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
• 500 Harris St, Ultimo
• Visit website for details

An annual event produced by the Powerhouse Museum in association with more than 60 cultural institutions, organisations and individuals. The program includes exhibitions, workshops, master classes, talks, installations and tours...

festivals

• Aug. 4, 2011
• Sydney College of the Arts, Balmain Road, Rozelle

Launch of 2011 Sydney Architecture Festival at Sydney College of the Arts coinciding with the launch "Neues Bauen International 1927/2002" For more information on Bauhaus and Beyond go to www.goethe.de/Australia or http://sydney.edu.au/sca/. Visit the 2011 Sydney Architecture Festival website for ...

conferences

• Sept. 5, 2011
• 9 a.m. - 6 p.m.
• The Intercontinental Adelaide, North Terrace, South Australia, 5000
• Professional Member $395, Non Professional Member $595

WoodSolutions 2011 - Seminars For Architects. Engineers. Developers. Builders. Building Designers. Be informed and inspired - the one-day program will feature leading International and Australasian architects and engineers speaking on topics ranging from reducing carbon footprints, sustainable designs, new concepts ...

conferences

• Sept. 6, 2011
• 9 a.m. - 6 p.m.
• Sydney Marriott Hotel, College Street, Sydney, 2000
• Professional Member $395, Non Professional Member $595

Be informed and inspired - the one-day program will feature leading International and Australasian architects and engineers.

conferences

• Sept. 8, 2011
• 9 a.m. - 6 p.m.
• The Windsor Hotel, Spring Street, Melbourne, 3000
• Professional Member $395, Non Professional Member $595

WoodSolutions 2011 - Seminars For Architects. Engineers. Developers. Builders. Building Designers. Be informed and inspired - the one-day program will feature leading International and Australasian architects and engineers speaking on topics ranging from reducing carbon footprints, sustainable designs, new concepts ...

tours

• Aug. 21, 2011
• 8:30 a.m. - 10 a.m.
• Vaucluse House, Wentworth Road, Vaucluse NSW 2030
• Members $39.00, General $49.00

Today we expect Sydney Harbour foreshores to be publicly owned and accessible. However, by the early 1900s, much of the south side of the harbour was in private hands, having been granted to individual citizens in the colony's early days. ...

competitions and awards

• June 1, 2011 - July 29, 2011
• L2, 156 Gloucester St, Sydney, NSW 2000
• Free

2011 celebrates the 60th Anniversary of the scholarship first being awarded. Hurry the 2011 applications close on the 29th of July!

exhibitions

• Aug. 20, 2011 - Sept. 18, 2011
• Festival Office: The Mining Exchange, 12 Lydiard North St, Ballarat VIC 3350

Australia's exhibition at the 2010 Venice Architecture Biennale will be appearing at a number of Australian and overseas locations throughout 2011. The exhibition, which closed in Venice last year after a three month run, attracted a record 93,000+ visitors to ...

exhibitions

• July 2, 2011 - Sept. 25, 2011
• Object: Australian Centre for Craft and Design, 417 Bourke St Surry Hills NSW

Australia's exhibition at the 2010 Venice Architecture Biennale will be appearing at a number of Australian and overseas locations throughout 2011.

talks

• April 7, 2011 - Aug. 18, 2011
• Australian Institute of Architects

Graeme Gunn LFRAIAAustralian Institute of Architects' 2011 Gold MedallistThe Melbourne-based architect is best known as 'being a fighter for better housing for all Australians' and for working consistently to enhance our quality of life by 'improving our housing and urban ...

talks

• June 27, 2011
• 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
• 3 Manning St, Potts Point
• Members: Free, Non-Members: $10

Hosted by DARCH, this seminar is designed to provide insights into the somewhat daunting registration process. On TODAY 6:30pm at Tusculum.

exhibitions

• July 1, 2011 - July 18, 2011
• 9 a.m. - 6 p.m.
• Pine Street Creative Arts Centre Gallery, 64 Pine Street, Chippendale NSW 2008
• FREE

Three Sydney based artists each interpret the urban landscape of the city they call home. The images depict the city environment as seen through three distinct photographic styles.

exhibitions

• June 30, 2011
• 6 p.m. - 9 p.m.
• Tin Sheds Gallery 148 City rd Darlington
• FREE

The Tin Sheds Gallery, at the University of Sydney, Faculty of Architecture Design and Planning has been in its current location since 1988. In addition to the exhibition space, the Tin Sheds Gallery runs an extensive program of art workshops, ...

exhibitions

• July 26, 2011 - July 30, 2011
• 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
• Harbour Esplanade, Docklands VIC 3008
• Free

URBAN REALITIES: Landscape Urbanism 3 Day Design Challenge More than 100 architecture and design practitioners, craftspeople and artists will race the clock between July 27 and July 30 in reality architecture and design competition taking place in Melbourne's Docklands. The ...

continuing professional development

• June 30, 2011
• 7:15 a.m. - 9 a.m.
• Sydney
• $65 Members, $100 Non-Members

A seminar with insight and opinions from three industry leaders who hail from different stages in the process and are actively involved in BIM in Australia.

talks

• July 13, 2011
• 7 p.m. - 8 p.m.
• Law Theatre G04, UNSW, Kensington, NSW
• FREE

The lecture by Peter Singer, Princeton University, USA, will discuss the way in which our decisions about the kind of built environment we choose to create, and to live in, should take into account the interests of others.

exhibitions

• July 2, 2011 - July 24, 2011
• 11 a.m.
• Object Gallery, St Margarets, 417 Bourke St, Surry Hills

Exploring mathematical ideas and new methods of communicating these ideas through visual design.

talks

• June 21, 2011
• 12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
• Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts, 280 Pitt Street, Sydney
• FREE - No Booking Required

Colin Griffiths will draw on his working relationship with Harry Seidler to discuss the extensive body of work that garnered Seidler national and international recognition. Accompanied by photography by Max Dupain & Seidler.

talks

• June 15, 2011
• 6 p.m.
• 702-730 Harris St, Broadway NSW 2007
• FREE

A public lecture on the extension & expansion of the world’s most visited museum of modern art, Tate Modern.

exhibitions

• May 14, 2011 - Oct. 9, 2011
• 9:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.
• Museum of Sydney Corner Phillip and Bridge Streets, Sydney, NSW 2000
• Adult $10 I Child/Concession $5 | Family $20 | Members free

Louise Hawson captures beauty in the burbs, celebrating the vibrancy, multiculturalism and community of Sydney's localities in a refreshingly unconventional way. Hurry last week!

competitions and awards

• July 1, 2011
• 5:30 p.m. - 9 p.m.
• Sydney Hilton, 488 George Street
• Cocktail Ticket $95, Dinner Ticket $175

Come and celebrate the best of architecture in NSW at the official presentation of the 2011 Architecture Awards. The ceremony will take place at the Sydney Hilton, 488 George Street, on Friday 1 July. Doors open at 5.30pm for drinks ...

tours

• July 16, 2011
• 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
• 3 Manning Street, Potts Point NSW 2010
• Non Member $150, Student Non Member $120, Members $120, Sona Member $90

The only tour for this year, featuring houses entered into the Architecture Awards Program for 2011.

talks

• June 15, 2011
• 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
• 3 Manning Street, Potts Point NSW 2010
• Non Member $30, Student Non Member $15, Members FREE

Awarded annually since 1960, the Institute's Gold Medal is the architectural profession's highest accolade. The 2011 Gold Medal recognises Graeme Gunn, a Melbourne-based architect known as 'being a fighter for better housing for all Australians' and for working consistently to ...

exhibitions

• June 16, 2011 - July 15, 2011
• 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.
• Level 1, Chifley Plaza, 2 Chifley Square, Sydney
• Free

The Japan Foundation presents a photographic exhibition featuring a collection of stunning images from World Heritage sites in Japan.

exhibitions

• June 10, 2011 - July 8, 2011
• 1 p.m. - 2 p.m.
• 50 Kensington St, Chippendale 2008
• FREE

What will be the legacy of today's high-profile international design studios as the founding partners reach the end of their careers?

exhibitions

• June 1, 2011 - July 1, 2011
• 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
• 702-730 Harris St, Broadway NSW 2007
• FREE

Linda Matthews' exhibition, LuminoCity explores the potential for CCTV cameras to be adapted as a contemporary design tool by manipulating the diffraction patterns inherent in CCTV technology. The exhibition proposes contemporary urban façade designs that exploit the duality of virtual ...

talks

• June 16, 2011
• noon - 1 p.m.
• Cnr Bridge Street & Phillip Street, Sydney
• FREE

Hosted by DARCH, EmAGN is providing an opportunity for emerging architects to meet with Graeme Gunn, the 2011 Gold Medallist, over lunch.

exhibitions

• June 3, 2011 - June 6, 2011
• 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.
• 50 Kensington St, Chippendale 2007
• Free

Non-Linear Computational Design Strategies:The work of the recent UTS Architecture Masterclass lead by Ezio Blasetti Exhibition Opening 6pm - 8pm Friday, 3rd June 201150 Kensington St,Chippendale 2007 Exhibition Dates Friday 3rd June - Monday 6th June Sat, Sun Opening Hours: ...

exhibitions

• July 20, 2011 - Aug. 27, 2011
• 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.
• The Compund Interest: Centre for The Applied Arts, 15-25 Keele Street, Collingwood, Melbourne
• Free

An exhibition and installation engaging with issues of urban design, density and housing that will open at Pin-up Architecture & Design Project space as part of the State of Design Festival.

conferences

• July 6, 2011 - July 9, 2011
• 9 a.m.
• University of South Australia Adelaide
• Early Bird until June 6: $200

The congress theme will centre on the position of the architect in the face of societal and environmental change, and economic crisis.

exhibitions

• June 5, 2011
• noon - 4 p.m.
• Tom Bass Sculpture Studio School, 1a Clara St, Erskineville
• FREE

Tom Bass Sculpture Studio School is the oldest and largest independent Sculpture School in Australia. Founded by Tom Bass in 1974, the sculpture school continues to provide high quality teaching to students with a range of backgrounds and interests in ...

continuing professional development

• June 10, 2011 - June 12, 2011
• 5 p.m.
• Arthur Boyd Education Centre at Riversdale Bundanoon

This drawing weekend is an opportunity to live and draw in the dramatic landscape of Riversdale while supported by the calmness of Glenn Murcutt’s architecture. This workshop will attract 5 formal CPD points for architects.

continuing professional development

• June 21, 2011
• 6 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
• 1st floor of Sydney Design School 51a Hume Street CROWS NEST NSW 2065
• Free. Booking are essential

This FREE event gives 2 Formal CPD Points!!Automation and Audio Visual Presenters - Slade Hedderman from H&H Services and George Nichols from Suite Control. They are members of : CEDIA; NECA; Master electricians: Eco smart electricians Best in show winner ...

talks

• Sept. 3, 2011
• 10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
• Northcott Conference and Function Centre, 1 Fennell St, North Parramatta
• Adults $15, Members $10

Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the National Trust's first property purchase, this series will explore Experiment Farm Cottage, the property, its history, those involved with it and how they influenced the development of NSW.

talks

• June 25, 2011
• 10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
• Northcott Conference and Function Centre, 1 Fennell St, North Parramatta
• Adults $15, Members $10

'The Changing Landscape of Harris Park', presented by Colleen Morris, a landscape historian. Colleen was the historical researcher for the 2000/1 interpretations of Experiment Farm Cottage and its gardens. She will talk on her findings and the way Harris' property ...

tours

• June 21, 2011
• 3 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
• 48 Holker Street, Silverwater NSW
• $80 Member, $100 Non Member

The Centre was awarded a 6 Star Green Star – Education Design v1 rating in June 2010. Join DEM Architects and Brookfield Multiplex as they go inside this new energy efficiency education facility.

tours

• July 31, 2011
• 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
• University of Sydney
• $30

'Looking at Architecture' with the National Trust Women's Committee. This event is open to members and friends. A rare opportunity to visit four residential colleges within the University of Sydney, to appreciate their history, their 19th century architecture, their setting ...

tours

• June 10, 2012 - June 16, 2012
• 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
• Tokyo, Japan
• $3200AUD (conditions apply)

June 2012 Japan Architecture, Art & Design Tour A 7-Day Experience of Architecture, Art, Design and Culture in Tokyo Japan is a country renowned for being at the forefront of design. It is a country of great contrast, an eclectic ...

competitions and awards

• May 16, 2011 - June 7, 2011
• 6 p.m. - 5 p.m.
• National

Key to the Key Design For Lockwood Competition With your imagination being the only limit, the theme for the 2011 Design for Lockwood competition is Key to the Key. Any member of the design community is eligible to enter, including ...

conferences

• Oct. 27, 2011 - Oct. 30, 2011
• 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
• Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre, South Wharf Melbourne
• From $495 for members earlybird rate

There is much more to the heritage of water than outstanding engineering achievements!

competitions and awards

• May 16, 2011 - May 26, 2011
• The University of Adelaide, SA 5005
• Free to enter

Competition Background Kingspan Insulated Panels is proud to sponsor the 2011 Australia & New Zealand Student Architecture Congress: FLUX, to be held in Adelaide from 6-9 July. Together with the FLUX Creative Directors and the Australian Institute of Architects, Kingspan ...

exhibitions

• March 3, 2011 - May 31, 2011
• 23-33 Bridge Street, Sydney NSW 2000

With the bulk of new homes needed to accommodate Sydney's growth to be built in existing urban areas, the Department of Planning has released two new draft publications for comment: Centres Design Guidelines & Good Design for Medium Density Living. ...

competitions and awards

• May 16, 2011 - June 7, 2011
• 6 p.m. - 5 p.m.
• National

The theme for the 2011 Design for Lockwood competition is Key to the Key. Any member of the design community is eligible to enter, including architects, industrial designers, interior designers and students. Entries close Tuesday 7 June 2011.

talks

• May 18, 2011
• 6 p.m.
• 702-730 Harris St, Broadway 2007
• FREE

Ezio Blasetti will be presenting the public lecture: Non-linear Computational Design Strategies This will be held at 6pm on Wednesday, 18th May 2011, Level 5 Architecture Studios - Faculty of DAB (Building 6), 702 - 730 Harris St, Broadway 2007 ...

talks

• May 19, 2011
• 6 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
• 3 Manning Street, Potts Point NSW 2010
• Non Member $10, Institute Member Free

WorkCOVER - new OH&S requirements

talks

• June 7, 2011
• 7:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
• 101 Chalmers Street, Surry Hills, Sydney, NSW 2000
• Member $75 / Non Member $90/ Includes Stand up Breakfast

A special event with international sustainability champion Rick Fedrizzi, as he discusses the importance of strong leadership in stimulating significant industry and social change.

conferences

• May 26, 2011
• 8:30 a.m. - 7 p.m.
• Sydney NSW 2000
• Day pass: $680.00 Member, $980.00 Non Member, Half day pass also available

The summit will deliver a state-specific program to advance your green building expertise. With a CPD-approved course list addressing your priorities, it helps you keep pace with industry needs.

talks

• May 23, 2011
• 7 p.m.
• 702-730 Harris St, Broadway 2007
• FREE

A lecture on GENERIC SPECIFICITY - Five Points for an Architecture of Approximation by Mark Lee, the principal of the award winning, LA based firm Johnston Marklee & Associates.

talks

• June 21, 2011 - June 22, 2011
• 9 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
• Parliament House
• $550.00 for Full Summit Registration/$450.00 for Summit Only Registration/ $170.00 for AAUD Dinner

An annual summit which facilitates conversation between parliament and industry leaders and explores issues that influence national prosperity.

talks

• May 11, 2011
• 7 p.m.
• 702-730 Harris St, Broadway NSW 2007
• FREE

Richard Toop will be presenting the public lecture Frozen Music? Music and architecture in (mainly) the 20th century Many composers have been inspired by architecture in some form, and especially in the 20th century. Sometimes this inspiration has come from ...

continuing professional development

• May 20, 2011
• 12:45 p.m. - 3 p.m.
• Brisbane Polo Club, 1 Eagle Street, Brisbane QLD 4000
• ACA-Member: $75, CEFPI-Member: $75, Non-Member: $100

The Association of Consulting Architects Queensland invite you to the second of our 2011 monthly forums. This forum includes a lunch seminar at the Brisbane Polo Club with guest speakers Brad Orgill and David Chandler OAM from the Australian Government ...

festivals

• May 19, 2011
• noon - 1:30 p.m.
• Australian War Memorial Treloar Crescent Campbell ACT
• Adult $45, Concession $39.95

Canberra International Music FestivalAmazing Space SeriesConcert 4 - "A Moving Vocal Feast" Presented in association with the Australian Institute of Architects and the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects…exploring the harmonies between music and architecture…Architectural talks by Ashley Ekins, Kiong Lee ...

festivals

• May 18, 2011
• noon - 2 p.m.
• Vernon Circle ACT
• Adult $45, Concession $39.95

Canberra International Music FestivalAmazing Space SeriesConcert 3 -"Tracing Constitution Avenue and the Molonglo" Presented in association with the Australian Institute of Architects, the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects and the University of Canberra…exploring the harmonies between music and architecture…Landscape Architectural ...

festivals

• May 16, 2011
• 4:45 p.m. - 6:15 p.m.
• National Gallery of Australia, Parkes Place Parkes (Meet at the new main entrance in the sculpture Garden)
• Adult $45, Concession $39.95

Canberra International Music FestivalAmazing Space SeriesConcert 2 - "A Walking Tour with Music and Masterworks" Presented in association with the Australian Institute of Architects and the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects…exploring the harmonies between music and architecture… Architectural talks by ...

festivals

• May 13, 2011
• noon - 1:30 p.m.
• High Court of Australia, Parkes Place, Parkes ACT
• Adult $45, Concession $39.95

Canberra International Music FestivalAmazing Space SeriesConcert 1 - "Canberra's Majestic Landmark Fills with Sound" Presented in association with the Australian Institute of Architects and the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects…exploring the harmonies between music and architecture…Architectural talk by Simon Kringas ...

exhibitions

• April 1, 2011 - April 30, 2011
• noon - 7 p.m.
• The Compund Interest: Centre for The Applied Arts, 15-25 Keele Street, Collingwood, Melbourne
• Free

Melbourne's leading creative studios reflect on their work - past and present - to encapsulate a 'Design Moment' or 'Big Idea' that continues to underpin their practice today. The result is a diverse and dynamic set of responses that communicate ...

continuing professional development

• May 10, 2011
• 6 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
• Sydeney Design School 51a Hume street CROWS NEST NSW 2065
• Free. Booking are essential

Specifying Glass, Carpet and Metal Come and discover all the knowledge you'll need to specify customer designer finishes in glass, carpet and metal - hear it straight from the experts themselves. This seminar will demystify cutting edge techniques such as ...

talks

• May 5, 2011
• 6:30 p.m. - 8 p.m.
• University of Sydney
• Free

The mega earthquake and gigantic tsunami of March 11, and the ongoing threat from the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant has created the largest disaster to hit Japan since World War 2. The Faculty of Architecture, Design and Planning is proud ...

talks

• May 2, 2011
• 6:30 p.m. - 8 p.m.
• University of Sydney
• This is a free event

About the lectureThe 21st century has conspired to produce a design landscape of unprecedented complexity, one that cannot be adequately addressed by the traditional tools of the design professions as they exist today. While the mainstream may be slow to ...

competitions and awards

• April 20, 2011 - May 31, 2011
• Australia

In 2011, the Think Brick Awards encourages innovative Australian architects to push the boundaries of traditional brick design and present original ways of using brick in a contemporary environment.

continuing professional development

• May 5, 2011 - May 6, 2011
• 1:30 p.m. - 5 p.m.
• Sydney Olympic Park
• PIA members/students: $190; $230 others

A number of excellent speakers and organisations will present at this 2-day forum, aimed at planners in their first years of professional practice. Day rates available. Includes a half day workshop, on renewing our neighbourhoods, open to all planners, led ...

exhibitions

• May 4, 2011 - May 16, 2011
• 6 p.m. - 8 p.m.
• 702-730 Harris St, Broadway 2007
• FREE

An exhibition showcasing the new UTS Podium extension, featuring conceptual diagrams, perspectives, models and animations.

conferences

• Aug. 7, 2011 - Aug. 19, 2011
• 6 a.m.
• Istanbul
• 150€

MEDS - Meetings of Design Students - was founded in 2010 by students from different countries and different areas of design. It was created with the aim to join all design disciplines together, such as architecture, interior design, industrial design ...

talks

• May 21, 2011
• 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.
• Brown St Community Hall, behind Newtown Library. 8 Brown St Newtown 2042
• Free. Bookings are essential.

This workshop helps you find out what to look for when choosing products and materials, explore the principles of passive design and be inspired by creative ideas for renovating.

exhibitions

• April 17, 2011 - May 8, 2011
• 11 a.m. - 4 a.m.
• The Priory Gallery, 67 Priory Lane, Bingie NSW 2537
• Free

An exhibition by Peter Freeman, architect and artist, whose sketches span a period of 45 years, and trace a journey through countries and a travelling life.

conferences

• April 19, 2011
• 8:30 a.m. - 6 p.m.
• Technology Park, Bentley, Perth, Western Australia
• FREE

AutoCAD for Mac, hands on Workshop! Be one of the first to see how the new AutoCAD for Mac works in a real time demo on Mac workstations. View a live demo and learn how AutoCAD for Mac brings robust ...

conferences

• April 14, 2011 - April 16, 2011
• 9 a.m. - 11 p.m.
• Melbourne

The 2011 conference brings together speakers from five continents and three generations, each of whom has a potent vision for how we might locate nature in an artificial world.

competitions and awards

• May 31, 2011 - Sept. 30, 2011
• Object: Australian Centre for Craft and Design, 417 Bourke St Surry Hills NSW

NOW AND WHEN AUSTRALIAN URBANISM is Australia's entry to the Venice Architecture Biennale. The exhibition highlights six interesting urban and outback regions as they are 'NOW' before dramatically representing the 17 futuristic urban environments imagining a 'WHEN' we reach 2050 ...

tours

• April 30, 2011
• 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.
• Prince Alfred Park , Chalmers Street (cnr of Cleveland Street) Surry Hills 2010
• FREE

The City of Sydney invites you to celebrate the $18 million improvement of the 7.5 hectare Prince Alfred Park.

talks

• April 18, 2011
• 6:30 p.m. - 8 p.m.
• Eastern Avenue Auditorium, Eastern Avenue, University of Sydney
• FREE

Luis Callejas is one of 3 directors of Paisajes Emergentes an architecture and landscape architecture practice based in Colombia. This will be the only opportunity in Sydney to hear him speak about his work.

tours

• May 3, 2011 - Dec. 6, 2011
• 12:15 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
• The Muse, Building C, Ultimo College, Harris Street, Ultimo, NSW 2007
• FREE

The tour is filled with interesting facts and anecdotes of the times, of politics and past students. It also explains how the uses of the buildings have changed & how the campus has grown.

talks

• April 30, 2011
• 2 p.m. - 3 p.m.
• Surry Hills Library, 405 Crown Street Surry Hills 2010
• Free for Library & AIA members; 10 for non-members

Three speakers – an architectural historian and two leading Sydney architects – will address the changing definition of heritage.

talks

• May 3, 2011
• 6 p.m. - 8 p.m.
• Library Plaza, 170 George Street, Liverpool
• Free

To coincide with Liverpool Regional Museum hosting of the Built for the Bush Exhibition, Tone Wheeler from Environa Studio will talk about sustainable design practices.

exhibitions

• April 2, 2011 - May 12, 2011
• 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
• The Liverpool Regional Museum, corner of the Hume Highway and Congressional Drive, Liverpool

Explores the energy efficient features of Australia’s 19th century country homes and the reappearance of many of these traditional practices in contemporary green architecture.

conferences

• April 14, 2011
• 8:30 a.m. - 6 p.m.
• Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre
• FREE

8:30 Registration 9:00 Welcome and Introduction A brief overview of plans for Autodesk Products and AEC Systems Events 9:15 The Impact of Building Function on the BUILT ENVIRONMENT An original perspective on how we can expand our Cost Benefit Analysis ...

conferences

• April 13, 2011
• 8:30 a.m. - 6 p.m.
• Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre
• FREE

8:30 Registration 8.45 Welcome and IntroductionA brief overview of plans for Autodesk Products and AEC Systems Events 9:00 The Impact of Building Function on the BUILT ENVIRONMENTAn original perspective on how we can expand our Cost Benefit Analysis of the ...

festivals

• April 2, 2011 - April 17, 2011
• 9 a.m. - 6 p.m.
• NSW, Australia

The theme of this year’s festival is ‘Amazing Stories’ and it will be celebrated at hundreds of fantastic events across metropolitan and regional NSW.

talks

• May 24, 2011
• 6:30 p.m.
• Tusculum, 3 Manning Street, Potts Point
• Free

Australian Institute of ArchitectsTuesday Night TalksAutumn 11 SPEAKERS: James Brearley (Brearley Architects + Urbanists) and OthersINTRODUCTION: Andrew Burns Currently in a period of prolonged growth, China presents great opportunity for architects and designers. A number of Australian practices have successfully ...

talks

• May 17, 2011
• 6:30 p.m.
• Tusculum, 3 Manning Street, Potts Point
• Free

Australian Institute of ArchitectsTuesday Night TalksAutumn 11 SPEAKER: Mark CashmanINTRODUCTION: Angel Roumeliotis, ArtetechneThe conceptual framework for this house was one of house as landscape. We set out to design a house that would have a typography and where activities and ...

talks

• May 10, 2011
• 6:30 p.m.
• Tusculum, 3 Manning Street, Potts Point
• Free

Australian Institute of ArchitectsTuesday Night TalksAutumn 11 SPEAKER: James Sandwith - Project Architect HASSELLINTRODUCTION: Kristen Saul - Senior Planner, HASSELL The Camperdown Project Common Ground Model will provide a contemporary building for the accommodation of people affected by or at ...

talks

• May 3, 2011
• 6:30 p.m.
• Tusculum, 3 Manning Street, Potts Point
• Free

Australian Institute of ArchitectsTuesday Night TalksAutumn 11 SPEAKER: Stephen Pearse, Director Group GSAINTRODUCTION: Peter Mould The new wharf at Milsons Point, is the first step in the new vision for Sydney's harbour transport. Opened in late November, this wharf is ...

talks

• April 19, 2011
• 6:30 p.m.
• Tusculum, 3 Manning Street, Potts Point
• Free

Australian Institute of ArchitectsTuesday Night TalksAutumn 11 SPEAKERS: Tom Ferguson - Tom Ferguson Architects, Justin Noxon - Noxon Giffen Architects, John Rose & Lachlan Rowe - Tanner ArchitectsINTRODUCTION: Matt Reynolds Continuing our exploration of the Great Australian Dream we consider ...

talks

• April 12, 2011
• 6:30 p.m.
• Tusculum, 3 Manning Street, Potts Point
• Free

Australian Institute of ArchitectsTuesday Night TalksAutumn 11 SPEAKER: Paul Reidy, Director of Design, Rice Daubney We all agree on the need for sustainable buildings but how do we continue to deliver long term sustainability on speculative office developments built for ...

talks

• April 6, 2011
• 7 p.m.
• 702-730 Harris St, Broadway NSW 2007
• FREE

'Islands and Paradigms: on unorthodox ways to read the city' The city can be defined as an 'island' if we consider the island in relation to the nature of its edges, as a mutable space that constantly negotiates relationships. Space ...

exhibitions

• April 6, 2011 - April 29, 2011
• 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
• 702-730 Harris St, Broadway NSW 2007
• FREE

Offshore Studio presents their latest architectural project, Southern Skies Earth and Space Centre, a contemporary Planetarium in Orange, NSW.

talks

• July 26, 2011
• 6 p.m. - 9 p.m.
• BMW Edge - Federation Square. Cnr Swanston & Flinders Streets Melbourne
• FREE

Melbourne's top architects and designers will gather to discuss their work on prominent Melbourne buildings, and will nominate which Melbourne building is their favourite and why. More details to follow.

competitions and awards

• March 30, 2011 - May 27, 2011
• noon - noon
• 702-730 Harris St, Broadway NSW 2007
• $50 Entry Fee

Open to recent graduates, Open Agenda is an annual competition aimed at supporting a new generation of experimental architecture. Hurry registrations close 27th May 2011!!

tours

• April 4, 2011 - Sept. 26, 2011
• 10 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
• 13 Campbell Street SYDNEY NSW 2000
• Adults $23.50, Concession $18.50, Children $14.50, Schools $12.50. Groups cheaper.

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