NSW

Name of state group: DARCH

Name of representative: Jacqueline Connor

Pecha Kucha for Haiti was held in March at the MCA as part of a global event. Donations to Architecture for Humanity are still very welcome.

As part of the 2010 National Architecture Conference, extra/ordinary there will be a special Pecha Kucha event on the evening of 23 April. For details see www.pecha-kucha.org/night/sydney/

The 2010 Gold Medal winners, Lindsay and Kerry Clare, will be in Sydney on 30 April to meet emerging architects, hosted by DARCH. Details will be available very soon.
DARCH would love to have new members and new input. Please contact us: darch@raia.com.au and we will be meeting at Tusculum at 8am on 15 April.

NT

Name of state group: Dent

Name of representative: Edward Farinha

We have officially launched our logo on Thursday 25 March at our 1st L@tch session for this year, which also happened to be a first joint DeNT/Institute (NT Chapter) event. Thanks for all who attended and a special thank you to Gavin Sell (NT Chapter Manager) for making it possible.

We welcome and thank Ros (Chapter Admin Support) for her assistance.

The EmAGN prize has officially been launched and I will commence contacting NT practices to get eligible Architects to register.

We will hold our 2nd L@tch session in April (speaker to be confirmed).

Looking forward to an interesting and busy year.

QLD

Name of state group: YAQ (Young Architects QLD)

Name of representative: Christina Cho

PechaKucha Night Vol15 was a special event, raising money for the reconstruction of Haiti. PechaKucha gobally has been raising money for Architecture for Humanity to rebuild Haiti, 20 seconds at a time, already raising enough money to build a school. PechaKucha Brisbane, with the generous sponsorship of Crumpler, Brisbane Powerhouse and Hopscotch films, sold raffle tickets, with all the money going directly to Architecture for Humanity. T’was a great night with a diverse range of speakers including Film makers, web psychologists, interactive media mappers, and M3Architecture talking about their concepts behind the Tree of Knowledge project which recently won a regional commendation.

Exciting news! Papa PechaKucha, Mark Dytham will be in town as a guest speaker for the UQ Architecture Lecture series. We will be having a special edition PechaKucha Night on Tuesday 25 May at the Brisbane Powerhouse!

SA

Name of state group: NAG (New Architects and Graduates)

Name of representative: Mark Berlangieri

Design Festival Competition - winners announced!
 
First Place - A TEAM - Sean Humphries and Sasha Radjenovich
Second Place - CRAFTY - Alex Hall and David Lawson
Third Place - DAVIS and DAVIS - Matthew Davis and Sally Davis
 
The jury congratulated A TEAM for producing a highly sophisticated concept for the Rundle Street precinct. The dynamic nature of the collection is vibrant and unique. The winning design proposes a form making language that challenges the conventional streetscape and actively engages awareness of the value of design. The project successfully demonstrates greening of the city whilst addressing the integrated public art master plan. ‘Folding Rundle’ will be implemented as part of the Rundle Street footpath upgrade which is expected to begin in the coming months.

Design Festival wishes to thanks all entrants, sponsors and jurors. Watch out for the launch of Design Festival 2011. Keep an eye on our facebook page to view the winning entries!

Webpage Link - NAG web page: www.architecture.com.au/sa
FACEBOOK PAGE: New Architects Group
EMAIL: nag-sa@hotmail.com

VIC

Name of state group: V-YAG (Victorian Young Architects & Graduates)

Name of representative: Jacqui Alexander

Process - April - What's on your desk?

Design rarely happens in a vacuum, yet the serendipitous moments of encounter that inspire design solutions are often downplayed. This month at Process we invite three young practices to share a snapshot of their design practice, presenting current projects, sketch designs, competition entries, side concerns, favoured books, ticket stubs and whatever else is
on their desks.

WA

Name of state group: MERGE | Emerging Architects

Name of representative: Dean Adams

Talk on a Practice 2- Kerry Hill Architects
The next Talk On A Practice is scheduled to be at Kerry Hill Architects in Fremantle. To pre-register your interest for this event please email merge@raia.com.au with the names and emails of the people you will be attending with. More details are to follow.

University Talks- Curtin & UWA
Merge is planning some introductory talks with the University of Western Australia and Curtin Uni through our close links with SONA representatives. We look forward to introducing what EmAGN and Merge is all about as the next progressive rung in the architectural ladder post graduation. The talks will be held from 12-1 on 21 April at Curtin University and UWA’s will most likely be held the week after.

Emerging Architect Prize for Western Australia
Submissions for the Emerging Architect Prize for this year for Western Australia are now welcome. Entries are to be received by the WA Chapter by 30 June 2010, so if you meet the criteria, why not enter?
Please see the below link to see entry requirements: architecture.com.au/i-cms?page=13825

Small Bar Tour 2010: City Fringe
After the success of last year’s event, MERGE are again running the small bar tour, where 3 bars will be reviewed by MERGE members. You will get to hear from the owner and designer of the bar. Last year 60 people attended, so get in fast to avoid disappointment. To register your pre-interest in this event please contact:
merge@raia.com.au. We look forward to seeing you there.

Events for 2010
If you know of anyone who would like to hear about MERGE’s events, but aren’t on our mailing list, then get them to subscribe to the Merge Newsletter at architecture.com.au/mailman/listinfo/y.arch-wa-members

MERGE committee 2010
If you would like to be a part of MERGE for 2010, then please contact merge@raia.com.au. You will be helping make Perth a more vibrant place for young architects and graduates, whilst also contributing to the discourse on architecture for the state.
JOIN THE MERGE COMMITTEE NOW!

Other

2010 National Architecture Conference – extra/ordinary
22-24 April 2010, Sydney

extra/ordinary will dwell on the culture of the extraordinarily ordinary. As an antidote to the incessant abstractions of globalisation, we will be gathering together those who have an enthusiasm for engaging with the contingency of the everyday: inventing new ways of operating; embracing collaborative approaches and initiating direct action on the ground. Producing outcomes that are innovative and utilitarian, provocative and pragmatic. Resolving ordinary problems in extraordinary ways.

The Annual Design Awards 2010

The International Celebration of Design Excellence

The Annual Design Awards (nicknamed ANNDAS) is a global recognition of cutting edge visual communications, set up to reward outstanding contribution's within the Design industry. We have brought together some of the most amazing talents and respected figures from around the world to judge this global event which aims to become the premier design awards and set international standards. The Annual Design Awards are unlike other design awards as we don't offer hundreds of categories to enter, nor do we set entry fees so high that only the large corporates can enter. These awards exist so that we can discover and celebrate outstanding talents in the design world and to reward creativity with a meaningful honour. The Annual Design Awards (ANNDAS) is open to everyone around the world, from large corporate professionals to work-from-home freelancers, and the entry fee is kept very low so that we don't restrict creativity. Entrants to the awards will gain much more than just having their work rated by the best in the business! Every entrant will feature in the new Designers Directory, have the chance to feature in the yearly book that will be published to showcase the best designs, and have access to the website notice board where designers can promote their business, special offers, job vacancies and much more.

Emerging Architect Prize

The Emerging Architect Prize has up until now been run by ACT, NT, SA and more recently QLD. In 2010 The Australian Institute of Architects will run this prize across all states and territories in Australia with state winners going through to be judged by a national jury. The person selected by the national jury as the winner of the National Emerging Architect Prize will be announced at the Australian Achievement in Architecture Awards in March 2011.

The Emerging Architect Prize has been developed to acknowledge an individual emerging architect’s contribution to architectural practice, education, design excellence and community involvement, which advances the professions role within the public arena.

The Institute's Supporting Corporate partner, Lockwood, is the proud sponsor of this National Prize and will award the National Emerging Architect Prize winner with a cash prize of $2000.

2010 Venice Architecture Biennale
29th August – 21st November

'People meet in architecture' to be the over-arching theme of the 2010 Venice Biennale

The Directory of the 12th International Architecture Exhibition, Kazuyo Sejima, has titled the upcoming Biennale 'People meet in architecture'. "The idea is to help people to relate to architecture, help architecture relate to people and help people relate to themselves" explains Kazuyo Sejima.

She added that separate spaces would be allocated for each architect or theme, allowing participants to be their own curators. "In this way, contributors will design their own space and make presentations that consider the experience of the visitor both physically and conceptually. It will be a series of spaces rather than a series of objects," she said.

Also announced were two new projects for this year's event; Architecture Saturdays, and the greater involvement of the Universities.

As part of Architecture Saturdays, a series of conversations, performances and weekly discussions with international architects, critics and personalities will take place every Saturday for the duration of the exhibition. Meetings will be lead by Sejima, as well as every director of former editions of the Biennale - including Vittorio Gregotti, Paolo Poroghesi, Francesco Dal Co, Hans Hollein, Massimiliano Fuksas, Deyan Sudjic, Kurt W. Forster, Richard burdett, and Aaron Besky.

For more information, click here to see official website and media release.

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