EmAGN would like to welcome Melinda Dodson as the National President of the Australian Institute of Architects. Among Melinda's key priorities for the Institute and profession over the next 12 months are to focus on the development of sustainable cities and architecture, effective contract and project partnerships, support for young, emerging and female architects and a fostering of the Institute and architecture community working in Australia and offshore. EmAGN look forward to working with Melinda on a number of exciting opportunities during her 12 month term. EmAGN would also like to take this opportunity to thank Howard Tanner (Immediate Past President) for his outstanding support for young and emerging architects during his time as National President. Howard has been extremely supportive of EmAGN, through our initiatives, and has greatly assisted us over the past 12 months.

EmAGN welcome the recent opening of the new Gallery of Australian Design in Commonwealth Place, Parkes, within the parliamentary triangle in Canberra. The gallery is the first of its kind in Australia and is a public facility attracting and engaging visitors to the National Capital as well as the local community. In addition to showcasing great Australian design, the gallery will also provide research opportunities and a forum to explore design theory and product. The Gallery will host a permanent exhibition 'Defining Moments in Australian Design' as well as featuring rotating exhibitions including the Venice Biennale among many others. The Gallery of Australian Design is a partnership between the National Museum of Australia, the Australian Institute of Architects, the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects and the University of Canberra. The patron of the gallery is His Excellency Michael Bryce.

Built Environment Meets Parliament (BEMP) takes place in Canberra in early August at Parliament House. Introduced in 2007, BEMP is an annual conversation between parliamentarians and industry leaders that showcases the relationship between Australian communities and their built environment. BEMP offers an opportunity to explore the economic, social, environmental and governance issues that help shape national prosperity. BEMP 2009 will focus on how the building sector, in partnership with Government, can contribute to Australia's early recovery and provide a strong foundation for future prosperity. The four key themes are prosperity, liveability, sustainability and partnerships. BEMP is hosted by; Association of Consulting Engineers Australia, Green Building Council of Australia, Planning Institute of Australia, Property Council of Australia and the Australian Institute of Architects.

Session 02 of the 2009 Architectural Practice Examination (APE) commences this month with Part 01 (logbook submission) due in late July, Part 02 (written examination) in early September and Part 03 (examination by interview) throughout October. Congratulations to all successful candidates from Session 01 and we wish all candidates undertaking the APE in session 02 all the best. For exact dates in each State and Territory contact your respective Architects Registration Board.

EmAGN would like to officially welcome Dean Adams (Kerry Hill Architects) as the new EmAGN representative for Western Australia who has recently taken over from Todd Patterson (Ken Patterson Architects). Many thanks to Todd for all his hard work and efforts with EmAGN since September 2008, Todd has been a fundamental contributor to the continuing success of EmAGN.

Dominic Pelle
Chair
EmAGN

EmAGN Contacts

Chair

Dominic Pelle (ACT)

Australian Capital Territory

Nathan Judd

New South Wales

Joe Snell

Northern Territory

Andrew Karl Schulze

Queensland

Christina Cho

South Australia

Anthony Balsamo

Tasmania

Hugh Maguire

Victoria

Jacqui Alexander

Western Australia

Dean Adams

July 2009

NSW

Name of state group: DARCH

Name of representative: Joe Snell

Next Pecha Kucha is coming up in July, with the location being the dynamic Carriageworks. Stay tuned for details.

Sydney has gone all quiet with the conclusion of Vivid Sydney and its affiliate events, Creative Sydney, Smart Light Sydney, Lumenosity and Fire Water. An all round success.

Time to get some drafting done!

NT

Name of state group: YNTAG

Name of representative: Andrew Schulze

On the 1st of July, the group held its Annual General Meeting and election for new committee members.

L@tch session was held on 11 June at the NT chapter. Speaker Mark Evans from GHD Darwin gave a presentation, "Introduction to Greenstar and Nabers", where Mark highlighted the differences between both schemes.

L@tch session in July
Topic: Public Art in Darwin, Details TBA

QLD

Name of state group: YAQ

Name of representative: Christina Cho

PechaKucha Night? or State of Origin? That was the question on people's minds as Volume 11 of PechaKucha Night Brisbane faced its toughest competition... the State of Origin game one. Culture and design still managed to pull a strong crowd into the Brisbane Powerhouse. Presenters included Richard Kirk- Architect, Chelsea De Luca- Jewellery, Erik Van Genderen- Fixed Gear Bicycle Culture, and Ian Galloway- QLD Museum director. Thank you to all whom attended, and presented!

Our next PechaKucha event will be in conjunction with the Splendid Arts Festival at Splendour in the Grass! Aptly named "The Splendid Adventures of PechaKucha Brisbane", members of YAQ will embark on a road trip to host a Wednesday night event at the Arts Factory in Byron Bay on 22nd July. For more details- http://www.splendid.org.au

PALS lecture series 2 have commenced at the Queensland Chapter office on Tuesday nights 5:30-8:30. We will conduct a separate registration study seminar closer to the exam, inviting past examiners and examinees to give advice. Details to be confirmed.

SA

Name of state group: New Architects and Graduates

Name of representative: Anthony Balsamo

SA Architecture Awards Night Lite*
On Friday June 12th, NAG hosted the concurrent cocktail event for our state awards night. Congratulations to Julian Rutt of Tectvs, winner of this year's NAG award for his outstanding contribution to our profession. Our commendations went to Esther Chew of Mulloway Studio and Damien Chwalisz of Roarkus. Thank you to our sponsors Fielders, Bluescope Steel, Fusion, Visage, and the Australian Institute of Architects. Photos of the night are up on our Facebook page.

Design Festival
On Monday June 15th, NAG representatives Anthony Balsamo, Katie Cornish and Mark Berlangieri attended the Adelaide City Council monthly sitting. NAG, together with ACC's City Design, had prepared a proposal to run a design competition called Design Festival, aimed at revitalising our city's forgotten laneways. The competition has a Festival bent, which Adelaide is world famous for. The proposal was accepted by the Lord Mayor and Councillors, and NAG is now working towards developing a brief, marketing campaign and focus group to run this exciting initiative. Design Festival will be launched in November this year.

Jam Factory Open Studio
On Wednesday June 17th, NAG in collaboration with contemporary arts and crafts institution the Jam Factory ran an Open Studio. The Associates from the Furniture, Metal and Glass Studios presented their current projects, talked about their design philosophies and showed 40+ attendees around the studios.

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

TAS

Name of state group: YAT (Young Architects Tasmania)

Name of representative: Hugh Maguire

The 2009 Tasmanian Architecture Awards were held on Saturday 20th June at Moorilla Estate Winery and were well attended by YAT members. Congratulations to the recipients of awards and commendations, particularly for those projects with emerging architects and graduates involved. For a full list of awards see www.architecture.com.au/i-cms?page=12944

The awards were presented by The Governor of Tasmania, His Excellency Peter Underwood AO who also gave an entertaining address referencing Alain de Botton's architecture of happiness. Sean Kelly, arts writer and curator, recounted teenage memories of drinking coffee and playing poker in the courtyard of the heritage-listed Roy Grounds House nearby on the Moorilla site, which will become the entry to the $50million Museum of Old and New Art - MONA due for opening in 2010. Greg Hughes, the Institute's General Manager of National Coordination, as Master of Ceremonies, ensured the evening ran smoothly.

Gold Medallist tour - fireside chat.
EmAGN will host Ken Maher, 2009 Gold Medallist tonight in the lounge room at Grape Bar, 55 Salamanca Place.

All YAT members are invited to this free event and encouraged to RSVP to yarch.tas@gmail.com along with questions and statements for discussion on the night.
Light food and drinks will be provided and yes, the fire will be lit!

YAT are currently planning a number of exciting events for the rest of 2009 including an architecture tour during architecture week, an interstate speaker, a registration information evening and an exhibition of emerging architects and student work at the end of the year.
Assistance with the organisation of any of these events will be greatly appreciated!

Photograph: Poppy Taylor and Peter Walker of Morris-Nunn & Associates being presented
Small Project Architecture Commendation for Port Arthur Prototype
by Governor of Tasmania His Excellency Peter Underwood AO

VIC

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

Name of representative: Jacqui Alexander

Beauty cannot be taught, but must be mastered. In whatever form it appears to the beholder, beauty is something that is universally appreciated. When we describe Melbourne's urban identity, beauty is rarely spoken about. We tend to describe good architecture as 'interesting' or 'polemic' rather than 'beautiful'. How do we attribute value to the buildings we create? Is beauty a redundant discussion in the midst of digital processes and intellectual rhetoric? This month at Process, we ask three local practices to comment.

Jacqui and Tom, hosts of Process, are also editors of a free and independent architecture magazine called POST, distributed in Melbourne and available for download on the web: www.postmagazine.org.

POST is currently looking for contributors for Issue 03, based on the theme 'Memory'. Visit the website for details and to view Issues 1 & 2.

WA

Name of state group: MERGE | Emerging Architects

Name of representative: Dean Adams

MERGE/YPN Wine tasting Evening
The most recent Merge event was the joint YPN Merge Wine tasting Evening. Now in its 3rd year, this annual event attracted 40 people. The fun Wednesday evening session was designed to demystify wine and provide fundamental tips for architects and other young professionals on how to choose and rate wines. The course consisted of a two hour session customised to cover an introduction to wine tasting, wine service and storage issues, wine styles and tasting, including emerging varieties. Informal and relaxed, this event was well received and has ingrained itself as a favourite event on the Merge calendar.

Talk On A Practice
The next Talk On A Practice will be held on July 15th at Gresley Abas. To register for this event please email merge@raia.com.au with the names and emails of the people you will be attending with as places are filling up fast!

Registration Seminar

For those looking to attempt the daunting feat of Registration, help is here. A registration seminar is confirmed for 12.30-1:30pm on July 7th where Merge will be enlightening our fellow students and graduates on the joys of the registration process. This will be held in conjunction with the Architects Board of WA at the Institutes offices at 33 Broadway, Nedlands. Please RVSP by email info@architectsboard.org.au or telephone 9287 9920 with the names of the people you will be attending with.

MERGE/SONA film festival
Following the success of last year's winter film festival, SONA & MERGE will be hosting the film festival on Tuesday 21st July, at a venue yet to be confirmed. The evening will feature a documentary and feature length film. To register for this event please email merge@raia.com.au

OTHER

With the difficult economic times continuing, EmAGN would like to take this opportunity to advise of national and international organisations that are currently looking for volunteers to assist with many great initiatives. These include:

Architects for Peace - http://www.architectsforpeace.org/

Architects without Frontiers - http://www.architectswithoutfrontiers.com.au/

Design Aid - http://www.designaid.org.au/

Also please be reminded should your email or contact details change, please advise us so that you can continue receiving the EmAGN Newsletter informing of local and national events and activities of interest to the EmAGN demographic.

Creative Director wanted for the Australian Exhibition at the 2010 Venice Biennale

The Institute is now seeking expressions of interest for the role of the Creative Director for the 2010 Venice Architecture Biennale. For detailed information on submission requirements, the role of the Creative Director and eligibility, please visit www.architecture.com.au/venicebiennale

The Venice Biennale is THE premier architectural forum in the world. Thousands of the world's most influential architects, designers, urban planners, developers and critics visit the Biennale, resulting in considerable discussion and commentary in the architectural press and general media. The Australian Exhibition at the 2008 Venice Biennale was seen by 57,000 visitors, including 300 leading Australian architects, over the course of 70 days. The Creative Director, or curatorial team, is the key creative intellect of each Biennale, responsible for the conceptualisation and execution of the 2010 Australian exhibition. Deadline: 4.00pm Friday 17 July 2009. More information can be found on the website.

The Institute wishes to thank Dulux and Virgin Atlantic for their generous support of this program
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