Name of state group: Faction*
Name of representative: Will Gardner

Faction* is now on facebook. Search and “like” our page to keep in touch with all our upcoming events, news and discussions relating to the ACT and surrounding region.

Regi(fru)stration is just around the corner, put it in your diary.

When: Wednesday 15 June, 6 – 7.30pm
Where: AIA ACT Chapter Headquarters - 2A Mugga Way Red Hill

Join us for a discussion with past examiners such as Geoff Driscoll and some recently registered architects, for drinks and nibbles to help relieve that pre-exam frustration. Two lucky door book prizes will be on offer, “The Architect and the Law”, thanks to Kingspan Insulated Panels. For more information contact us.

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Name of state group: DARCH

Name of representative: Jacqueline Connor

DARCH held Small Bar Tour Number Three in Newtown on May 25. On the coldest and wettest Sydney night for a long time, we visited Corridor, Bloodwood, and The Moose for inspiration from the designers and their drinks.

As part of the National Gold Medal Tour, Gold Medallist, Graeme Gunn, will be in Sydney on June 15 for a lecture and then for a lunch event for emerging architects. It will be a great opportunity to have an open and informal chat about his career and the decisions he has made along the way. Thursday 16 June 12 - 1.30pm Museum of Sydney Café, cnr Bridge & Phillip Streets, Sydney. Places will be limited and drinks and canapés will be provided. RSVP to darch@raia.com.au

Our second Regi(fru)stration event is coming up, with support from Kingspan Insulated Panels. If you are starting the process of registration, this is a chance to ask questions of a panel including the registrar and examiners of the Board of Architects, the PALS course conveners and those who have made it through. Monday 27 June 6.30 - 8.30pm Tusculum, 3 Manning Street, Potts Point. Refreshments will be provided. RSVP to darch@raia.com.au

Contact us at darch@raia.com.au to join our mailing list, send any suggestions or to find out about our meetings that are on every second Tuesday morning.

Name of state group: EAT | Emerging Architects Tasmania

Name of representative: Jarrod Hughes

EAT's first Regi(frus)stration evening was held on Thursday 26 May at the Institute offices in Hobart. Over 20 people attended the event and learnt the steps required to transition from a graduate to a registered architect in Tasmania.

A big thank you to Kingspan Insulated Panels for sponsoring the event and to Poppy Taylor, Mat Hinds, Alex Newman + Hugh Maguire for providing their insights into the registration process. Good luck to those who are beginning the registration process soon.

EAT will be holding a second Regi(frus)stration in Launceston later in the year, details to follow.

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Name of state group: MERGE
Name of representatives: Yen Nee Goh

Talk on A Practice - Fratelle Group
After running successfully in the building design sector for 9 years, a vision to provide distinctive, full architectural services to their clients saw Fratelle Design become Fratelle Group in 2010. Dynamic duo, Kylie Schoonens and Adrian Fratelle, and their team hosted 30 MERGE members on the rooftop terrace at their Northbridge based office. Conversations centered around the early days of the practice in a home office to their office fit out and rebranding of the practice. The team shared their visions and inspirations behind a series of award winning projects and current projects.

Talk on A Practice - Pendal + Neille and Jonathan Lake Architects
Coming up on 12 July, conversations with Simon Pendal, Stephen Neille and Jonathan Lake at their offices in West Leederville. RSVP to merge@raia.com.au

Regi(fru)stration
Coming up in July. Email to merge@raia.com.au for more information.
Proudly sponsored by Kingspan Insulated Panels

SONA MERGE Film Night
“Infinite Space” The Architecture of John Lautner.
Coming up on 14 August. Tickets $15. Please see a SONA or MERGE rep for tickets

EVENTS FOR 2011
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 by clicking here.

Other

EOI Travel to Tokyo for the UIA Conference

The UIA2011TOKYO 24th World Architecture Congress is being held in Tokyo in September and October later this year. Guest speakers include Tadao Ando, Kengo Kuma, SANAA and Fumihiko Maki.

Architect and former resident of Japan, Robert Day, is organising package tours as part of the UIA congress. If you are considering attending this event and do not wish to travel alone or would appreciate some guidance to enable you to have the best experience that you can, then you may like to consider joining this tour.

There are 2 options available:

OPTION 1 - The full 14 day tour including attendance at the UIA 2011 TOKYO World Congress of Architecture and then the fully guided Japan Architecture Tour at the conclusion of the Congress.

OPTION 2 - The 9 day fully guided Japan Architecture Tour commencing at the conclusion of the UIA 2011 TOKYO Congress.

The tour will visit parts of Tokyo not covered as part of the UIA congress, famous temples and shrines in Kyoto and the three remaining Frank Lloyd Wright buildings in Japan.

Contact
Please email Janet before Tuesday June 14 at sona@raia.com.au if you are interested in this amazing tour and for further information. 

More information
Check out the UIA website www.uia2011tokyo.com/en/
UIA 2011 Japan Architecture Tour Flyer

National 2011 Gold Medal tour (June - August)

2011 Gold Medallist Graeme Gunn has now visited WA, VIC, SA and Qld with great success. Further tour dates are listed below. To register, visit architecture.com.au/goldmedal

• Sydney, Wednesday 15 June

• Darwin, Thursday 14 July

• Hobart, Thursday 11 August

• Canberra, Thursday 18 August

The 2011 Gold Medal tour is proudly supported by the Institute’s Principal Corporate Partner, BlueScope Steel.

CREATIVE DIRECTOR WANTED
for the Australian Exhibition at the 2012 Venice Biennale

The Australian Institute of Architects is now seeking expressions of interest for the role of the Creative Director for the Australian exhibition at the 2012 Venice Architecture Biennale. The Creative Director, or curatorial team, is the key creative intellect of each Biennale. The Institute seeks to develop an exhibition that showcases Australian architectural thinking, culture and design. This is an opportunity to tell a rich and engaging story to an international audience about the built environment in Australia. Thousands of the world's most influential architects, designers, urban planners, and critics visit the Venice Architecture Biennale, resulting in considerable discussion and commentary in the architectural press and general media.

We want your vision!

• Submission Deadline: Monday 27 June, 2011

• Submission guidelines for the role of Creative Director

World Architecture Festival (entries close 30 June)

25% discount for members and family
Save 25% on all WAF entries and visitor passes – a saving of up to 142.50 per entry. As an extra bonus, all WAF entries and visitor passes are buy one, get one free. To claim quote VIP code MPEMAIL when entering online. Queries to info@worldarchitecturalfestival.com web: worldarchitecturefestival.com

Grand Designs Australia - call for projects

Following the success of its first series, Grand Designs Australia is launching a nationwide search for projects for the second series. If you know of any projects with extraordinary plans or people please contact granddesigns@fremantlemedia.com.au or call (03) 9947 0215. Owner builders can register directly at: www.fmashows.com/granddesigns. The show’s producers are after ‘interesting or unique builds in every corner of country’.

CAPITheticAL

Emerging Architect Prize

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 at the Australian Achievement in Architecture Awards in March 2012. The Institute is running this prize across all states and territories with Chapter winners going through to be judged by a National jury. Entries are still open in some chapters please contact your local Chapter for further details.

For more information regarding the eligibility and criteria for this prize, please click here

flux

Flux, 2011 Australian + New Zealand Student Architecture Congress (6-9 July, Adelaide)

Flux will feature a balanced program of lectures and workshop-style sessions over three days with opening and closing parties ensuring an ideal mix of academic and social engagement. The congress will centre on the position of the architect in the face of societal and environmental change, and economic crisis. With a range of speakers drawn from diverse sectors of the profession, the content will explore the positive ways of responding to challenging circumstances, both within a local context and the broader one of humanitarian and post disaster relief.

International speakers Ken Yeang, Nathaniel Corum and Charles Holland now confrimed for Flux. Please visit flux2011.com for the full lineup and to register today!

UIA2011 TOKYO Youth Jamboree

Until July 31, 2011 architects under 30 years of age and students of architecture can sign up to participate in the student jamboree organised within the framework of the Tokyo congress.

Dulux Study Tour

On the 14th May at Changi airport, Singapore, all five recipients of  2011 Dulux Study Tour met as a group for the first time since being announced as the winners at the AAAA in Perth March 24.

The tour started in London on the 16th May, with an architectural walking tour guided by the enthusiastic and knowledgeable Architect Ken Allison, of Archigram fame. Ten days and a thousand miles later, in Copenhagen, the tour concluded at the Danish Architecture Centre, with a cocktail reception attended by Mr James Choi, the Australian Ambassador to Denmark.

The intervening ten days introduced us to a full complement of architects, architecture, business styles, management styles, procurement styles, design styles, studio styles, beer and ham styles.  From the mind blowing ‘access all areas’ tour of the Sagrada Familia, to negotiating the bike paths of Copenhagen; from the rigour of the offices of David Chipperfield, to the laid back office environments in Barcelona - what we experienced is hard to put into words.   The dialogue sparked from these experiences filled every day from sun up to sun down – regularly extending into the wee hours of the morning.  We look forward to sharing and continuing these discussions with our peers back in Australia; and to collectively digest what it means for all of us back here in Oz.

Highlights?  Well, as every night, we finished off our last night sharing our thoughts and reflections over food and wine. There was a consensus that the high point of the trip was the site visit to Sagrada Familia - and being able to take back with us a piece of history (literally! stone tile shards from the towers. Perhaps reincarnated into rings and pendants?!). Above all, the most unexpected and pleasant highlight was the respect, fun and chemistry generated amongst the crew (and our ever-reliable hosts).  Undoubtedly, this has lead to firm and longstanding friendships that will lead to collaborations and support in the future.  In conjunction with the DST Alumni events held annually, this may very well be the greatest legacy of the tours; cementing a firm support network that will undoubtedly lead to tangible, positive changes in the profession in the years to come.  Watch this space. 

Each day felt like a week of ordinary life; a creative celebration full of adventures, and inspiration.  It was truly a once in a lifetime experience.  

Our greatest thanks to our Mother Hen Bernadette from the Institute – that iPad was a stroke of genius.  To Uncle Phil and Jason from Dulux for your support, wisdom and friendship – karaoke has never been so much fun. Finally, our thanks to Davis Langdon Australia for your support, warm reception and for opening up so many practice doors to our curious minds to probe.

Carly Barrett, Jefa Greenaway, Brendan Murray, Yuri Dillon & Christina Na Heon Cho – 2011 Dulux Study Tour Alumni

Following completion of their Architecture degree from University, graduates are required to gain experience in the industry before taking a further Architectural Practice Examination to become a registered architect. Most graduates wait between 5-10 years to complete this process. There is a growing perception that it is not necessary to become a registered architect and many do not see the benefit of registration. Further to this, the examination is perceived as a lengthy and challenging process, which can often turn graduates off taking this step.

Regi(fru)stration is designed to encourage graduates to take the next step and become a registered architect through providing a relaxed forum in which many of the ‘myths’ surrounding the process are dispelled. An open forum of discussion, Regi(fru)stration invites two recently successful registrants and one experienced practitioner to share their experiences. The session outlines the three-stage Architectural Practice Examination, suggests sources of further information and provides the opportunity for attendees to ask questions of the panel.

The Institute also runs a program, PALS - Practice of Architecture Learning Series, which provides formal and technical training for the examination. Regi(fru)stration is designed to take place prior to this program, as an informal forum in which attendees can get a realistic and personal perspective of the process, prior to commencing the journey.

For more information about Regi(fru)stration in your state or territory (excluding Victoria), contact your local EmAGN representative.

Kingspan Insulated Panels are proud sponsors of Regi(fru)stration.

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