Following on from Principles 1-5, as previously listed in "What Institute Members Need to do", the following Institute initiatives and activities are set out in Principles 6 - 8
Principle 6
Encourage high standards in architectural education and development with respect to cultural heritage and conservation
• Support registers of heritage buildings and places, in particular the Institute Register of Significant 20th+ Century Buildings, and all government registers.
• Participate in the continuing development and review of lists of significant heritage items in such registers, to ensure that they are appropriate and comprehensive in content and include the items on the Institute lists.
• Ensure that appropriately qualified and skilled architects are available to undertake cultural heritage conservation work, through appropriate undergraduate and post-graduate courses and professional development programmes. Such persons should be registered architects knowledgeable in cultural heritage conservation, and with proven design skills and construction experience.
• Ensure that the conservation of cultural heritage remains part of the core curriculum in tertiary education programmes.
• Support research into the conservation of cultural heritage in the built environment.
Principle 7
Foster design innovations and solutions compatible with conservation principles
• Broaden the Conservation category of the Institute Awards programs to specifically align conservation, with creative innovation, though not to the detriment of conservation principles
• Review and publish successful projects which involve conservation and adaptive re-use of significant buildings and new works in significant contexts and settings
Principle 8
Promote awareness of cultural heritage and conservation
• Promote the Conservation category of the Institute Awards
• Establish, publish and archive a register of all architectural awards in Australia
• Disseminate relevant information from recognised heritage bodies in Australia and overseas, in particular from UNESCO, ICOMOS, Docomomo, the International Union of Architects (UIA) and the Association for Preservation Technology International (APTI)
• Encourage architects to contribute to archives of Australian architecture
• Require annual reporting of Institute Heritage Committees activities nationally to facilitate an overview and co-ordination