2006 RAIA National Conference

TOURS
Also on offer will be tours of Sydney’s Award Winning Residential and Commercial/Public Buildings.

Final details on costs and departure times to be released soon. Stay tuned for updates.
All tours will be run on Thursday, 6 April 2006. Bookings essential.

Award Winning Residential Tour

Meeting Place: Form & Function, Hall 5 Entry, Sydney Convention Exhibition Centre, Darling Harbour
Meeting Time: 8.30am
Tour Cost: SOLD OUT

A full day bus tour of Sydney’s Award Winning Residential buildings. Visits to the following homes:
*Wiesener Residence – Tzannes Associates Architects
*Dulwich Hill Residence – Nobbs Radford
Belmont St Residence – David Boyle Architect
Clovelly House – Kennedy Associates Architects

Tour includes Coach trip to each project and 2 course lunch.
* does not have final confirmation of inclusion on tour

Award Winning Commercial Buildings Tour

Meeting Place: Form & Function, Hall 5 Entry, Sydney Convention Exhibition Centre, Darling Harbour
Meeting Time: 8.30am
Tour Cost: $140 Members, $150 Non Members

A full day bus tour of Sydney’s Award Winning Commercial and Public buildings. Visits to the following:
*The Bond – PTW and Lend Lease in Collaboration
UTS City Campus – Bligh Voller Neild
NIDA – Hassell
*Aurora Place – Lend Lease

Tour includes Coach trip to each project and 2 course lunch.
* does not have final confirmation of inclusion on tour

Harbourings Walking Tour

Meeting Place: Courtyard, 30 The Bond, 30 Hickson Road, Millers Point
Meeting Time: 2pm
Duration: 3 hours (includes coffee break)
Tour Cost: $30 Members, $40 Non Members

From Millers Point, up Observatory Hill and on to Walsh Bay and Circular Quay we will discover contemporary projects in and amongst Sydney’s gritty, formerly industrial Western edge.
Starting with 30 The Bond on Hickson Road, the architects ambitious social and environmental agenda will be discussed as we explore the building that cleaned up the 2005 RAIA awards. The dramatic family of finger wharves at Walsh Bay - the worlds largest timber structures that have recently been converted into a residential and cultural precinct will be explored before looking at works by local heroes Tao Gofers, Ed Lippmann and Lindsay & Kerry Clare.
There will be a short coffee stop mid-way through (cost not included)

Utzon Walking Tour

Meeting Place: Fountain, end of Macquarie St. directly in front of the Opera House
Meeting Time: 9am
Duration: 3 hours (includes coffee break)
Tour Cost: $30 Members, $40 Non Members

An in-depth and comprehensive stroll through the amazing visionary world of Jørn Utzon, charting the triumphant, exhilarating then tragic course of the design and construction of the Sydney Opera House.
Starting with the sources of the young architects inspiration we will discuss his ideas and working methods through what was built (platform and shells) before describing what was not - Utzon’s never-realized 1960’s schemes for the interior and glass walls of the House! We will also bring you up to date with the current Opera House developments which Utzon is slowly realising.
There will be a short coffee stop mid-way through (cost not included)

Foreshore Ferry Tour

Meeting Place: Form & Function, Hall 5 Entry, Sydney Convention Exhibition Centre, Darling Harbour
Meeting Time: 9am
Duration: TBC
Tour Cost: $50

This tour explores the past, present and future of industrial foreshores in Sydney. The tour will be focussing on the Pyrmont peninsula and will include built projects such as Wilkinson's 1920's workers' housing and the award winning adaptive reuse of Jones Bay Wharf - as well as public art projects such as the famous 'tied to tide' installation in Pyrmont Point Park. The tour will also examine disused industrial sites such as the former petrol storage facility at Ballast Point, White Bay Power Station and the coal bunker at Blackwattle Bay, to gain a fuller appreciation of their functional character and harbour context. Transport will be provided by the timber ferry 'Proclaim', starting at Darling Harbour, but there will be stops along the way to take a closer look at some projects and for refreshments.

BlueScope Steel Steelworks Tour

We are pleased to announce the BlueScope Steel Steelworks Tour, brought to you by our corporate partner, BlueScope Steel.

Meeting Place: Form & Function, Hall 5 Entry, Sydney Convention Exhibition Centre, Darling Harbour
Meeting Time: 8:30am
Duration: TBC
Tour Cost: $0.00

To experience a whole gamut of emotions, from awe at giant furnaces where spectacular showers of molten steel flare up as the first chemical process takes place, to intellectual satisfaction gained via the technical insights offered by research and development metallurgists and engineers, make sure you don’t miss the BlueScope Steel Steelworks Tour.

The tour will depart the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre for a day trip to Wollongong on Thursday, 6 April 2006 and is guaranteed to leave delegates with a sense of satisfaction as they witness the complete process of raw materials being transformed into shiny, painted steel which speeds through coil machines to produce rolls of COLORBOND® and ZINCALUME® steel.