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Translational Research Institute: Architecture for Collaboration and Discovery

📍 Translational Research Institute

Free

Begin Thursday with a guided architectural tour of the Translational Research Institute, one of Australia's leading facilities for medical research and innovation. Designed to bring researchers, clinicians and industry partners together, the building demonstrates how architecture can support collaboration, knowledge exchange and scientific discovery through its interconnected spaces, natural light and shared environments. Explore how the design balances highly technical laboratory requirements with human experience and community, creating a workplace that encourages interaction across disciplines while supporting world-class research.

Sponsored by BVN and Wilson Architects.

Subtropical Homes Walking Tour

📍 West End & Highgate Hill

$20 members • $30 non-members

Join us for a building tour through West End and Highgate Hill to gain insight into subtropical living. Visit Torbreck 11d with Vokes & Peters, Jenga House with Jellway, One Room Tower with Phorm and Antony Moulis & Silvia Micheli, before concluding at Flying Colours with Marc & Co and Five Mile Radius. Along the way, you'll also pass a number of notable architectural projects that define the precinct.

7 Paradoxes

📍 QUT Seminar Room

Free

Explore how school design can genuinely support student wellbeing through this participatory workshop based on four years of ARC Linkage research into thriving vertical schools. Working with real student voice data, videos and evidence-based design principles, participants will examine the paradoxes that shape educational environments and discover practical tools for applying wellbeing-focused design in practice.
Presented with the support of QUT (venue partner) and BFX Furniture (catering partner).

Design Challenge: Infrastructure for Living

📍 Griffith University Campus, South Bank – S02 Webb Centre, 6.37 Collaborative Room

Free

This hands-on, team-based design challenge invites participants to rethink climate-adaptive cities through integrated blue-green infrastructure strategies. Drawing on an award-winning University of Queensland teaching model, delegates will collaborate in multidisciplinary teams to respond to a live urban scenario, testing ideas that combine landscape, water and civic infrastructure into resilient, people-focused places.
Presented in partnership with Griffith University, The University of Queensland and the ARC Training Centre for Climate Resilient Water.

The Future Museum: Architectures for Keeping Culture

📍 Auditorium, Queensland Museum Kurilpa

$10 members • $20 non-members

Museums are evolving beyond repositories of objects to become dynamic civic spaces that foster dialogue, learning and cultural connection. Join leading practitioners as they explore how architecture shapes the future of museums through adaptive reuse, exhibition design and public engagement while considering the role these institutions play in preserving and interpreting culture.
Supported by the ATCH (Architecture, Theory, Culture, History) Research Centre, the School of Architecture, Design and Planning, and The University of Queensland.

CBUS 205 North Quay

📍 205 North Quay

Free

Join this building tour hosted by the architects behind CBUS property 205 North Quay and explore the evolving relationship between architecture and public art. This building tour will conclude with a brief talk in their auditorium. After that, you continue at your own pace with an optional self-guided walk from North Quay to South Bank via Kurilpa Bridge, GOMA, Queensland Museum and QPAC's Glasshouse. Discover how Brisbane's buildings, bridges, galleries and public spaces come together to shape the city's unique river identity before concluding in Fish Lane, one of Brisbane's most vibrant cultural precincts.

Material Matters: ARUP Brisbane as a Living Laboratory

📍 ARUP Workplace, Level 26, 123 Albert Street, Brisbane City

Free

Explore ARUP's Brisbane workplace and discover how the practice is embedding sustainable material thinking into everyday decision-making. Through a guided visit and discussion, delegates will examine how collaboration between architects, engineers, designers and suppliers can drive better environmental outcomes while balancing performance, cost and practicality. The session highlights real projects, emerging material innovations and practical approaches that can help shape a lower-carbon built environment.
Hosted by ARUP, with catering generously supported by ARUP.

Forested Future: Film Screening

📍 The Edge, State Library of Queensland

Free

Forested Future is an inspiring documentary exploring our relationship with trees, forests and the people working to restore them. Featuring an introduction by RIBA Stirling Prize-winning architect Alison Brooks, the film invites architects to consider how responsibly sourced timber and long-term stewardship can help address today's environmental challenges.

Join us for the screening, followed by drinks and conversation with Alison Brooks and Rod Wiles from the American Hardwood Export Council.

Table Talks: sAme sAme

📍 sAme sAme

$225 members • $250 non-members

Share an intimate dining experience with a conference keynote speaker in one of Brisbane's award-winning restaurants. Each Dinner and Talks event pairs a small group of delegates with a featured speaker and host for an evening of relaxed conversation, great food and unique insights into architecture, practice and leadership.

Table Talks: Golden Avenue

📍 Golden Avenue

$225 members • $250 non-members

Enjoy an exclusive evening of food and conversation with one of the conference's keynote speakers. Designed for small groups, Dinner and Talks offers delegates the opportunity to connect with leading voices from the profession in an informal setting, creating space for meaningful discussion beyond the conference stage.

Together Ball

📍 The Wickham

$40

Presented in collaboration with Architecture with Pride, the Together Ball responds to the 2026 Australian Architecture Conference theme, Together, or Not at All. Join architects, designers, allies and friends for an evening celebrating diversity, inclusion and community through music, entertainment and connection. Everyone is welcome to come together for one of the conference's most vibrant social events. Presented in partnership with Architecture with Pride.

Archi Party

📍 Queensland Art Gallery

$195

Celebrate architecture, creativity and connection at Archi Party 2026, the signature social event of the Australian Architecture Conference. Held within QAGOMA's iconic Watermall and Sculpture Courtyard, the evening brings together delegates, industry partners and leading practitioners for food, drinks and entertainment in one of Brisbane's most celebrated cultural venues. Proudly supported by Bondor Metecno.

Table Talks: Bianca

📍 Bianca

$225 members • $250 non-members

Enjoy an exclusive dining experience with one of the conference's keynote speakers at Bianca. Part of the Dinner and Talks series, this intimate evening pairs a small group of delegates with a conference speaker and host for engaging conversation, exceptional food and unique insights into architecture, leadership and practice.

Table Talks: Agnes

📍 Agnes

$225 members • $250 non-members

Continue the conversation beyond the conference stage with an intimate Dinner and Talks experience at Agnes. Share a meal with a featured keynote speaker and fellow delegates while exploring ideas, projects and professional experiences in a relaxed, conversational setting designed to encourage meaningful discussion.

The Value of Architects From The Other Side

📍 BCEC – M1

Free

Architecture conferences are, by definition, places where architects speak to architects. This panel flips the conversation by inviting clients, developers and industry leaders to answer one simple question: what is the value of the architect in today's economic and procurement environment? Expect honest perspectives on where architects add value, where expectations differ and how the profession can better respond to contemporary project delivery.

SONA – Architecture Without Borders: Panel Session

📍 BCEC – M2

Free

As architecture becomes increasingly global, students and graduates are navigating more diverse pathways into practice than ever before. Representatives from SONA, EmAGN, the Commonwealth Association of Architects and the Australian Institute of Architects International Chapter explore student mobility, international careers and the future of an increasingly connected profession.
Presented by SONA with Hutchinson Builders acknowledged as the Queensland Chapter Partner.

Practice in Common

📍 BCEC – M3

Free

Curated by GEDI and QEDIC, this fast-paced Pecha Kucha and live panel explores collective responsibility, inclusion and the future of architectural practice. Through rapid presentations, live audience polling and discussion, speakers challenge systemic norms while sharing practical examples of what genuinely inclusive practice can look like. This is an interactive session where delegates become part of the conversation.

PUBLIC IMPACT: A Conversation on Design in Government

📍 BCEC – M4

Free

How can architects within government create better places, stronger communities and lasting public value? This panel explores the role design professionals play in shaping policy, infrastructure, housing and civic investment through leadership within government. Hear how architectural thinking can strengthen public decision-making and improve outcomes across projects that shape Australia's cities and regions.

Archi-bubs National Meet-Up: Coffee, Connection and The Big Hose

📍 The Big Hose, Gallery of Modern Art

Free

Start Saturday with coffee, pastries and conversation at this relaxed morning gathering for architects, parents, carers and children attending the conference. Hosted at The Big Hose playground at GOMA, the meet-up offers a welcoming opportunity to build new connections while children explore one of Brisbane's most imaginative public spaces.
This meet up is warmly hosted by GEDI and EmAGN.

Spring Social: Brisbane After Hours

📍 Flying Colours, West End

Free for conference delegates

After a full day of conference ideas and conversation, join emerging architects, graduates and friends of EmAGN for a relaxed Brisbane Spring Social at Flying Colours in West End. A central meeting space has been reserved, making it easy to reconnect with colleagues, meet new delegates and continue the conversations sparked throughout the day. Drop in at any time for dinner or drinks and enjoy a casual evening celebrating Brisbane's architecture community.

QPAC Glasshouse Tour: Behind the Curtain

📍 Queensland Performing Arts Centre (Glasshouse)

Free

Step inside one of Brisbane's newest cultural landmarks with an exclusive guided tour of the Glasshouse at the Queensland Performing Arts Centre. Explore the architecture, planning and technical complexity behind this major addition to Queensland's performing arts precinct, and discover how audience experience, backstage operations, accessibility and theatrical technology have been integrated into one of Australia's most advanced performance venues.

Design High: Charrette

📍Architectus Brisbane

Free

This collaborative design charrette invites high school students to experience the creative design process through a hands-on urban design challenge focused on Brisbane. Guided by experienced architects and designers, participants will develop ideas using sketching, drawing and model making before presenting their proposals to a review panel.
Hosted by Architectus, Fringe Venue Partner, with catering proudly supported by Bond University.

State Library of Queensland Tour

📍 State Library of Queensland

Free

Discover one of Australia's most celebrated public buildings on a guided tour of the State Library of Queensland. Explore Robin Gibson's original Brutalist design and the award-winning Donovan Hill and Peddle Thorp redevelopment while visiting key public spaces and behind-the-scenes areas, including collection preservation facilities, the Queensland Terrace, the Knowledge Walk and the Talking Circle.