Blight Rayner (architect), Lendlease (managing contractor), and Seele (façade contractor) will present on the New Performing Arts Venue, its complexities and methodology of the journey of designing and delivering this impressive 1500 seat theatre. A key feature of the building is the bespoke riparian curved glass façade, with 2,400 square metres of glass creating transparent […]
Join us to learn more about liability claims and how to avoid them with Felicity Dixon. In this seminar we review a series of case studies of claims against construction professionals. Landscape and interior design examples will also be provided. This interactive seminar is designed to stimulate discussion of how the claims could have been […]
A lecture by Eeva-Liisa Pelkonen The talk is centered around the decade following the Second World war when concern for the human condition gave rise to a new intellectual sensibility, ecohumanism, which led architects to pay attention to how humans inhabit the earth. Work and words by architects Sverre Fehn, Mies van der Rohe, Richard […]
What is the relationship between architecture and its depiction in photography? Together, Christina Deluchi and Guillermo Fernández-Abascal will unpack a series of images about architecture and the city. Moving between MedellÃn, Tirana, and Bahrain, and various exhibitions, projects, and places, the images explore forms of authorship, transformation processes, collaborations and techniques, urban politics, and everyday […]
The CPD course covers everything from resource procurement to lacquers, with the objective of giving an understanding and appreciation of all aspects of natural timber veneer. Through this understand participants gain the ability to specify natural, unique and beautiful timber veneers with confidence.
This session examines how sustainability and human-centred design can be established as core drivers of architectural decision-making, rather than layered onto projects as secondary considerations. Using the Northern Memorial Park Depot - recipient of the 2025 AIA National Award for Commercial Architecture, Victorian Architecture Medal, and Melbourne Prize - as a case study, the presentation explores how an inherently utilitarian brief can be transformed and reframed as […]
Dr Mark Jones LFRAIA is a highly regarded Australian architect whose career integrates Director roles in small and large practice, institutional leadership, and advanced academic teaching and research at the University of Queensland, School of Architecture, Design and Planning. Mark’s new book, ‘Success in Architectural Practice’ sets out the simple, yet profound proposition that genuine […]
