This session explores how stair pressurisation systems—while often treated as purely technical—have a direct influence on architectural planning, spatial efficiency, and occupant life safety.
The Australian Apartment Advocacy (AAA) conducts research every two years to ascertain owners views about their apartments and what they love, would change and also buy next.
This session introduces architects to sensory design through a psychological and neuroscientific lens. It frames architectural practice as an active participant in regulating perception, attention, behaviour, meaning, wellbeing and health—mental health in particular. The session equips participants with a nascent theoretical, yet practical conceptual framework for design.
The LivingThe Living Design Series emphasises sustainable and adaptable design solutions, showcasing building and their spaces as dynamic entities that serve the needs of users. It initiates dialogue on how […]
Life Fellows and Fellows of the Australian Institute of Architects, Queensland Chapter are invited to join us for a convivial gathering within the historic Tattersall's Club. It will be an […]
Using the HOTA Theatre on the Gold Coast as a case study, this session explores how Design with Country can be embedded from the earliest stages of project planning, briefing […]
As housing pressure intensifies across Australia, the challenge is no longer simply how many homes we build, but what kind of homes, communities and places we create. This panel brings […]
The built environment is increasingly shifting from a focus on “less harm” toward regenerative design - where buildings actively contribute to the health of people, ecosystems, and material cycles. This […]
