Have you noticed the transformations that are happening at the Hobart Airport? Come on a tour with one of the architects working behind the scenes to learn about how the changes are happening at the same time that the airport remains open to passengers! Step inside Hobart Airport’s fascinating story. Originally operated by the Department […]
From the humble first cottages to the fine sandstone mansions of prominent people, Battery Point’s dense mix of buildings are a tangible expression of the co-existence of working class and wealthy privilege between 1805 and 1850. Walk the streets and hear the stories behind the simple Georgian workers cottages, the elegant Regency mansions, and the […]
Placed carefully within the parameters of an existing approved building envelope, the Flowerpot house presents living spaces to the forested waterfront escapement. A purposeful wall to the west protects privacy & sight lines from the road above the site, while also providing a sequence of entry. The demarcation curates afternoon light through the home’s interior. […]
Founded by the Tasmanian Council of Churches in 1950, Jane College was established as an all-female, non-denominational Christian College in an 1885 house. Its namesake, Jane, Lady Franklin, wife of Tasmanian Governor and explorer Sir John Franklin, was an early advocate for women’s education in colonial society. Through subsequent building extensions, additions, and acquisitions from […]
This session emerges from the Australian Institute of Architects’ 2023 Diversity and Inclusion in the Architectural Profession survey, which revealed that only half of respondents believe the profession values diversity and inclusion, despite strong progress within individual workplaces. Drawing on evidence from the survey and Institute focus groups, we will discuss how diversity can be a […]
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 […]
How the efforts of individuals and small groups can incrementally retrofit our existing suburbs, block by block, with more affordable housing. The urgent need for more affordable housing remains unabated and instead of waiting for government or the development sector to fix it, people are looking for housing solutions they can undertake themselves. Tapping into […]
The Low Carbon Challenge is opening its doors nationally in 2025 — calling on Australian architects to lead the transition to a low-carbon built environment through good design that delivers real impact. Supported by the Australian Institute of Architects’ Architecture Industry Decarbonisation Plan 2025–2050, the Challenge offers a powerful platform to showcase how design excellence […]
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 […]