Celebrate the best of Brisbane’s built environment at this year’s Brisbane Open House on Saturday 19 and Sunday 20 July 2025. The annual weekend returns with one of our largest and most exciting programs ever—featuring 90+ buildings, spaces, and experiences across Greater Brisbane.
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 […]
Brisbane Open House presents a special Stradbroke Island (Minjerribah) edition featuring guided tours of six architect-designed homes. Explore how each residence responds to the island’s natural beauty, cultural heritage, and environmental challenges. The day concludes with a panel discussion exploring Minjerribah’s architectural evolution and the island’s ongoing cultural and design legacy.
Unleash your creativity with Super Studio 2025, a national conceptual design challenge for all SONA members across all year levels! This is your opportunity to design without limitations, pushing boundaries and your chance to explore unconventional design ideas beyond the scope of a typical studio project. Responding to one national brief, you'll gain invaluable mentorship, […]
Join us as we welcome in the second half of the year with the SONA Semester 2 Student Mixer. This is a great opportunity to connect with fellow architecture students from universities across Brisbane, meet new members, and celebrate the beginning of a new semester in a relaxed social setting.
Step into the sunshine and explore West End with us on this guided walking tour. Starting at Cordeaux Social Club, we will set off on an engaging journey stopping at key sites across the area. With a guided tour of One Room Tower by phorm architecture + design included, this is the perfect opportunity to […]
Generation Exchange aims to connect young architects with established and experienced architects. Generation Exchange breaks down the barriers between generations of architects. A nurturing profession provides young practitioners with access to experience. Generation Exchange offers a forum for that access. The principles of practice remain more or less constant even if the day to day […]
The Gold Medal is the Australian Institute of Architects’ highest honour. It recognises distinguished service by architects who have designed or executed buildings of high merit, produced work of great distinction resulting in the advancement of architecture, or endowed the profession of architecture in a distinguished manner. The 2025 recipient of the Gold Medal is […]