A question that has been percolating in my mind for several years now is: How can architecture in Australia respectfully engage with both Indigenous heritage and post-settlement non-Indigenous heritage? How can we create architecture that responds to multiple stories and histories, however difficult and tricky those relationships might be, and what might this look like?
The Student Prize for the Advancement of Architecture is awarded to the most outstanding contribution by an individual SONA member or collaboration of SONA members towards the advancement of architecture
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2020 NSW Life Fellows Joe Agius, LFRAIA Joe Agius is a past Institute NSW Chapter President (2013-14) and an award-winning architect for numerous projects. He remains an inaugural member of
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The Australian Institute of Architects acknowledges First Nations peoples as the Traditional Custodians of the lands, waters, and skies of the continent now called Australia.
We express our gratitude to their Elders and Knowledge Holders whose wisdom, actions and knowledge have kept culture alive.
We recognise First Nations peoples as the first architects and builders. We appreciate their continuing work on Country from pre-invasion times to contemporary First Nations architects, and respect their rights to continue to care for Country.
