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 The RAIA is calling for
submissions for the Sisalation
Prize, sponsored by Insulation
Solutions. The winner will edit
TAKE 6, with the $10,000 in prize
money shared between the editor
and associated contributors. Submissions close 28 April // ABC
Radio National has a new
Saturday morning programme, By
Design, presented by Alan
Saunders and produced by Mark
Wakely and Janne Ryan //
Archicentre has called on the
federal government to make
solar-powered airconditioning a
compulsory part of residential and
commercial building projects //
The ABC’s New Inventors
television programme featured
Sydney architect Kim Crestani’s
“Pod System”, a house renovation
package that “includes all aspects
of design, costing, council
application and construction” //
The RAIA has established a
Special Circumstances
Membership for postgraduate
students and for architects on
parental leave // The Future is
Now, the RAIA National
Conference, kicks off in Sydney on
6 April. Confirmed international
speakers are: Andrew Freear of
Rural Studio, USA; Elke
Delugan-Meissl of Delugan Meissl
Associated Architects, Vienna; Carme Pinos of Estudio Carme
Pinos, Spain; Anupama Kundoo of
Kolam, an architecture, design and
construction unit established
under the Auroville Foundation,
India; Kerry Hill of Kerry Hill
Architects, Singapore, and this
year’s RAIA Gold Medallist.
A “Mystery International” speaker
is yet to be announced. Australian based
speakers are Kerstin
Thompson of Kerstin Thompson
Architects, John Wardle of John
Wardle Architects, and Timothy
Hill of Donovan Hill // Ian
McDougall of Ashton Raggatt
McDougall, Steve Kennedy of
Kennedy Associates Architects
and Alec Tzannes of Alexander
Tzannes Associates all stood for
election as RAIA nationally
elected councillors // Australia
Day Honours went to Professor
Leon Van Schaik of RMIT who
was made Officer (AO) in the
General Division “For service to
architecture as an academic,
practitioner and educator, and to
the community through
involvement with a wide range of
boards and organizations related to
architecture, culture and the arts.” Perth architect Garry Baverstock
was made a Member (AM) in the
General Division “For service to
architecture, the environment, and
the community through education
about the importance of passive
solar and energy efficient design
for houses and other buildings.” Lawrence Rose, President of the
Planning Research Centre at USyd,
was also made a Member (AM) in
the General Division, “For service
to town planning, particularly
urban development, infrastructure
and residential design and to
environmentally friendly soil and
water management initiatives and
practices.” Adelaide architect
Philip Earle Scott was made a
Medal (OAM) in the General
Division “For service to
architecture and to the community
through welfare and heritage
organizations.” // The RAIA is
looking for a Creative Director for
an exhibition in the Australian
Pavilion at the 10th Venice
Architecture Biennale in
September this year. The Biennale
theme is Meta-Cities // Finalists in
this year’s RAIA Colorbond Steel
Student Biennale are: Michelle
Blakeley of UWA, Jonathan Chua
of UWA, Alistair Dickinson from
Curtin, Aimee Goodwin of UMelb,
Tracee Lim of UNSW, Alan
McLean of UMelb, Wei Song of
Curtin, Michael Spooner of RMIT,
Elena Svistounova of UAdelaide
and Steven Swain of RMIT // The
RAIA is continuing its campaign
to save John Andrews’ Cameron
Offices and has now renominated
it to the National Heritage List. (The complex is already listed on
the Register of the National Estate,
and is recognized as an example of
internationally significant
twentieth-century architecture by
the International Union of
Architects.) The RAIA
understands that approval for
demolition of Buildings 1 and 2 to
make way for a car park has
recently been sought, and the
governing Development Control
Plan allows for such demolition.
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Annabel Lahz and Andrew
Nimmo, of Lahz Nimmo
Architects, Sydney, kicked off the
Tasmanian Chapter’s Laminex
Luminaries Series in February.
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| QUEENSLAND |
Ian Mitchell FRAIA is the new
President of the Queensland
Chapter of the RAIA // Brisbane
City Council has announced a
design competition for the
redevelopment of King George
Square. See www.brisbane.qld. gov.au // Keynote speakers at the
Subtropical Cities Conference, to
be held in Brisbane in September,
include Rob Adams, Director,
Design and Culture at the City of
Melbourne; Dr Carlos Leite,
Professor of architecture and
urbanism at Mackenzie
Presbyterian University, Sao
Paulo, Brazil, and Professor
Rodney Harber of Harber and
Associates Architects, Urban and
Regional Planners, South Africa.
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| SOUTH AUSTRALIA |
Speakers at Smart Space, the
Urban Development Institute of
Australia’s National Congress, to
be held in Adelaide at the
beginning of April, include
Professor Ed Blakely, chair of
urban and regional planning and
director of the Planning Research
Centre at USydney; Patrice
Derrington, an expert in
community housing, and John
Eckert design director at HPA
Architects.
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Melinda Dodson is the new RAIA
ACT Chapter President // The
RAIA National Office is moving
out of its Mugga Way headquarters,
designed by Bryce Mortlock,
Ancher Mortlock Woolley, in
1967. The ACT Chapter will
remain in the building.
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Jeremy Piper’s Pipes, Breakthrough:
Creating Utzon’s Colonnade.
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The design for the redevelopment
of the Old Treasury Buildings has
been released. The design, by
Melbourne-based Peter Elliott
Architects and Perth architects
Donaldson + Warn, Sandover
Pinder, and Palassis Architects,
includes a nine-storey glass tower
facing Barrack Street that has
generated some controversy in
local newspapers // Fremantle will
host “Challenge and Change: In
ports, their towns and cities”, the
Australia ICOMOS national
conference in November. The call
for papers closes 12 April // The
first stage of Fremantle Train
Station’s restoration has been
completed. The works form part of
the Donaldson + Warn master plan
to return the station to its former
glory and to revitalize the historic
precinct // Murdoch University
has established a Master of Science
in environmental architecture. Aimed at graduate architects, the
two-year course is coordinated by
Garry Baverstock, Adjunct
Associate Professor, Energy
Studies // Bernard Seeber has
been selected as the architect for
the refurbishment of the RAIA WA
Chapter’s new premises, designed
by Julius Elischer. John Taylor and
Katrina Chisholm are the Heritage
Consultants and Brian Wright is
the Asbestos Consultant.
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Balcony
view of Ashton Raggatt McDougall’s
Elizabeth Murdoch Hall.
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Things are changing at USydney. Tom Kvan, formerly of the
University of Hong Kong, has
started as the new Dean of
Architecture; Marc Schnabel, also
from the University of Hong Kong,
is now Lecturer in Digital
Architecture; and John Landis,
Chair of the City and Regional
Planning at the University of
California, Berkeley, is a Visiting
Professor // Woodhead
International has appointed Digby
Hall as principal // Steffen
Lehmann, formerly Professor of
Architecture at QUT, is now
Professor of Architectural Design
at UNewcastle // Breakthrough: Creating Utzon’s Colonnade is on
display in the Western Foyers of
the Sydney Opera House from
11 March to 11 April. The
exhibition of photographs by
Jeremy Piper documents the first
structural change to the building
since it opened in 1973 // UTS is
holding an Evening Forum on
Computers in Design Education in
April. Speakers include Tom Kvan
of USydney, Anthony Burke of the
University of California, Berkeley,
and Brennan Buck of Studio Greg
Lynn and the Universitat fur
Angewante Kunst, Vienna //
Stephen Varady Architecture has
won the Dalski Stonescape
competition to design a feature
wall in the Dalski Stone Gallery
showroom // The Sydney Harbour
Foreshore Authority has called for
submissions for the Rocks Dig Site,
seeking “the best of historic
conservation and contemporary
urban architecture for this
important site” // Professor Ed
Blakely of USyd has developed the
Mayors Design Forum, an
intensive short course for mayors
to learn about design,
sustainability and planning issues
// American landscape architect
Martha Schwartz spoke at the
Yellow House in February //
Brother International (Australia)
has appointed M.Gerstl &
Associates as architect and
principal consultant for their new
Australian headquarters in North
Ryde // The City of Sydney has
released the next phase of the
Green Square Town Centre
development, with the latest Draft
Local Environment Plan on public
display last month.
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| VICTORIA |
The design for the new Melbourne
Recital Centre centrepiece,
Elisabeth Murdoch Hall, by Ashton
Raggatt McDougall, was unveiled
late last year // Work to remove the
Flinders Street overpass has been
completed. This reconnects the
south-western corner of the CBD to
the Yarra River. Following this
work the Melbourne Aquarium has
announced expansion plans //
Black Kosloff Knott Architects
director Tim Black has been
awarded the Nobby Clarke
Scholarship to undertake an MBA
at the Melbourne Business School
// Conrad Hamann has been made
an Honorary Fellow of the RAIA //
UMelb’s Dean’s Lecture Series is
underway again, with Japanese
architect Kengo Kuma speaking on
4 April // peckvonhartel is
undertaking a feasibility study and
master plan for the redevelopment
of RAIA Victoria premises //
UMelb has established a new
masters degree in workplace
design. Developed by Professor
Graham Brawn, industry teachers
will include Corbett Lyon, James
Calder, John Worthington and
Rosemary Kirkby // The official
Victorian Working Party Group
of Docomomo Australia was
launched in February at Boyd
House. Convened by Doug Evans,
the working party will begin by
compiling a list of the top “100 or
so” Modern buildings in Victoria.
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Helen Matthews of Mountain
Creek Architecture has written
with a correction to the review of
Melbourne Central. (Architecture
Australia January/February 2006
vol 95 no 1.) She points out that
the original project was divided up
into the shopping centre and the
office tower. As indicated in the
review, Bates Smart McCutcheon
did the office tower with Kisho
Kurokawa. However, Hassell
worked with Kisho Kurokawa and
American retail designer Chaix &
Johnson on the shopping centre.
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