A group of Australia’s most exciting practising architects has been assembled for The Architecture Symposium, to be held at the Art Gallery of New South Wales on 28 September.
The day-long forum will be presented by New York-based writer, critic and former Pritzker Prize juror Karen Stein. The event will focus on outstanding examples of contemporary Australian architecture, with a series of talks by leading practitioners from around the country exploring recently completed and upcoming projects.
The speakers and their presentation subjects so far announced are:
Alec Tzannes (Tzannes): Dangrove, NSW, completed 2018
Andrew Burns (Andrew Burns Architecture): Cranbrook School Wolgan Valley Campus, NSW, stage one completed 2017
Andrew Cortese (Grimshaw): 210–220 George Street, NSW, unbuilt
Ed Lippmann (Lippmann Partnership): Emanuel Synagogue, NSW, completed 2018
Gerard Reinmuth (Terroir): Penguin Parade Visitor Centre, Vic, under construction)
Ian McDougall (ARM Architecture): Sydney Opera House Concert Hall Upgrade, NSW, completion due 2020
Ingrid Richards (Richards and Spence): The Calile Hotel Fortitude Valley, Qld, completion due 2018
James Grose (BVN): Australian Embassy Complex, Bangkok, completed 2017
Jennie Officer (Officer Woods Architects): East Pilbara Arts Centre, WA, completed 2016
John Choi (CHROFI): Ian Potter National Conservatory, Australian National Botanic Gardens, ACT, completion due 2018
John Wardle (John Wardle Architects): Ian Potter Southbank Centre, University of Melbourne, Vic, completion due 2018
Melissa Bright (Make Architecture): St Mary’s Coptic Church Kensington, Vic, unbuilt
Neil Durbach (Durbach Block Jaggers): Phoenix Gallery, NSW, under construction
Rachel Neeson (Neeson Murcutt Architects): Juanita Nielsen Community Centre, designed in association with the City of Sydney, NSW, completed 2016
Richard Francis Jones (FJMT): Frank Bartlett Library and Moe Service Centre, Vic, completed 2016
Richard Johnson (Johnson Pilton Walker): Anzac Memorial Centenary Project, designed in collaboration Government Architect NSW, NSW, completion due 2018
Stuart Vokes (Vokes and Peters): talk on the public nature of private dwellings
Thomas Bailey (Room 11): Glenorchy Art and Sculpture Park, Tas, completed 2013
Virginia Kerridge (Virginia Kerridge Architect): M3565 Main Beach Apartments, Qld, completed 2017
William Smart (Smart Design Studio): Rail Operation Centre, NSW, competition due 2018
The symposium marks the opening of the 2018 Sydney Architecture Festival, which is this year themed around the question, “What makes a building truly great?”
For more information, go here.
The Architecture Symposium, presented by Architecture Media, is part of Design Speaks, a series of talks, seminars, forums and conferences on and about architecture and design, for design professionals and their clients and interested members of the wider community.
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The Domain, Art Gallery Road, Sydney, NSW 2000, Australia