August 2009: NSW Architects Registration Board

Sustainable development in regional areas – public forum in Orange 17 September

The Board will meet in Orange on 17 September and meet with local architects from 3.30-4.30 pm for an informal discussion about the regulation of architects.

Following these meetings the Board has partnered with Orange City Council to present a public forum Sustainable development in a regional context.

Speakers include Dylan Gower, 2007 Byera Hadley Travelling Scholarship winner, Peter Mould, the NSW Government Architect and Councillor Neil Jones, Orange City Council and President of Environmentally Concerned Citizens of Orange City. Speakers will outline the issues and canvas solutions. The audience will then be invited to ask questions of the speakers and put their views.

For more informationsee Sustainable development in regional areas

When: 5.00-6.30pm 17 September 2009

Venue: The Function Centre, 2-18 Eyles Street, Orange

Bookings: This is a free event – but attendees must register their attendance with NSW Architects Registration Board by emailing siobhana@architects.nsw.gov.au or by calling 02 9241 4033

Reducing carbon emissions

Have you had a look at www.reducingcarbonemissions.org which went live in June?

Why not come along to a special presentation by Caroline Pidcock, Pidcock Architecture + Sustainability and Anthony Nolan, Kennedy Associates Architects on Thursday 27 August to learn how you can use the site and help us put together a CPD package on the site.

Caroline and Anthony will take you through the background to the project, demonstrate how to use the website and assist you as you undertake your own energy audit.

You will need to bring information on your office building, energy bills, list of office equipment and a laptop with wireless connection. You will also need to confirm that you are agreeable to being filmed at this session which will be uploaded on YouTube in the near future.

Only ten spaces are available. Information and bookings registrar@architects.nsw.gov.au

Update on the Review of the Architects Act

The latest update from the Department of Commerce, the agency responsible for the review of the Architects Act, indicates that invitations for submissions on changes to the Act will be advertised mid August. We will keep you posted.

Sydney Architecture Festival 5 October 2009

The Festival is currently being finalised. If you would like to participate in the Festival as a volunteer please contact Gillian Redmond-Lloyd, Project Manager for the Festival at sydneyarchitecturefestival@raia.com.au

More information about the Festival see www.sydneyarchitecutrefestival.org

Glenn Murcutt – Architecture for Place exhibition at Museum of Sydney

Glenn Murcutt's groundbreaking designs are internationally recognised as being at the forefront of contemporary architecture. His work is celebrated for its sustainability and harmony with the natural world, and resonance and unity with Australia's diverse climate and topography. This special exhibition reveals the way Murcutt crafts his projects, with a selection of ideas presented from initial sketch to detailed construction drawings and final built work. A series of stunning photographs by Anthony Browell completes the show.

June 13 – October 5. Museum of Sydney. www.hht.net.au

Presented by the Architecture Foundation Australia, in association with the Historic Houses Trust and the NSW Architects Registration Board and courtesy of Toto Gallery MA Tokyo.

New Zealand Architecture Master Class 27 September – 3 October 2009

There is a tremendous opportunity for practising architects, academics and postgraduate students to join the fifth six-day Master Class with Richard Leplastrier, Peter Stutchbury, the amazing Ian Athfield and Lindsay Johnston at Awaroa Lodge in the Abel Tasman National Park, top left corner of the south island of New Zealand. The event is again being supported by the Miles Warren Educational Trust.

Preliminary bookings for the 09 Master Class include participants from Norway, Germany, Costa Rica and Colorado, USA as well as Australia and New Zealand. Bookings need to be made immediately.

Details and registration form on - www.ozetecture.org or contact Lindsay Johnston on - info@ozetecture.org

Green Building & Design Conference 9-10 September 2009 – Green materials

The RMIT Centre for Design has put together a comprehensive and informative program on the topic of building materials and their environmental impact. For the first time attendance of the conference can be extended into a single course with credits towards a postgraduate subject. Moreover an online participation mode has been established for those participants who are unable to make it to Melbourne. 9-10 September 2009

More information: www.rmit.edu.au/cfd or contact nicola.willand@rmit.edu.au.

August 2009

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