The Architecture Symposium
28 September, 2018
Sydney, NSW, Australia
About
The Architecture Symposium
Presented by Architecture Media and established by Design Speaks, the Architecture Symposium invites a panel discussion by a group of Australia’s most exciting practicing architects at the Art Gallery of New South Wales on 28 September.
This critical day-long forum, which celebrates Australia’s world-class architects, is curated by Wendy Lewin and Angelo Candalepas and includes presentations by New York-based writer, critic and former Pritzker Prize juror Karen Stein. The event focuses 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.
Curators
Angelo Candalepas, founding director, Candalepas Associates
Wendy Lewin, director, Wendy Lewin Architect
Presenter
Karen Stein, executive director, George Nelson Foundation
Date and time: Wednesday 28 September, 2018
Location: Art Gallery of New South Wales
Cost: Early bird: A$395.00, Standard:A$450.00
Purchase tickets here.
Speakers and presentation subjects:
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
Peter Stutchbury (Peter Stutchbury Architecture): Joynton Avenue Creative Centre, NSW, completed 2018
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.
About Design Speaks
Design Speaks is 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.
